Patsy's Tavern & Restaurant

Patsy's Tavern & Restaurant is a Restaurant in Paterson, NJ, located at 72 7th Ave. It holds a rating of 4.5 based on 110 reviews.

Opened in 1931 by Pasquale "Patsy" Barbarulo and his wife Mary, the establishment has served classic, handmade Italian cuisine to several generations. The restaurant features antique decor that has remained unchanged since its founding. Steve Barbarulo, the grandson of Patsy, and his wife Jill currently operate the business. The menu includes a variety of Italian dishes. Appetizers and salads include hot mussels marinara, broccoli rabe with oil and garlic, broccoli rabe with sausage, calamari marinara, eggplant rollantini, mozzarella sticks, homemade meatballs, sausage, cold Italian antipasto, calamari salad, and garden house salad. Side orders consist of garlic bread, available as a half or whole loaf with or without cheese.

Entrees are served with pasta or salad. Options include chicken parmigiana, chicken francese, veal parmigiana, veal francese, eggplant parmigiana, and eggplant rollantini. Seafood dishes include a side salad and feature shrimp sautéed with broccoli rabe over linguine, shrimp francese with lemon, butter, and white wine sauce, shrimp parmigiana, shrimp scampi over linguine, stuffed filet of sole with scallops and crab meat, calamari marinara over linguine, mussels marinara over linguine, and littleneck clams over linguine with white wine, marinara, or fra diavlo sauce. Sandwiches include meatball, meatball parmigiana, sausage, sausage parmigiana, eggplant parmigiana, chicken cutlet parmigiana, and veal cutlet parmigiana. Patsy's also offers famous brick oven pizza baked in original 1931 brick ovens. Toppings include pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, onion, fresh garlic, meatball, hot or sweet peppers, anchovies, and black olives.

The restaurant operates Tuesday through Saturday for dinner from 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Lunch is available on Thursday and Friday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The restaurant is closed on Sunday and Monday. Patsy's Tavern & Restaurant is cash only, and credit cards are not accepted. Delivery is unavailable, and the restaurant offers take out or dine in options. A 20% gratuity is added to parties of 8 or more. Customers are encouraged to call 973-742-9596 for reservations and daily specials.

The restaurant's iconic crust was recently praised by Christine Sloan's "Restaurant Hunters" in 2019. The building has been requested as a filming location by HBO and Netflix. Patsy's Tavern & Restaurant provides traditional Italian dining in Paterson, NJ.

Patsy's Tavern & Restaurant is situated on 7th Avenue in Paterson, NJ, approximately 0.2 miles from Blessed Sacrament School and the River Street Station Paterson Post Office. The location is also near 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue, which are both about 0.3 miles away.

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