Long Island has no shortage of Italian restaurants. It does, however, have room for another place where ordering one pizza somehow turns into ordering pasta, cocktails and dessert. Enter Misto, the Italian kitchen and pizza bar in Floral Park.
Located at 143 Tulip Avenue, Misto combines classic Italian comfort food with a more contemporary neighborhood-restaurant feel. The menu covers everything from antipasti and pasta to entrées, pizza, cocktails and weekend brunch—essentially making it possible to visit Misto for almost any excuse involving food.
Pizza is a major part of the operation, but Misto isn’t sticking to just one style. The restaurant offers Roman-style pinsa, made with a long-fermented dough designed to be lighter and crispier, alongside its classic house dough used for round and square tavern-style pies. Because apparently choosing between pizza styles wasn’t difficult enough already.
The pasta lineup keeps things properly Italian, while the menu also includes shareable appetizers and larger entrées. And for anyone who likes their dinner with a side of “we should probably stay for another drink,” Misto has a cocktail and wine program to match.
There’s also happy hour Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m., featuring $10 house-liquor cocktails, $5 domestic beer, $7 house wine and $10 food specials including mozzarella in carrozza, Parmesan truffle fries and meatball sliders.
Weekend brunch adds another reason to make the trip, with Italian-inspired brunch dishes, mimosas and espresso martinis.
For anyone searching for Misto Floral Park, Italian restaurants in Floral Park, Long Island pizza, Roman-style pinsa or Italian brunch near Queens, Misto offers plenty of reasons to put Tulip Avenue on the dining map.
Just remember: you came for pizza.
What happens after that is between you, the pasta menu and your waistband.
