New York restaurant is huge favorite among US Open | Sports News

US Open stars can’t appear to get enough of a hole-in-the-wall Italian restaurant situated simply a hop and a skip away from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

When Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz — who insisted that they’re buddies away from tennis regardless of being fierce rivals on the court docket — aren’t duking it out in Flushing Meadows, they will typically be discovered eating at Osteria Delbianco.

The upscale eatery situated on East forty ninth Street in Midtown Manhattan has swiftly turn out to be a fan favorite among the higher echelon of tennis execs, largely on account of its comforting ambiance and scrumptious menu that includes conventional Northern Italian dishes.

“They feel very relaxed [here]. They feel at home,” Osteria Delbianco co-owner Dorjan Kalaja instructed The New York Post. “They love it here. They create such a wonderful atmosphere when they are here. People love them. Now we have a personal relationship with them.”

Given the truth that the massive majority of US Open gamers keep at inns situated in Midtown East, Osteria Delbianco serves as a native sizzling spot for these seeking to discover a great meal close by. Andrey Rublev, Lorenzo Musetti, Leylah Fernandez and Jasmine Paolini have all dined on the restaurant because the Grand Slam kicked off, with Sinner and Alcaraz additionally arriving individually on the joint for dinner on the identical night time final week.

“Sinner came first, and after that, as soon as Alcaraz came in, they start talking and stuff, you know, like friends,” co-owner Gustavo Hodzic recalled. “They talked, they laughed. [They had] a very good time.”

According to Alcaraz, the run-in occurred by full probability. “We run into each other. Just was a coincidence,” he instructed reporters. “It is a good restaurant.”

As for what dishes they like most, Sinner — who was born and raised in Innichen, a village in northern Italy — routinely goes for the pasta with bolognese sauce or veal and scallops. “Sinner, he like to cook — a good Italian cook,” chef Diego Bigucci mentioned. “Simple, traditional Italian cook. The father was a chef, worked in the kitchen as well. He likes the more traditional Italian food, what we do here. I’m proud of him.”

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Alcaraz, in the meantime, prefers the chicken diavolo and risotto with salmon. Most just lately, the Spaniard opted for the gnocchi with a “little ragu and truffle” alongside grilled fish and roasted potatoes whereas eating with a group of 11 people — together with his dad, Carlos Alcaraz Gonzalez, and coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero — on Monday.

“Around 8:30 p.m., Alcaraz’s coach came in the door with two other people,” Hodzic mentioned. “We were busy. He told me, like, ‘Do you have a table for us?’ I said, ‘Of course.’ That corner table I left empty — if somebody coming, a player.”