RIDGEWOOD, QUEENS
Il Gigante
A friendly trattoria run by friends from Florence and Bologna — order the gramigna with sausage.
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IllustrationLorenzo, Ed and Jacopo, friends from Florence and Bologna, call Il Gigante a love letter to the home-style cooking they grew up on in central Italy — heaping bowls of ragù, meaty lasagna, generous snowfalls of parmigiano. The welcome is loud and warm, and nobody hurries you out.
Order the gramigna alla salsiccia, short curls of pasta with fennel sausage, and the tortelloni with butter and sage. Start with calamari fritti or polpette al sugo, and if you are hungry, add the cotoletta alla bolognese, a fried pork cutlet under parmigiano sauce.
Editor’s tip
Share a starter and two pastas between two — the gramigna is the one not to skip.
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Editorial draft — core details last reviewed October 14, 2026. Confirm practical details with the official site before you go.