ZaZa's Opens on Central Avenue

In another sign that the economy is on an upswing, new restaurants are opening every week in our area. This week we noticed bright yellow awnings on Central Avenue, where Rustico closed earlier this summer. We stopped in to investigate and were pleasantly surprised to see that the interior has undergone a total transformation and is now open for business.

Rustico has now been renamed Za’Za’ and will be managed by Alessandro Calemme, an Italian native and former music producer whose family has been in the restaurant business in Naples and Milan for two generations. He is partnering with Nello Tizzano who ran Rustico for 17 years. Calemme brings both his musical and culinary skills to the enterprise –and has come up with an innovative menu and invited musicians to play acoustic guitar, jazz, blues and pop on Wednesday through Friday nights.

The restaurant now houses a floor to ceiling wood burning pizza oven and the menu lists seventeen variations of pizza and calzone including a seafood pizza with mussels, clams and shrimp, the “Donna Regina” with tomato sauce, mozzarella, basil, artichoke hears, mushrooms, olives and parma prosciutto, and an original margherita. The crusts are made with Caputo Pizza Flour from Italy and Calemme is importing his mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes as well.

The menu features a wide array of antipasti, salads and pastas. Entrees will change daily and be shown on the restaurant blackboard. On the day we visited, specials included pasta with eggplant and mozzarella, Tagliata Di Manzo, branzino and thinly sliced filet mignon. From Sunday through Wednesday, Za’Za’ is offering their special tasting menu, “L’abbuffata" which includes unlimited servings of antipasti, pizza and main courses for just $30 per person.

The restaurant is also open for lunch and panini and wraps will be served.

If you try Za’Za’, please tell us how it was in the comments sections below:

Za’Za’
751 Central Park Avenue
Scarsdale, New York 10583
(914) 472-4005

Open Seven Days a Week for Lunch and Dinner