Great Restorante Pizzeria in Napoli

 

Da MARINO

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INSALATA FRUTTA di MARE

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WORLD’S BEST SPAGHETTI VONGOLE

PIZZA con SOPRESSETA

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THIS PIZZA Was AWESOME !!! As Good as Any in NAPOLI ..

Da Marino is a wonderful Restorante Pizzeria that serves Awesome Neapolitan Food and Great Pizza as well … It’s not as famous as Pizzeria Da Michele where Julia Roberts ate Pizza in  “Eat Pray Love”

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At Da marino with My PIZZA

I stumbled upon Da Marino one day when I was walking around Napoli looking for a good place to eat  .. I popped my head into Da Marino to see how it looked .. The place looked promising so I decide to give it a go (good move). The hostess / cashier greetedd me and told me to take a seat anywhere I liked .. I picked out a good table against the wall by the Jersey of Diego Marradonna and other players of Team Napoli Futbol Team .. A waiter came and brought me a menu. I looked over the menu of many great Neapolitan Classics and settled on he Insalata Frutta di Mare (Sefood Salad) and Spaghetti Vongole (Spaghetti with Clam Sauce). I also ordered a small carafe of Falhangina (local White Wine).

The waiter brought me me wine and I was a happy camper. I took a sip and it was absolutely marvelous, and would make a great complement to myseafood meal to come. I sat and relaxed, sipping the Falhangina and watched the the large  family Neapolitan family across from me enoying the fine Sunday Meal. The waiters kept bring them platters of food, one after the other, and I must admit I was getting a bit jealous that I wasn’t a part of their great feast. They seemedto be having such a wonderful time and I just sat there sipping my wine and enjoying seeing this large Italian family having such a good time.

The waiter brought me my Frutta di Mare, and it looked absoutely spectacular. The salad was filled with Octopus (Pulpo) Calamarri, Mussels (Cozze), Shrimp, and Clams and it looked just perfect. And yes I was write from the looks of it, this Insalta Frutta di Mare was absolute perfection. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

I finished the Frutta di Mare, the my waiter brought me a plate of Spaghetti Vongole, the likes I had seen not too many times. This Vongole was like the Frutta di Mare that proceeded it “Absolute Perfection” all the clams perfecty cooked with a little Pepperoncino, Garlic, Olive Oil, parsley, and a few Cherry Tomatoes from the local soils of Mt Vesuvius. Now this was Heaven, I was in a wonderful little restorante in Naploli near The Bay of Naples eating a delicious plate of Spaghetti Vongole while drinking some tasty Falhangina.

Well I finished and made my way tho the bathroom. As I was heading there, I approached the Pizza oven and Pizzaiolo making Pizza. Dam those Pizzas looked good! I came out of the WC and was chatting with the Pizzaiolo.. We had a nice little chat and the Pizza looked so good that I couldn’t resist. I wasn’t planning on Pizza, and my Antipasto and Pasta were just perfect. But the Pizza looked so good, I just hadd to get one. I ordered a pizza with Sopressata. And yes, it was fantastic, and I was still in 7th Heaven in Da Marino Restroant / Pizzeria (Npales, Italy)

June 2015

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Worlds Best Pizza

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GINO SORBILLO PIZZA  … Napoli, Italy

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PIZZA at Da MICHELE PIZZERIA  … NAPOLI

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PIZZERIA Da MICHELE 

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Julia Roberts at Da Michele Pizzeria

Filming EAT PRAY LOVE

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My PIZZA FUNGHI at Da GAETANO .. NAPOLI

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Pizzeria Da Gaetano  … Napoli

“ONE of M FAVORITES”

Pizzeria Da Gaetano is nt as well known as some more famous Pizzerias in Napoli, such as; Da Michle, Gino Sorbillo, Da Mateo, Antica Pizzeria Presidente and others, but it is every bit as good as any of the more famous joints. Try it if you get a chance and I’m sure you’ll agree. Basta!

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Da Mateo

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PSOITANO AMALFI COAST COOKING

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NEAPOLITAN BEAUTY

SOPHIA LOREN

NEW YORK MAKES GREAT PIZZA TOO !!!

“SOME of THE WORLD’S BEST”

As a Matter of Fact

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ThePIZZA MAESTRO Numero Uno .. DOM DeMARCO

DiFara Pizza, Brooklyn New York

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JOHN’S PIZZERIA  .. Greenwich Village, New York

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TOTONNO’S .. Coney Island

BROOKLY, NEW YORK

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SUNDAY SAUCE

alla CLEMENZA

LEARN HOW to MAKE IT

and MANGIA BENE Sempre !!!!

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BROTHER’S PIZZA

QUEEN’S NEW YORK

ALEC BALDWIN’S FAVORITE

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ALEC with His BROTHER’S PIZZA

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Sicilian Pasta n Peas Recipe

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AUNT FRAN’S PASTA & PEAS

This is a nice simple little pasta dish that can be whipped up in no time flat, which my Aunt Fran often did if we stopped by for a visit at her and Uncle Tony’s house. The dish is sort of half a pasta dish and half soup, or it can be either a soup or pasta dish depending on how much liquid you use. More liquid and it’s a soup, less liquid and it’s a Pasta Dish with the peas and other vegetables and pancetta acting as a sauce. This is classic Cucina Povera, the kind of dish that Aunt Fran, my mom, aunts, and uncles grew up with. It’s a dish that is not well known outside of Italian-American households, so if you want in on a great little secret, here you go. Make it, Pasta or Soup, or both, “Mangia Bene.”

 

INGREDIENTS :

¼ cup Olive Oil

8 ounces Pancetta, diced

2 medium Onions, Peeled and diced fine

1 Carrot, Peeled and minced

4 cloves Garlic, peeled and minced

1 large Potato, peeled and cut to ¼” dice

3 cups water

1 Bay Leaf

½ teaspoon each of Kosher Salt & Black Pepper

2 – 10 ounce boxes of frozen Peas

12 ounce Ditalini

1/3 cup grated Pecorino Romano

Place Pancetta and half the olive oil in a 6-quart pan and cook Pancetta on low heat for 6 minutes. Add onions and cook on low heat for 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook on low heat for 2 minutes.

Add Potato, Carrot, water, half the remaining olive oil, Salt, Black Pepper, and Bay Leaf to the pot and raise heat to high. Bring to the boil and cook for 15 minutes on high heat.

Cook pasta in boiling salted water according to directions on package.

Put Peas in pot and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes. Take 1 cup of pasta cooking water and add to the pot peas.

Drain pasta in a colander, then add to pot with peas. Add half the remaining cheese and cook the past and peas on medium heat for 6 minutes.

Serve each person a bowl of Pasta & Peas and pass grated pecorino and Olive Oil to drizzle over pasta.

 

Excerpted from Daniel Bellino-Zwicke ‘s forthcomong book Mangia Italiano

 

See Daniel’s other Best Selling Cookbooks

 

 

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RECIPES FROM MY SICILAIN NONNA

 

 

 

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Amalfi The Devine Coast Positano

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POSITANO .. Classic View … photo by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

 

 

 

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Positano, Italy

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The POSITANO COOKBOOK

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Lunch at a TRATTORIA in SORRENTO

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View of CAPRI From ANACAPRI

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Marian Picolo CAPRI with FARAGLIONI ROCKS in Distance

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Minori with Ravello Above

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View of Minori from Villa Maria Agro Lemon Farm

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My BREAKFAST Villa Maria, Minori Italy

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Me & Vincenzo the Owner of Villa Maria Agroturismo

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My Lunch at Villa Maria  ..  PACCERRI FRUTTA di MARE

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SFOGLIATELLE in NAPOLI

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PIZZA in NAPOLI

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“MOLTO BUONO”

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PASTA

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View of Mt. VESUVIO from Sorrento

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ALTRANI The AMALFI COAST

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CAPRI

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LEARN HOW to Make SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA

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Frank Sinatra Spaghetti Sauce

 

 
 

 


Here’s a strange and interesting article found recently on Grubstreet. It’s the apparent New Phenomenon of Cooking the Recipes of Deceased Celebrities, and the article includes recipes by Elvis and his Fried Chicken, Miles Davis Chili, and Dean Martins Hamburger.
I myself have long been interested in cooking the favorite foods of celebrities both living and those who have passed on, especially those of Italian ancestry and in particular Frank Sinatra. And so I have included a recipe for Frank Sinatra’s favorite of Spaghetti Pomodoro (Tomato Sauce). If you make this recipe, note that frank did not like pieces of garlic in his food. He did love the flavor and the way to achieve this feat as pointed out in the recipe is to start the dish saute whole cloves of garlic in olive oil, and when they just start getting brown, you remove the garlic which has left its flavor behind in the olive oil. Mangia!
“A strange mini-phenomenon is going on: Recipes from long-dead celebrities are resurfacing for no apparent reason. There’s Dean Martin’s spartan burger recipeMiles Davis’s chili, and Elvis’s favorite fried chicken. We wondered how the found recipes held up as actual recipes, so we gave comedian (and amateur cook) David Rees the job of making each, with the stipulation that he report back and rank the recipes against one another.
Celebrities are just like you and me: They wear sweatpants to the coffee shop; they worry about money; and they apparently love to cook!” Article by David Rees, found on Grubstreet. Interesting!
 
FRANK SINATRA’S Favorite SPAGHETTI
with TOMATO SAUCE
INGREDIENTS:
5 Tablespoons olive oil
1 Small Onion, minced
1 28 oz. Can Whole Italian Plum Tomatoes
1/10 teaspoon Peperoncino (Red Pepper Flakes)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dry Basil
1/4 teaspoon dry Oregano

 

7 cloves garlic, peeled and left Whole

 

1 lb Imported Italian Spaghetti
Best Quality Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano Reggiano
Cooking Procedures:
1) Put Olive Oil and garlic cloves in a 3 quart or larger pot. Turn flame on to medium heat. Cook garlic for about four minutes until it is lightly browned. Remove garlic from pot and discard.
2) Put whole tomatoes in blender or food processor and blend for two minutes.
3) Add tomatoes and all remaining ingredients to pot. Bring the ingredients up to the boil, then lower flame until sauce is a a low gentle simmer. Cook for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, scraping bottom of pot to keep sauce from burning.
4) After the sauce has been cooking for about 15 minutes, add Spaghetti to a separate pot of boiling salted water. Cook spaghetti according to directions on spaghetti package.
5) Drain the Spaghetti in a colander. Add spaghetti back to pot it cooked in. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and mix. Add half the Tomato Sauce and mix.
6) Plate out spaghetti onto four plates. Add a little more tomato sauce on top of already dressed Spaghetti. Serve and pass the Grated Cheesse. Enjoy!
 
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke, Author “LA TAVOLA”



SEE “SUNDAY SAUCE” For FRANK’S FAVORITE RECIPES, STORIES, and …













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FRANK SINATRA with DEAN MARTIN and FRIENDS

MANGIA la SPAGHETTI

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Provolone Capri .. an Aperol Spritz

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View of Marina Grande CAPRI with Sorrento in the distance, from Anacapri

Provolone, for many Italian-Americans it’s their favorite cheese. Case in point, its mine, my favorite cheese, as is with my sister Barbara, we both love it. The love of Provolone is more prevalent with Italians who are over forty years of age. The younger generation is more apt to go for Burata, something that didn’t exist in America previous to the past 15 years or so. Growing up in a 60’s 1970’s Italian-American household there were a few Italian Cheeses that most everyone ate and used in cooking their favorite dishes, put on antipasto platters and in sandwiches. There was Ricotta that went into making Lasagna and Manicotti or Stuffed Shells, Cheesecake, Cannoli, and other items. You normally didn’t eat Ricotta on it’s own as you might Mozzarella or Provolone, the ricotta was usually in cooked dishes, however I always loved taking a couple tablespoons, eating it fresh out of the container, all smooth and creamy. Yum!

