The spaghetti-western film genre is noted for its good use of extreme close-ups, its bad use of tomato sauce during gunfights, and its ugly use of Clint Eastwood’s puppetry skills. Get a fistful of western-less spaghetti with today’s Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of gourmet Italian fare and drinks at Caesar's Den.

A family-run restaurant specializing in Southern Italian cuisine Caesar’s Den offers an authentic dining experience and a head-spinning selection of Italian wines. Diners relax amid a charming Old World setting doused in deep reds and creams, much like happy meatballs in an enormous pasta platter, while perusing a plethora of dinner items. Anticipate each entree by starting with an antipasto of polenta con funghi, grilled with wild mushrooms, garlic, and wine sauce ($9.50). Fettuccini nere con arugola situates the titular leaves in a black pasta tossed with garlic, oil, and sundry spices ($15.50). The menu also offers a formidable selection of veal plates, such as the vitello contadina, containing succulent medallions surrounded by red peppers, zucchini, and wild mushrooms ($24.50). A glass of one of Caesar's Den's special house wines complements any dish just as a pair of Groucho Marx glasses complements a hilarious bank robbery ($6.50–$12.50).

Reviews

Nine Citysearchers give Caesar's Den a 4.5-star rating, and eight Yelpers give it a three-star average. On OpenTable, the restaurant has a four-star rating, and 78% of Urbanspooners like it.

• Great, Great, Great...Real Italian! – lmohlsson, Citysearch
• Better than most places in New Yorks [sic] Little Italy. Highly recommend. – MJ J., Urbanspoon

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