There are actually more restaurants than names!
My sister, who HATES to cook actually turned me on to Lidia. She had been watching her on PBS and loved the show. I actually like to cook and I also love her show.
Because I liked Lidia so much, it started me in watching a lot of cooking shows, and now that's about all I do watch on TV.
These are all her restaurants, but she's let her son Joe have a say in opening some: Felidia (her first restaurant) 243 E 58th Street, ESCA 402 West 43rd St, Becco 355 West 46th Street (I think her son Joe runs this one) and Del Posto 85 10th Ave.
There's also Lidia's in Pittsburgh 1400 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA and another Lidia's in Kansas City 101 West 22nd Street Kansas City.
You really have to applaud her to be able to keep so many restaurants going and thriving, especially in NYC. The turnover for restaurants here is incredible. You can find a new restaurant one day and the next month it's gone!
Here's her website with information about her show and with her restaurants' menus:
Lidia’s Italy » Welcome to Lidia’s Italy!
I dare you to read them without getting hungry!
