Corsino
Thursday April 8th, 2010
6:45pm
637 Hudson Street
I love ‘inoteca, cucina on Rivington Street, so when brothers Jason and Joe Denton opened Corsino in the West Village I couldn’t wait to try it. The interior evokes a bit of ‘inoteca—hard wood floors, wooden walls, bottles of wine lining the shelves, casual yet elegant. Unfortunately that’s where the similarities ended. The service was spotty and over the course of our hour and a half there we had at least 3 different servers. The wine list by the glass is small (Italian Reds, Whites and a few Sparkling) and I found the food to be over-priced (each piece of crostini costs $2.50). The mushroom & tallegio and cannellini bean & artichoke were the standouts, however the olive tapenade (over salted) and shrimp and arugula (fishy and creamy with one lone piece of arugula on top) were inedible. Our server let us pick out another to try to make up for it, and the substitute ricotta and orange honey proved to be a good choice. My bill was nearly $40 (including tip) for a glass of wine, a few shared crostini and a cheese plate. I really wanted to like Corsino, but I think the concept is far better than the execution.
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- A bustling scene inside
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- Crostini is a bit pricey at $2.50 each – good for sharing.
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- I enjoyed the Valpolicella
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- The cheese plate was rather small for $12
Wine
- 2007 Brigaldara Valpolicella - a balanced medium-bodied Italian red with notes of berry
Appetizers (shared by the table)
- olives
- mushroom and tallegio
- cannellini bean and artichoke (had a nice hint of cinnamon)
- ricotta and orange honey
- olive tapenade (inedible – flavor overpowered with salt)
- shrimp and arugula (inedible – a creamy, fishy blend topped with one sad piece of arugula)
- cheese plate – fresh cow’s milk ricotta, taleggio and capra sardo