Chef Marc Forgione Is Opening Another Italian Restaurant in Mario Batali’s Shuttered Otto

May 04, 2022 761

BY: Emma Orlow

Chef Marc Forgione is taking over the restaurant at 1 Fifth Avenue, at Eighth Street, formerly home to the disgraced celebrity chef Mario Batali’s Italian restaurant Otto Enoteca Pizzeria. According to Forgione — who’s behind the wood-fired favorite Peasant and his namesake Tribeca establishment Restaurant Marc Forgione — the restaurant will be called One Fifth and is set to open sometime in summer 2022.

Forgione tells Eater that One Fifth will focus on cicchetti, Italian small plates, as well as a menu of fresh pastas. “It’s not going to be, like, different kinds of bruschetta, though,” he says of the cicchetti. “The whole menu is going to be inspired by seasonal ingredients available nearby at the Union Square Farmers Market.” He adds that the open-kitchen format that will give the feeling of being in his “family’s home kitchen.”

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SOURCE: https://ny.eater.com/

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