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The Best Cheap Italian Food of NYC

Carmaya

Modestly priced Williamsburg Italian eats--and the only time you'll ever order from a CD case.

The Scene

One of Williamsburg's better-looking gardens lurks behind Carmaya, a sleek restaurant on a side street away from the hubbub of Bedford Avenue. Jumpy house music plays on the stereo, making it all the more fitting that the menus and wine lists come in the form of CD cases.

The Food

The surprisingly varied Italian menu covers everything from simple pastas (good fettuccine with oyster mushrooms, asparagus and black summer truffles) to ossobuco salad with purple potatoes and salsa verde. Seafood items like sea bream filet over cherry tomatoes and baby vegetables and a crab cake with mesclun greens are also worthwhile. Prices top out at a very reasonable $15.

139 N 6th St
Brooklyn, NY 11211-3201
Phone: (718) 302-4441