Located on West Broadway in Soho, Novecento combines the spirit of two sister cities: Buenos Aires and New York.  The menu features grilled tenderloin or rib eye, chorizo or blood sausage, lamb chops or pork chops, a slab of breaded beef or chicken stuffed with spinach and goat cheese.

Best of all, the straccetti, a stack of juicy filet mignon slices, is steeped in pungent balsamic vinegar, with raw spinach leaves, oyster mushrooms, and the sweet antidote of cherry tomatoes. The less carnivorous can choose from perfectly fine pasta and seafood dishes.  

The Argentine wines and people-watching should keep you happily in your seat long enough to make room for the delicious dulche de leche-infused desserts.