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“An Italian slice of New York you thought had disappeared.” nymag

Cuisine:  Italian
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Pleasant Dreams New York City Entry #105 Rao's Rao's - the old school Southern Italian clubhouse, founded in 1896 at what is today a rare Italian corner of "Spanish Harlem" - is stuffed with "mystique." New Yorkers joke about the networking necessary to snare a reservation, six... Read More
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On the West Coast, we've got the Inside treatment for Rao's brand new Vegas outpost. The story is excerpted here; click through for the full item. Outside Rao's Las Vegas, inside Caesars Touted as the hardest reservation to get in New York, the venerable 10-table Harlem Italian restaurant Rao's... Read More
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At Grotta Azzurra. "You go from a boy to a man and that's it."Photo: Melissa Hom It was a big week for Carmine Agnello Jr., grandson of John Gotti — he has just finished cutting his debut hip-hop album, his 22nd birthday is coming up (“you go from being a boy to a man and that’s it,” he ... Read More
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· Kobe Club: Worth Every Penny...If It's Restaurant Week [Chowhound] · Good News/Bad News: The Bar Boulud Thread [eGullet] · Chowhound Pizza Thread Containing a DiFara Handjob No. 443,371 [Chowhound] · Two-Star Centro Vinoteca Operating Without a Sommelier? [Chowhound] ·... Read More
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Well-heeled fans of the soon-to-be-closed Moondance Diner consider jacking the place up and moving it somewhere else. [NYT] Related: Well, It's a Marvelous Night for Luxury Condos [Daily Intel] Rachael Ray seizes control of her own E! True Hollywood Story. [Buffalo News] The only difference ... Read More
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The New York State Restaurant Association sues the city to stop having to reveal calorie information. [Nation's Restaurant News] The days of making, and keeping, reservations off-line are over: OpenTable has come to dominate the restaurant business. [NYT] In a Times op-ed, the Zagats plead for... Read More
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AT Rao's on East 114th Street, the bare- wood booths are cramped enough to break your legs. At Rao's at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the cushioned booths are comfy enough for a pajama party. At Caesars, there are four dining rooms, each pretending...
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François Payard is readying a Las Vegas outpost of his eponymous patisserie, eta summer 07. Good thing Caesars has state-of-the-art air con. .. Full press release after the jump. ...LEGENDS UNITE AS WORLD’S FOREMOST CHOCOLATIER FRANÇOIS PAYARD PARTNERS WITH CAESARS PALACE A sweet l... Read More
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Steve Schirripa eats his way through New York, and your computer.Photo Courtesy LifeskoolIn his new cable cooking show, Steve Schirripa’s Hungry (Lifeskool network, debuting December 6), Uncle June’s faithful manservant Bobby Baccalieri tours his favorite New York Italian kitchens and takes some sau... Read More
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