Michael Imperioli is a neighborhood guy. That means grabbing an omelet at Carnegie Diner, unwinding at Sake Bar Hagi with his castmates from An Enemy Of The People, and people-watching on a Verdi Square bench. The Sopranos and White Lotus actor moved from Santa Barbara back to New York in 2020, and settled down on the Upper West Side. Now, many of his favorite spots are local: restaurants that are “part of the fabric of the neighborhood.”
On the UWS, that includes Scarlet Lounge, the bar he and his wife Victoria back, and its little sister, the brand-new Dahlia—even though Imperioli himself is a teetotaler. He’s also a vegetarian who appreciates a good eggplant parm, and will go all the way to Little Italy for a rigatoni alla vodka. Here are the spots Imperioli returns to for meals—and for a taste of quintessential New York: