Best Italian Restaurants New York

 

FRANK SINATRA

 

Gone

 

CELEBRATING The 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of HIS BIRTH in 2015

 

Frank Sinatra Born 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey

 

Frank Spent a Lot of Time in New York

 

 

 

PATSY'S

 

Sinatra's Favorite Italian Restaurant

 

STILL HERE !  West 56th Street, New York, NY

 

ROCCO'S

 

THOMPSON STREET GREENWICH VILLAGE

 

GONE

 

Now It's CARBONE

Inside the former Rocco's

 

Now The Most Expensive Red Sauce Joint Around

 

It's CARBONE

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JOHN'S of 12th STREET

 

Since 1908

 

STILL HERE !!!

 

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GINO'S

 

Above and Below

 

GONE !!!

 

 

 

A Waiter and the Famous Zebra Wallpaper at GINO'S

 

No Longer With Us

 

 

 

 

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner Dine at Patsy's

MONTE'S TRATTORIA

Macdougal Street, GREENWICH VILLAGE

MONTE'S is One of The Few OLD SCHOOL INEW YORK ITALIAN RESTAURANTS

Still Standing, SINCE 1918

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CHEF PIETRO MOSCONI & one of Many Fans

Note the Old School Cash Register behind the Bar

Chef Pietro is the man behind Monte's and the main reason along with his

son Peter why Monte's Trattoria is so loved by New Yorker's as well as the many people from all four corners of the Globe make it to and love Monte's, for the wonderful Italian Food, friendly service, and a warm friendly atmosphere that includes the sounds of Sinatra, Dean Martin and Andrea Bocelli and the like.

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The Famed Veal Osso Buco at MONTE'S

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One of The BEST CHICKEN PARMS in TOWN

CHICKEN PARM at MONTE'S

 

 

 

 

 

Rafetto's Past Shop, Greenwich Village New York

SINCE 1906

STILL GOING STRONG

 CAFFE REGGIO  

 

SINCE 1927

 

STILL GOING STRONG on MACDOUGAL STREET

 

GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK

 

 

 

 

FERDINANDO'S SICILIAN SPECIALTIES

 

SINCE 1904

 

STILL With US on Union Street, Carroll gardens, Brooklyn, New York

 

"The Only Place left to get a good Vasteddi (Beef Spleen Sandwich) in NY

 

 

 

 

JOHN'S PIZZERIA

 

Bleecker Street greenwich Village, NEW YORK

 

SINCE 1927

 

STILL with US !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Ferdinando's Brooklyn

 

Get The VASTEDDI SANDWICH

 

 

 

 

PIEMONTE RAVIOLI

 

SINCE 1920

 

Grand Street LITTLE IATALY,  NY NY

 

STILL with US !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read About Italian-American New York

in Daniel Bellino's Best Selling SUNDAY SAUCE

Recipes and Stories of Italian-American New York

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SOPHIA

 

"JUST BECAUSE"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catherine Scorsese Cooks Spaghetti Sauce

 

Joe Pesci slaps a Kiss on Catherine Scorsese

GODDFELLAS

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Scorsese's mother Catherine, who was born on Elizabeth Street, appeared as Tommy (Joe Pesci)'s mother, and she famously cooked for the cast and crew of her son's movies. When Jimmy Kimmel asked Martin Scorsese about shaving garlic with a razor—that's what Paul Vario (played by Paul Sorvino) does in prison—the director said, "My mother made a dish called chicken with lemon and garlic and if you go to Francis Coppola's restaurant he has it on the menu... It's pretty good, pretty close... The garlic was cut so thin and she would put it on the chicken and the chicken would be roasted... and the garlic would blacken and then disappear into the lemon juice. It was delicious." Mmmm.