For many years Pecorino Romano and Parmigiano Reggiano were the most popular cheeses as they were grated over pasta and used in various recipes. Mozzarella came in third in popularity in Italian-America. Mozzarella is most famous for being a topping of millions upon millions of Pizzas, or in the popular Insalata Caprese, a thing of simplistic beauty and taste. A Caprese Salad looks lovely and fresh and just like an Italian Flag, the colors are the same, the Red of the fresh Tomatoes, the creamy white Fresh Mozzarella, and bright green fresh Basil comprises the classic Insalata Caprese, which of course is drizzled with a little bit of Italian Olive Oil to complete this wonderful dish, that’s simple, yet perfect, and based on the best top quality fresh ingredients. All this being said, using the Mozzarella in this way wasn’t the most popular way of getting this cheese in an Italian household. Mozzarella in Italian-America is most popular when it is cooked (melted) into a multitude of Italian dishes like; Lasagna, Manicotti, Stuffed Shells, on Chicken and Veal Parmigiano, in Baked Ziti and on Pizza. Yes we would have a Caprese Salad now and then, but more often if we were eating fresh uncooked Mozzarella it was usually on a sandwich or in the ever popular Antipasto-Misto platter of which the ingredients would vary according to who was making it, but most often it would consist of Salami, fresh Mozzarella and or Provolone, Roast Peppers, Olives, and fresh Celery.

Provolone, always my favorite cheese when I was growing. It was my sister Barbara’s favorite as well and whenever we went to Barcelona’s Restaurant we always ordered a plate of Provolone along with Mussels Marinara, Baked Clams, and all our other favorites. Yes, Mozzarella was fine, but for my sister Barbara and I it just couldn’t keep up with the big bold flavor of Provolone.

 

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Girl Making My PANINO

   I used to love walking into Belevedere Salumeria around the street from our house. The place had large torpedo-like Provolone (weighing 40-50 lbs.) hanging from the ceiling, along with Sopresseta, Prosciutto, and various types of Salumi. The smells dominated by the Provolone when you walked through the door were intoxicating. My friends and I, when we had a couple extra bucks we would treat ourselves and run over to Belevedere Italian Deli and get an awesome sandwich of Gabagool (Capicola), Salami, and Provolone, one of the world’s great sandwiches. Oh my God it’s making me hungry just thinking of it! I want one now!

So along with those boyhood memories of eating a piece of sharp Provolone off the antipasto platter or on one of those great Belvedere Sandwiches, I now have some more fond memories of Provolone Cheese. They come from my latest trip to Italy. I was down on the Amalfi Coast for the first time in a few years, and got a nice panino at a Salumeria one day. I was looking in the refrigerated glass case of Salumi and Cheese looking over their products. I decided on and ordered a panino made with Sopresseta and Provola Afumicata (Smoke Provolone). The counterman made my sandwich and when I ate that baby, boy the combination was absolutely amazing. I couldn’t believe it. I never had this combination before and I just loved it. Simple, just some Sweet Sopresseta and Smoked Provola, the combination was out of this world. It was simple, but each wonderful ingredient of perfectly cured Sopresseta Salami and wonderful Smoke Provolone on a nice Italian Roll, it just made for a great tasting sandwich. What more can I say? I ended up eating about 6 of those sandwiches from various salumerias on Capri, in Sorrento, and on the Amalfi Coast on that trip. I’d get a sandwich or an Arancini to hold me over between meals, if I was going to the beach or taking a boat ride from Amalfi to Capri, or whatever. The sandwiches were all so very tasty and an unexpected pleasure that I hadn’t expected at all. So now after eating all those tasty Panini I now I go to Faicco’s Pork Store around the block and buy some nice Sweet Sopresseta, Smoked Provola and get a loaf of Italian Bread, and I’m all set, right back there on Capri, eating my special Panino di Provola Affumicata e Sopresseta. This brings me back to Capri, Amalfi, and memories of a trip. A trip of beauty, tasty food, and recollections, the beauty of Capri and the Amalfi Coast, eating Vongole, Pasta, Arancini, and Provolone. I tell you folks, “it just doesn’t get much better than that.”

