Review: Edoardo's Trattoria in Huntington
Langoustine sautéed in cherry tomato sauce, garlic, red chili, basil and finished with brandy at Edoardo’s Trattoria in Huntington. Credit: Stephanie Foley
Since 2022, Edoardo’s has stood out in Huntington as a singular expression of one man’s culinary passion and skill. Born in Ecuador, Edoardo Erazo trained in Italy before moving to New York where he worked at some of the city’s most celebrated Italian restaurants and opened his own. Edoardo’s intimate, bi-level space is no longer a combination cafe-market-sandwich shop-bakery-restaurant as it was in the early days. Now it comprises a softly lit bar and a pair of tableclothed dining rooms.
Edoardo's Trattoria
Range of entrees: $42-$65, pastas: $26-$28
Handicapped accessible: The bathroom is in the back of the restaurant, up three steps, but can be accessed at ground level through a side door to the restaurant.
Attributes: Date night, Vegetarian, Outdoor seating, Family-friendly
Reservations: Suggested for dinner
300 New York Ave., Huntington
The menu changes seasonally, but you might well find antipasti such as baccala mantecato (whipped codfish) on polenta crostini or bresaola (air-dried beef) with grapefruit, pistachio and lemon. Among homemade pastas, linguine with shrimp and lemon sauce and pappardelle alla Bolognese are staples; you might luck into tagliolini with Ossetra caviar. Secondi include Dover sole in a white wine-caper sauce, grilled octopus with bell peppers, roast pork shoulder with mashed sweet potatoes and caramelized pear.
Cappuccino and Italian pastries are part of the dining experience at Edoardo's Trattoria in Huntington. Credit: Stephanie Foley
At lunch, there’s a $38 two-course prix fixe menu as well as a roster of five sandwiches on homemade focaccia. Erazo trained as a pastry chef and he produces a range of southern Italian confections rarely seen on these shores: Torta Caprese (rich-but-light chocolate-almond cake), delizioso di limone (a dome of sponge cake filled and blanketed with lemon cream) and torta soffice all’arancia (sponge filled with orange custard and covered with marmalade).
Credit: Stephanie Foley
Notable dishes
Linguine al limone, fettuccine ai funghi, pappardelle alla Bolognese, uovo in raviolo, veal chop, Dover sole, pistachio cheesecake
Tip:
Edoardo's is a lunchtime gem, with your choice of a $38 two-course menu or opulent $20 panini.
With Italian restaurants of all kinds scattered across Long Island, Edoardo’s presents itself as a trattoria of a decidedly different stripe. Tucked onto a prime Huntington Village corner, Edoardo’s evokes the cuisine and ambience of Italian meccas like Rome, Florence and Naples. And that’s a very good thing.
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