Osteria Cotta

On our list of the best cozy restaurants in New York.

Four rooms make up this Columbus Avenue Italian spot: a lively bar at street level, a rustic dining room and a smaller living room above it, and a patio out back. The wood-fired pizzas run to a truffle-cream Tartufo pie with speck and mushrooms, and appetizers include a four-piece arancini and an eggplant caponata antipasto. Weekday happy hour and a full weekend brunch round out the schedule, and heaters on the patio keep it open into the colder months.