Catherine Scorsese died in 1997, at age 84. Martin Scorsese published a book of her recipes, and his famous friends remembered her cooking: Robert DeNiro said, "She made the best pizza I've ever eaten. I always wanted to serve it at TriBeCa Grill," while Harvey Keitel said, "In my memory, Catherine was the epitome of a warm, loving Italian mother. She enjoyed watching me eat as much as I enjoyed eating her cooking." And Pesci said, "Katie was one of the sweetest ladies I ever met. She was a true innocent. She never did anything bad; she never knew anything bad. In terms of her cooking, it's a toss-up as to who's a better cook, Katie or my mother."

CATHERINE and The BOYS

From R to L : Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Catherine Scorsese, Rober DeNiro

Late Night Eating Scene in in Goodfellas ...

Italianamerican

THE SCORSESE FAMILY COOKBOOK

by Catherine Scorsese

The Pasta Sauce

The recipes in Catherine Scorsese's cookbook, 

''Italianamerican'' (Random House, 1996, $21),                                   range from pasta e fagioli to ricotta pie. The book, 

also by Georgia Downard, contains the standbys 

of thousands of southern Italian immigrant 

households that, by adding or withholding 

specific ingredients, intensely personalized 

each recipe.

The pasta sauce recipe, below, was included in 

the credits of a 10-minute Scorsese film, '

'Italianamerican,'' which recorded a visit by the 

director with his parents at their home. 

The movie was shown at the New York Film 

Festival in 1974.

Catherine Scorsese's Pasta Sauce

Total time: 1 hour, 45 minutes

1 large onion, peeled and minced

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 cans (28 ounces each) whole tomatoes 

in thick puree

2 cans (16 ounces each) tomato sauce

2 cups water

1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste

3 large cloves garlic, peeled

2 carrots, peeled

1 all-purpose potato, peeled

5 tablespoons minced fresh basil,                                                             or 1 tablespoon dried

5 tablespoons minced fresh parsley,                                                         or 1 tablespoon dried

Salt to taste

Cayenne pepper to taste

1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs

1/4 cup milk

6 ounces ground pork

6 ounces ground veal

6 ounces ground beef

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan.

1. In a 6-quart, or larger, saucepan or casserole,                          cook the onion in the oil, stirring occasionally, 

for 5 minutes.

2. In a blender or food processor, puree tomatoes 

and sauce. Add tomato mixture to pan along with 

water, tomato paste, garlic, carrots, potato, 

3 tablespoons of basil, 3 tablespoons of parsley, 

salt and cayenne to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce to 

a simmer and, stirring occasionally, cook, partly 

covered, for 30 minutes.

3. In a small bowl, soak the bread crumbs in the 

milk until softened.

4. In a large bowl, combine bread-crumb mixture 

with meat, egg, Parmesan, remaining 2 tablespoons 

basil and parsley, salt, cayenne and 1/2 cup of sauce. 

Gradually shred and add meat mix to sauce, a little 

at a time. Partly cover, and bring sauce to a simmer, 

stirring occasionally, for 1 hour. Before serving, 

remove garlic cloves, carrots and potato.

5. Use about 2 cups of sauce for each pound 

of pasta.

Yield: about 12 cups.

Martin Scorsese's Father CHARLIE Makes GRAVY in GOODFELLAS

Famed prison scene in GODDFELLAS where Charles Scorsese plays Vinny

making GRAVY (aka SUNDAY SAUCE) in Prison ...

LEARN HOW to MAKE

"VINNY'S SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY"

RECIPE in SUNDAY SAUCE by Daniel Bellino

FRANK PELLIGRINO of RAO'S East Harlem, cooks STEAK

in GODDFELLAS Prison Scene as CHARLIE SCORSESE makes SAUCE ...

ROOFTOP WEDDING SCENE in RAGING BULL

this scene was shot on the rooftop of Martin Scorsese's Parents Apartment

on ELIZABETH STREET in Lower Manhattan ....

Catherine Scorsese Cooked all the Italian Food for the Wedding Party Scene,

as she cooked the Food that was on the Table in the Goodfellas late night eating scene

and all of Martin Scorsese Films when Italian Food is required in a scene. Basta!

