What to Order at Don Angie

Don Angie is the West Village Italian-American restaurant from chefs Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli, and its two signature dishes, a garlic-and-sesame chrysanthemum salad and a lasagna rolled into pinwheels, are the reason people book it weeks out instead of just walking into the neighborhood.

What should you order at Don Angie?

Start with the chrysanthemum salad and the stuffed garlic flatbread, then order the pinwheel lasagna if your table has four or more people to feed.

1. Chrysanthemum salad. Garlic, sesame, and parmesan over sliced greens, priced around $17 to $26 depending on the menu format. It's the dish that shows up in nearly every recap of the restaurant, and it's built to share across the table.

2. Stuffed garlic flatbread. Built on a focaccia di recco base and packed with garlic, garlic chives, chile flakes, parmesan, and stracchino cheese. It looks like a scallion pancake and eats like elevated garlic bread, according to a detailed StarChefs feature on the dish.

3. "Our Lasagna for Two." The pinwheel lasagna, Italian sausage bolognese rolled and sliced into rounds with whipped robiolina, runs around $72. Order it for the visual alone: it doesn't look like any other lasagna on a menu in the city.

4. Garganelli giganti or stracchino gnocchi. The Infatuation names both among the strongest pastas on the menu, the garganelli in a ragu with cured pork, the gnocchi filled with cheese in a poppy seed sauce.

5. Dry-aged duck with salmoriglio. A 21-day dry-aged duck breast finished with a lemon, olive oil, and herb sauce, around $45, and one of the more reliably recommended mains.

6. Tiramisu. The black cocoa version is the consensus dessert pick if you have room left after the lasagna.

What should you skip at Don Angie?

Skip the buffalo milk caramelle. The Infatuation's review is blunt about it: the pasta looks impressive but tastes underwhelming. At around $28, order the garganelli or the gnocchi instead.

Is the pinwheel lasagna really meant for two people?

No, and that's the detail most first-timers get wrong. The menu calls it "for two," but The Infatuation's reviewer notes it actually serves four to six people once it's on the table. That changes how you should plan the visit: The Infatuation specifically recommends going as a group of four rather than a couple, both because the lasagna outgrows its name and because the pasta and appetizer list is deep enough that two people will spend the whole meal wishing they'd ordered more. If you're a duo, share the lasagna as your main and skip a separate entree rather than trying to also fit in the duck or a second pasta.

How does ordering actually work at Don Angie?

Portions run generous across the board, and the format rewards ordering broadly rather than each person picking their own entree. Build the table around a salad, the flatbread, one or two pastas, and the lasagna or the duck as your main event, then split everything. The restaurant has held both a Michelin star, from 2021 to 2023, and a two-star rave from The New York Times' Pete Wells in 2018, so the kitchen's technique holds up even if the star didn't stick around. The same team opened San Sabino, a seafood-leaning Italian-American spot, next door, which is worth knowing about as a backup if Don Angie's tables aren't opening up on your date.

How much does dinner at Don Angie cost?

Based on the restaurant's own itemized prices, a shared appetizer, the flatbread, a pasta, the lasagna or duck, dessert, and wine for two people lands somewhere around $150 to $250 before tax and tip. That's a calculated estimate from the menu rather than a single number quoted by a critic, so use it as a planning range. The chrysanthemum salad and flatbread keep the per-person cost down if you're building a lighter meal around pastas instead of the lasagna.

Frequently asked questions

Is the pinwheel lasagna worth ordering for two people?

Yes, but treat it as the meal's centerpiece rather than one course among several. Since it serves four to six according to The Infatuation, two people ordering it alongside a full round of appetizers and a second entree will end up with far more food than they can finish.

What's the difference between the chrysanthemum salad and the stuffed garlic flatbread?

The chrysanthemum salad is a garlic and sesame salad with parmesan, served cold. The stuffed garlic flatbread is a warm, cheese-and-garlic-stuffed bread built on a focaccia di recco base. Most tables order both since they serve different roles, one as a lighter starter and one as a shareable bread course.

Does Don Angie still have a Michelin star?

No. Don Angie held one Michelin star from 2021 to 2023 and lost it in the 2023 guide. The kitchen's output hasn't visibly changed since, per ongoing coverage of the restaurant.

Is Don Angie better for a couple or a group?

A group of four gets more out of the menu. The Infatuation recommends this explicitly, since the portions and the breadth of the pasta list are built for sharing across more than two people.

Don Angie's tables move quickly once they open, and DinnerElite tracks exactly when that happens. Watch the Don Angie reservations page for the current drop pattern, and set an alert so you know the second a table becomes available instead of checking Resy on a hunch.