Mr. Hipster's Booze and Grub Survey

Lupa Osteria Romana
170 Thompson St., 212/982-5089
Expectations are a bitch. Not that I knew exactly what to expect from the red-headed fat dude with the ponytail who loves to serve organ meat and weird sea creatures form the coast of Italy. Lupa is a little less funky, but is fancy-pants and unique nonetheless. My expectations, while completely made up in my own head, were that I'd be served some incredible homemade Italian comfort food with modern flair. I gotta say, though, that growing up in California, Italian food to me was pizza and the... more