“Thirty years ago, an antique shop was first transformed into a wine bar and then a restaurant. ‘We brought the best of Italy to New York City.’ The journey began in March 1994 when a young filmmaker, Donna Lennard, and her Italian partner from Um...

Aug. 30, 2021 Justin Smillie, the executive chef for the Il Buco restaurants in Manhattan and in Amagansett, N.Y., wanted to devise a lighter take on octopus. “I was looking for something other than the big steaky chunks you always see,” ...

Ciabatta Bread: 5 Tips by Sheena Otto, Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria’s Head Baker

We are open in Montauk for a season, taking over the restaurant space of Donna's lifelong friends Fernando Trocca & Martin Pittaluga who will be staying in Santa Teresita this summer. With Chef Justin Smillie at the helm, Donna brings her pas...

il Buco Alimentari is reopening for pick up and delivery, with an emphasis on our market and Executive Chef Justin Smillie at the helm. Donna is thrilled to be collaborating once again with Justin and adapting the Alimentari model to continue serv...

Florence Fabricant spotlights il Buco Vita's 2nd street showroom in her weekly Front Burner column for the New York Times food section!

“At il Buco everyone takes it for granted that there will be 10 Sagrantinos on the list...the only other place you see that is Montefalco.” Our beloved Wine Director Roberto Paris speaks about his relationship with the Caprai Vineyard, and the hi...

Every year, GQ food critic, Brett Martin, gives a lot of shine to the best new restaurants in America. But this time he turns his attention to the places that have been our go-tos for a couple of decades now. They are too old to be new, too new to...

The New York Restaurant That Feels Like an Italian Farmhouse For 25 years, Il Buco has served perfect pasta and Umbrian charm to the loyal customers who have returned again and again to its small cobblestoned block. "Late one balmy September nig...

The Grub Street Diet: Il Buco’s Donna Lennard Takes Her Drinks to Go By Chris Crowley Donna Lennard’s Bond Street antique store turned restaurant Il Buco is celebrating its 25th birthday this year. That kind of longevity is rare for any restauran...

il Buco’s very own Founder and Mother, Donna Lennard, spoke to NY Mag about balancing Motherhood and work...

Read an excerpt from "Doesn't Matter The Scale: Modern Bakers Are Looking To The Past"

Find us in Zagat's roundup of the best places to treat yourself to lunch here.

Read about il Buco Alimentari's in house batteria and 20 year aged balsamic in Jimmy Im's review for CNBC here.

Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop has named our handmade Bevagna serveware as the perfect housewarming gift—"any cheese board setup or dinner entrée looks infinitely better when served on Italian glazed terra-cotta." Read the full gift guide here.

Read about il Buco's Wine Director, Roberto Paris, in Forbes online. It’s his fondness for “odd characters,” for wines wrongly disregarded elsewhere but thankfully found here, for the kind of conversations launched by a first sip of something you...

"New Yorkers don’t just happen upon apartments. There is always guaranteed to be a wild, unbelievable-if-you-think-too-hard-about-it story that brought person and home together. So unsurprisingly, New York City restaurateur Donna Lennard remembers...

Read about Donna Lennard and il Buco in Conde Nast Traveler's story A Food Pilgrimage to Umbria with the Owner of New York's Legendary Il Buco!"There are a few reasons Il Buco has been on every New Yorker’s short list for the past 23 years: Eating...

"Il Buco’s casual offshoot—one part winecentric restaurant (Vineria), one part gourmet food pantry (Alimentari)—pulls off the combo more elegantly. The two halves of the former warehouse space share a single uncluttered aesthetic. The retail porti...