 

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Panino di Proval Affumicata e Sopresseta, Minori

 

Now talking of these things, the Sopresseta, Provola, Capri Sorrento, and Napoli, I’ve got to bring up one more pleasure of that trip, the Aperol Spritz and Summer on the Amalfi Coast. It’s not that I’d never had an Aperol Spritz before. No, the first time I had one was way back in 1995 in Venice, the place where the Aperol Spritz was invented. I was on my exploratory trip of Venetian Wine Bars (Bacari) when I had my first Spritz. One evening I was walking around doing the Venetian Wine Bar tour. While walking on the Strada Nuova in Canareggio I dashed into a Bacaro I had spotted. I made my way up to the bar and surveyed the scene a moment before ordering. As I stood there I notice people drinking this particular drink. I asked the barman what they were drinking and he told me that it was a Spritz, “Prosecco with Aperol and soda.” OK, I said, “I’ll take one.” The barmen made me one in no-time flat, and that was my first Spritz, and I’ve had a number of them since then. Now getting back to that Summer 2015 on Costiera Amalfitana and the Aperol Spritz, they were everywhere, glasses of Aperol Spritz one after the other, bar after bar, caffe after caffe, table after table, everywhere you looked people were drinking this refreshing cocktail, the locals and tourists alike. Well I’d come back from the beach on my way back to my hotel, and as usual when on the Amalfi Coast when done at the beach for the day, I head to a nice bar or caffe for an Espresso, a glass of local White Wine, a Campari, or some other cocktail. Now all of a sudden it seemed that the Spritz had moved into high gear. The drink was quite popular, and as I’ve said, it was everywhere and everyone was drinking them. So I headed to the Piazza Umberto one day after a day at the beach (Faraglioni) as I usually do. There’s a few very popular caffe’s there, and it’s just a matter of picking one to spend your time at. I chose one of my favorites, the Bar Tiberius. I took a seat at a table outside and waited for the waiter to come over. The waiter came and I ordered an Aperol Spritz. He came back a few minutes later with a refreshing looking Spritz and a little bowl of peanuts for me to munch. Yes, it was good. My Aperol Spritz, Capri, the Piazza Umberto and all that goes with it, like a scene in a movie, set on the beautiful Isle of Capri. And you’re in it. Now that’s something.

So, I ended up drinking a good number of Aperol Spritz’s on that trip. I had them in Capri, Positano, in Sorrento, and at caffé in the piazza in Ravello. It’s a great drink that’s light and refreshing and a great way to start any evening, slow and easy, that’s the Aperol Spritz, it eases you into the evening with its lightness and refreshing taste. Enjoy one some time, I do.

So there you have it, the Provolone of my youth with those great Provolone & Gabagool Sandwiches at the Italian Deli Belveder, the Aperol Spritz, Capri, Napoli, Sorrento, and my Provola Panini on The Amalfi Coast. That’s Italy, Italian-America, Italian Food and memories of this blissful never-ending journey of Italian Food, the culture, people, places, and events. It’s all quite wonderful. Don’t you agree?

 

 

Excerpted from Daniel Bellino ‘s forthcoming book  MANGIA ITALIANO,                                 slated for a 2016 Release?

 

 

 

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New York’s Best Italian Resaurant

 

When it comes to great Italian Food, in a city (New York) that is known to have the Best Italian Food in the World outside of Italy, it’s hard to beat Bar Pitti, which is why Bar Pitti may very well be the “Best Italian Restaurant” in New York City! Yes!

Wait a minute, scratch that “maybe.” No, Bar Pitti serves without a doubt, thee “Best Italian Food in New York.” You don’t think so? name one that is better. And please only qualified people please. No followers or Hack Food Critics like
Frank Bruni.
Who could compete? Maybe Babbo, Del Posto, Elio’s, Lupa. They are all good, but none as good and consistent as Bar Pitti.
Il Mulino is absolutely “Aweful!” An “Overpriced Lackluster Restaurant” with horrible ambiance, mechanical annoying service, and food that is merely good, and no better and insanely “High Prices.” It’s a place for “Followers” who run with the crowd and wouldn’t know real good Italian Food if it came up and Bit Them in The Ass.
Babbo many would say. Well Babbo is quite good, but just can’t hold up to Bar Pitti with more of a true Italian feel, great food at truly real Italian Prices. Babbo is a great Special Occasion restaurant, but for everyday eating, Babbo doesn’t even come close to Bar Pitti for “Great Quality Price Ratio,” and even not considering the prices, if they were the same, though the food at Babbo is very good and I’ve had a few very enjoyable meals there, I have been disappointed a couple of times, something that has “Never” happened to me at Bar Pitti and I’ve eaten there more times, yet never been disappointed, not once, and always had a great time. So even if the prices were the same, Bar Pitti still has an edge, with Better More Consistent Authentic Italian Food than Babbo.
How bout Maialino, Laconde Verde, Osteria Morini, and others? As MC Hammer would say, “Can’t Touch This.”
So if you’re looking for Thee “Best Italian Food in New York” there’s one name, “Bar Pitti.”
 
