"In the 120-plus years since Bamonte's opened in Williamsburg, the NYC dining scene has experimented with many different ways of having fun: all-you-can-eat sushi spots, restaurants on boats, and clubstaurants with caviar bumps. None compare to Bamonte's. It’s not that the food at this old-school Italian spot is spectacular. The calamari leans pale, and the red sauce is watery. But what you eat here never really matters. Because by the time a platter of totally okay penne alla vodka lands on your table, you’ll be obsessed with the woman in a fur coat who drove in from New Jersey, and 10 childhood friends from Windsor Terrace, passing around platters of baked clams. No restaurant entertains with bow ties and bottles of red quite like this one. " - molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, neha talreja
