La Piazza was right across the street from Bacco's on Park Avenue. Last time I drove by it had changed hands. This restaurant struck me as the closest to an authentic Italian restaurant (a restaurant in Italy) of any of the places on this list. "Close to authentic" as in the way you get to a foreign country and it's not quite the way you pictured it. This place is trendy, stylish and still comfortable. The staff was mostly male but the bartender was a woman and there were quite a few young people gathered around the bar who all seemed to know each other. We had a shrimp dish that was very light and nicely seasoned, not at all a run of the mill Itailian dish. And the salad came a sun dried tomatoe sauce artfully adorning the edge of the plate. Great presentation, as they say. The chef, a male, came out to see if everything was ok and we gave him two thumbs up.

There is another place in here now. Can't think what it is called.