"If you told owner Emilio Sr. his restaurant was in Little Italy—it’s just north, on Houston—he might blacklist you from the (constantly long) line forever. But red sauce is a state of mind, and for a classic New York Italian experience, there’s no better option than this vintage 1956 restaurant. Expect a wait at the celebrity-swarmed hotspot, which regularly entertains the likes of Taylor Swift and Barack Obama with big platters of buttery baked clams and off-menu veal parm smothered in vodka sauce. Come with a group and let a server convince you to do things “family style.” That just means taking the dishes and their prices and multiplying both, liberally." - molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, bryan kim
Noah Devereaux