Bellini Restaurant, New York

With an experienced staff that includes chefs who have worked under David Burke and Bobby Flay, Bellini Restaurant serves a selection of sumptuous Italian cuisine, including wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas and housemade pastas. Read on to learn about a few of the Upper West Side spot's flavorful dishes:

• Appetizer: tender beef carpaccio with capers, red onions, arugula, pecorino romano cheese, and lemon-anchovy dressing
• Pizza: the restaurant's signature brick-oven pie is topped with caramelized peach slices, crispy bacon, creamy ricotta, and onion confit
• Pasta: a seafood medley of clams, mussels, shrimp, and calamari rests in a bed of housemade squid-ink taglierini with spicy tomato sauce
• Entree: bone-in veal chop milanese garnished with arugula, shaved pecorino romano, aged vincotto, and heirloom cherry tomatoes
• Dessert: a sweet dessert pizza with Nutella and creamy mascarpone cheese, sprinkled with strawberry and banana slices