Under the single name Parma, this old-style Italian restaurant had been a fixture on Manhattan’s Upper East Side since 1977, opened by Elio Guaitolini and afterwards owned by John Piscina.

Now, as Parma Nuova, it has been beautifully transformed by owner Giorgio Manzio, a Sicilian who has worked in New York’s Da Silvano, Le Cirque, Bella Blu and La Masseria. Manzio has partnered with Giuseppe “Peppe” Iuele, Vincenzo “Enzo” Ruggiero and Executive Chef Giuseppe “Pino” Coladonato of La Masseria Group, which has had wide success with two restaurants and a café in New York, one in Providence, RI, and another in Miami.