After 17 years of restaurant experience, Besim Kukaj has created an “at home” Italian feeling for your dining experience. With passion and Italian Gusto, Chef Augusto Ferreira is delivering a true taste of Italy to the West Village. Augusto Ferreira is a gem of authenticity, serving an eclectic Italian menu that embraces the various region cooking styles of Ferreira International training. Previously at well-established restaurants, such as Cipriani Dolce, where he popularized seemingly generic pastas like spaghetti and meatballs into signature dishes, Ferreira is enjoying the limelight as the star chef who strives to give New Yorkers, innovative high-end quality cuisine in a comfortable ambience at neighborhood friendly prices.