about supper restaurant

Supper is The Third restaurant from the Frank crew. Here Frank has taken his favorite classic dishes from all over the north of italy and coupled them with a space that reeks Old East Village charm. Wine wine and more Italian Wines than any other east village restaurant. Think lots of brick and stone low lighting and a handinstalled Florentine wood ceiling pictured in the last supper. Old Venetian glass hanging chandeliers and it's all just a setting for a whirling swirling kitchen center stage. Yeah...Veal Milanese (proper), Bolognese out the... You guessed it. OUT DA BUTT. Beef short ribs BAROLO, yup. Freshest salads and MOZZ, SPECK, FALL PARM SALAD, BURRATA, spag limone!!! Yeah... Spag cacio pepe, Bagna Caoda, Osso buco, BOLLITO MISTO, Risotto Amarone, Arista di maiale, Dad's SUNDAY MARINARA SAUCE, chunky and ripped with fresh ricotta cheese. Priest Stranglers? It's just stoopid good.

Frank Prisinzano

Much of Frank Prisinzano's love and respect for food comes from his childhood experiences. Born into a proud Italian American family of great cooks with strong family traditions, Frank became fascinated with the process of cooking. At an early age, he began traveling to Italy and assisting both of his grandmothers in the kitchen. After graduating high school, Frank attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. and graduated at the top of his class.

Frank's early experiences show his dedication to learning about every position in a restaurant - washing dishes at a pizzeria for $2.50 an hour, working as one of Long Island's best young chefs, bartending and waiting tables in Miami, in New York City at The Park Avenue Café (under David Burke and Brad Steelman) and in Miami at Amano (under Chef Norman van Aiken). All these experiences have helped Frank form the visions of his own restaurants.

Frank Prisinzano is now the Owner and Executive Chef of 3 East Village Italian Restaurants - Frank Restaurant, 88 2nd Avenue (5th - 6th St.), Supper Restaurant, 156 E. 2nd St. (Avenue A-B) and Lil' Frankie's Pizza (1st-2nd St.), all of which Wine Spectator has recognized with an Award of Excellence. Frank's newest business, Frank Catering, serves the production industry and all of Frank's continued loyal customers.

Through all of Frank's successes, his interest in creativity and giving back to the community hasn't waned. In June 2003, he launched East Village Radio, a community radio station that streams live from its storefront, street level studio on 1st Avenue. Additionally, he and best friend Rui Docouto formed a furniture and interior design company called Site Specific Design (SSD) which was born out of their very first effort together - building Supper Restaurant in 1998.

Read more at In Mama's Kitchen, told by Frank Prisinzano.