Josh Reviews Lil' Frankies

April 03, 2002 Below 14th correspondent Josh A. reports: "Last week, I went to Li'l Frankie's (1st Ave. and 2nd St.), a new restaurant below 14th St. Same owner as Frank (2nd Ave. and 5th St.). Place was bustling at 8 pm on Friday night, but not so bustling that we weren't seated immediately. Unfortunately, we were seated too close to a loud and uninteresting couple. It's tight in there, but not tighter than Frank and there are promises of a garden during garden season. We had individual pizzas, which seem to be the specialty of the house. (There are pastas, too.) They were cooked in some sort of special oven. Thin crust, good stuff on top. I'd eat them again. The eggplant appetizer was fun but more show than necessary. Big, hot eggplant arrives at table, server slices it open, drizzles oil, dashes salt, voila! Wine list was reasonable, but what do I know. We didn't have dessert but the loud couple made a lot of noise about their tiramisu." Thank you, Josh. We will check it out.