Proud to be an American (restaurant). Or not.

Gusto Ristorante e Bar Americano

A sleek, modern deco-inflected dining room plays host to West Village beautiful people at this upscale Italian ristorante.

Proud to be an American?
With a menu featuring orcchiette and Sicilian meatballs, it takes a little digging to find anything you could safely label “American” at Gusto (60 Greenwich Ave.). But a grilled breakfast pizza might fit the bill (pizza may be Italian, but pizza for breakfast smacks of American ingenuity).

Spangled-star rating: 1
American(o) by semantics alone.