If you want to try another (really good, IMO) Italian restaurant in the same area, try Trattoria Trecolori on 47th between 8th and 7th ave.
That's not the place that Billy Joel had in mind when he wrote the bookends for "Scenes..." is it? I just remember it was loosely inspired by a place over near 7th/8th that the band would go to, but I can't remember if it was down by the studio they used - 52nd Street - or up by Carnegie Hall, which is probably ten blocks further up.
Also, That's a great picture Lonestar
It is; I feel bad now for not saying that (though it goes without saying!).