From Barbuto's website:
"Barbuto occupies a large, airy space with curving, garage-style doors, which in the spring will open up to allow café tables to spill onto the sidewalk. With the doors closed, however, the room has a bare-bones, utilitarian feel

Anyone who has Bobby Flay and Alice Waters raving about their food has to be a great chef. Jonathan Waxman's restaurant Barbuto does nothing to disappoint. Barbuto serves very simple Italian that's cooked impeccably. I had penne con ratatouille and it was