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"I love to go to Portale, a fabulous Italian restaurant on 18th Street—and then I zip up 6th Avenue to the Theater District. For an appetizer, I absolutely adore the burrata with roasted beets, cooked stone fruit, balsamic vinegar, and pistachios. I make it at home with watercress, beets, pine nuts, and watermelon, if I don’t have peaches. The meatballs, the polpette, are the best I’ve ever had; the branzino is delicious; and the pasta with mushrooms and truffles is extraordinary." - ByAli Francis