Sauce & Barrel

Sauce & Barrel is JUST far enough away from my office that it completely escaped my radar for close to a year, but is close enough to have a legit sit-down lunch experience on a slow Friday. My chum and I came here on just such an occasion last week. This is a weird area of the Financial District - it's not the first place you think of for a possible lunch spot, especially if you're coming from the eastern side. It's got a lot of seedy touristy vibes (as in all of those sketchy...read full review

Ambiance was really nice. I came with my friend from work after the gym so we just needed something low key. Has an upstairs section. Entrees were amazing. We got the smoked mozzarella pizza and the vodka rigatoni so good! We had to ask for plates so we can share our pasta and pizza but that was fine, we get it people don't realize. What really surprised us were the grains of uncooked rice we found in our desserts (chocolate mousse cake and tiramisu). My friend was biting down...read full review

Decent. Not the best, not the worst. I've had the pizza, wings, pasta and apps here. Keeping it real below. There aren't a ton of great pizza options in FiDi. So if you're in this area, it's an option.Wings - fried and drenched in buttery Buffalo saucePizza - needs a better topping ratio. So so so floppy! Pasta - overcooked noodles ... sad but not inedible House Salad - it's a salad... not much to say Service - it's decent, nice servers and hosts Ambience - open concept pizza...read full review