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“Falai”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	Italian	Lower East Side	Moderate	Good

n, like puffy little pillows that make you just want to rest your head on them and fall into the sweetest of slumbers. But don’t sleep on them! Instead, eat them. Take a bite of the hot soft dough, and the musty-sweet aroma of fresh yeast reduces you to a docile purring kitten. Honestly, I was in heat. And what’s even better is that he has rented a space across the street where he will open his own bakery and pastry shop in three months! Until then, you will have to go for dinner to get the bread, but that’s not such a bad deal.

Look, I know there were dishes that could have been better at Falai. But, the thing is, the place is all heart. It is an incarnation of one man’s expression of love for a father he never knew. It is a tribute to big, bold, beautiful life. When you sit down in this little restaurant—whether on a date, or on a priceless night celebrating with your dearest friends—you may notice it gets loud, you may feel a draft from the door, you may not find every dish is perfect, but you know what, you will still be happy. There is reckless, unabashed joy in the air at Falai. And if joy doesn’t do it for you, then the bread will.

Falai is located at 68 Clinton Street, near Rivington, 212-253-1960.

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Posted: March 12, 2005

Other restaurants in Lower East Side :
+ Mojo   + WD-50   + Schiller's Liquor Bar   + Azul Bistro   + Barrio Chino   + 71 Clinton Fresh Food-- Closed   + Little Giant   + Kuma Inn   + Falai   + The Stanton Social   + The Tides   + Thor   + The Orchard   + El Bocadito-- CLOSED   + Bondi Road   + Rayuela   + Suba   + Bun (boone)   + Sorella   + The Fat Hippo   + Pulino's   

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