Recommended Dishes:
 
Coda d’Vacinara (Braised Oxtails) 150 Points on a 100 Pt Scale
 
Bolito d’Manzo (Boiled Beef) Taste a whole Lot Better than it sounds!
 
Polpettine d’ Vitello (Veal Meatballs)
 
Fegato al Salvia (Calves Liver sauteed w/Sage)
 
Paparadelle con Sugo d’Coniglio (Pasta with Rabbit Ragu)
 
PUNTARELLE Wild Roman Greens Salad w/Anchovy Dressing
 
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RICHARD CASTELLANO  aka CLEMENZA
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CAPONATA
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SUNDAY SAUCE
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Recipe in SUNDAY SAUCE
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FRANK SINATRA
Mangia la Uova
Most Americans may not know this, but we Italians love our Egg Dishes, and I don’t mean just for Breakfast … We Eat Eggs all the time, for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner and for a great Snack in-between meals we just Love our Egg Sandwiches. Witness Frank Sinatra who ate them all the time …
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Frank Sinatra Eats

 

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Frank Sinatra, both the greatest singer and greatest entertainer of the 20th Century. No question. Sinatra was a legendary icon whose star still shines bright. He was a musical icon, celebrity, international personality, and to millions of Italian-Americans he was our own, a paisan. Frank was an Italian-American whose ancestry is from Genoa on his mother’s side of the family and Sicilian on his father’s side. And being Italian, Frank loved the food he grew up with, Dolly made a mean Marianara Sauce as well as Meatballs and the all-time Italian-American favorite Sunday Sauce (aka Gravy). Frank loved the food of his childhood; the Spaghetti & Meatballs, Stuffed Artichokes, Pasta Fazool, Frittata, Eggplant Parmigiana and all the usual suspects of the Italian-American table.

It’s a well known fact that Frank’s favorite restaurant was Patsy’s on 56th Street in New York … When Frank went to Patsy’s his favorite dishes were Calms Posillipo and Veal Milanese with a nice plate of Spaghetti Pomodoro in-between, and maybe a slice of Cheesecake to finish if Frank was in the mood.

 

 

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FRANK’S FAVORITE RESTAURANT

Patsy’s 56th Street, NEW YORK, NY

 

 

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Learn How to Make FRANK’S VEAL MILANESE

VEAL MILANESE and CALMS POSILLIPO .. Two of FRANK’S Favorites

 

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Frank tosses the Spaghetti

 

 

 

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Dean Martin with Frank as Sammy Davis Jr pours Frank a Jack Daniels

 

 

 

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Frank Sinatra dines with Marylyn Monroe

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Frank Sinatra with Lauren Bacall at 21 Club , NEW YORK

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Gnocchi Pomodoro

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Frank Sinatra ‘s Egg Sandwiches

RECIPE in MANGIA ITALIANO !

Click !

 

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JILLY’S

Frank at Jilly’s with friends and daughters Nancy and Tina ..

One of Frank’s favorite spots when in New York was owned by one of his closest friends (and Bodyguard) Jilly Rizzo .. Jilly’s served Chinese Food and Franks’s favorite was their Chicken Chowmein .. Frank threw many parties there, eating, drinking, telling stories and what-not.

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Frank Eats a Donut

 

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GINO’S on Lexington Avenue was a Sinatra favorite ..

 

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A waiter and the famed Zebra Wallpaper of Gino’s ..

 

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PJ CLARKE’S

One of Frank’s favorite Bars ..

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Learn How to Make SUNDAY SAUCE alla SINATRA

and SPAGHETTI MEATBALLS all SINATRA

Recipes in SUNDAY SAUCE by Daniel Bellino

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SPAGHETTI MEATBALLS

RECIPE

 

 

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FRANK Taking JANE FONDA and JACKIE KENNEDY out For PIZZA

in NEW YORK

PATSY’S PIZZA , EAST HARLEM

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GRANDMA BELLINO’S COOKBOOK

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