On Arthur Avenue, in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx — often applauded as "the real Little Italy" of New York — Zero Otto Nove presents a miniature streetscape of the owner's home city, Salerno (telephone exchange: 089). A narrow stuccoed passage leads to a skylit back room whose tromp l'oeil murals and postered walls evoke the charms of dining al fresco. The pizza oven, and the talents of the pizzaioli, are in plain sight, too. Admire the timeless assembly of pies and calzones like "The Vincenzo" (shown) as you peruse the menu's even more enticing roster of antipasti and insalata, zuppe and pasta, pesce and carne, not to mention a wine list that's very well-supplied with Italian reds. Salute!

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