Trattoria Trecolori

As we ate our Italian meal last night to kick off our World Cup challenge, we started thinking about the Italian meal that we had during the last World Cup challenge. It's kind of funny that this time we started with Italy, but last time Italy was the very last meal that we had for the challenge, a dinner on the eve of the World Cup final. That time we visited Trattoria Trecolori, a spot in Midtown that has good food and reasonable prices, and is very popular with the pre-theater crowd. 

We started off with some complimentary bread and butter.

And also some free olives.

We split an appetizer - a caprese salad - which had excellent mozzarella alongside tomatoes, basil, and balsamic glaze.

For my entree, I got the lasagna of the day, which was lasagna with sweet Italian sausage ragu. It wasn't remotely healthy, but it was delicious. The portion size was also very reasonable, enough to fill you up but not so much that you felt too stuffed like you'd have to roll home.

A got the gnocchi of the day, which was spinach gnocchi with sweet Italian sausage (clearly we were in the mood for sweet Italian sausage), sundried tomato, and a Gorgonzola cheese sauce. Gnocchi, especially when covered in a cheese sauce, is heavy. But A really likes gnocchi, and he was very happy with the melding of saltiness from the sausage and cheese and sweetness from the sundried tomatoes.

To finish off the meal, we ordered a tiramisu, which is one of A's favorite desserts. A enjoyed it as expected. It was a really good offering with not too much cream on top and with delicately soaked ladyfingers. M isn't a huge fan of tiramisu, but she liked this one more than most.

We had a really nice and relaxing meal at Trattoria Trecolori and would go back (even if we haven't gotten around to it in the past 4 years). If you're looking for Italian in the Theater District, we would definitely recommend it. It's always nice looking back at old pictures and reliving old memories (even if you don't remember every detail and taste). That's one thing I really love about doing the World Cup eating challenge for a second time. We get to enjoy this World Cup and relive the last one too!