Grandma Bellino's Italian Cookbook

RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA

by Daniel Bellino "Z"

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Sylvester Stallone Italian Stallion ROCKY

 

 

SYLVESTER STALLONE

 

"THE ITALIAN STALLION"

 

ROCKY

 

 

Stallone was born in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, the elder son of Frank Stallone, Sr. (1919–2011), a hairdresser and beautician, and Jacqueline "Jackie" Stallone (née Labofish), an astrologer, former dancer, and promoter of women's wrestling. Stallone's father was born in Gioia del Colle, Apulia, Italy, and immigrated to the United States in the 1930s. Stallone's mother is of half French (from Brittany) and half Russian Jewish (from Soviet Union, Odessa) descent.  His younger brother is actor and musician Frank Stallone.

Complications his mother suffered during labor forced her obstetricians to use two pairs of forceps during his birth; misuse of these accidentally severed a nerve and caused paralysis in parts of Stallone's face. As a result, the lower left side of his face is paralyzed – including parts of his lip, tongue, and chin – an accident which has given Stallone his snarling look and slightly slurred speech. Stallone was baptized Catholic. Around the age of 4, Stallone was flat-footed and put in a tap dancing school by his mother. His father moved the family to Washington, D.C. in the early 1950s, where he opened a beauty school. His mother opened a women's gymnasium called Barbella's in 1954. Stallone's parents divorced when Sylvester was nine, and he eventually lived with his mother. When Stallone was 16, he scored poorly in school and his mother got him a summer job at her beauty salon.  He attended Notre Dame Academy and Lincoln High School in Philadelphia, and Charlotte Hall Military Academy, prior to attending Miami Dade College and the University of Miami .

 

 

ROCKY BALBOA

Sylvester "SLY" Stallone

Stallone gained worldwide fame with his starring role in the smash hit Rocky (1976). On March 24, 1975, Stallone saw the Muhammad Ali–Chuck Wepner fight. That night Stallone went home, and after three days and 20 straight hours,  he had written the script, but Stallone subsequently denied that Wepner provided any inspiration for it. Other possible inspirations for the film may have included Rocky Graziano's autobiography Somebody Up There Likes Me, and the movie of the same name. Wepner filed a lawsuit which was eventually settled with Stallone for an undisclosed amount. Stallone attempted to sell the script to multiple studios, with the intention of playing the lead role himself. Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff became interested and offered Stallone US$350,000 for the rights, but had their own casting ideas for the lead role, including Robert Redford and Burt Reynolds. Stallone refused to sell unless he played the lead character and eventually, after a substantial budget cut to compromise, it was agreed he could be the star. 

Rocky was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay nominations for Stallone. The film went on to win the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Film Editing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROCKY Needs da SUNDAY SAUCE

AMAZON.com

SYLVESTER STALLONE

ROCKY Tee SHIRT

Front Side

BACK of ROCKY TEE SHIRT

"Yo ADRIAN. It's Me ROCKY"

TEE SHIRT

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Italian Wedding Soup

ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP

  The greatest soup ever made! The greatest soup ever made, that’s quite a statement and it’s debatable, and though I’m saying this I know that it may not be, but everyone has their own taste and though I love any number of other wonderful soups like; Vietnamese Pho, Chinese Roast Duck & Wonton, good old American Chicken Noodle Soup and others, if I was forced to pick one as my # 1 very favorite soup of all, it would have to be this, Italian Wedding Soup. So if it’s not the World’s greatest soup of all (Vietnamese Pho maybe) then it is without question one of the greatest anyway. And how can it not be great, made of tasty chicken broth with escarole and the thing that puts it into the greatness category, the little Meatballs? An Italian Soup that has Meatballs in it, what’s not to love? Well, I guess it depends who you ask, but if you ask an Italian-American, guess what? “Italian Wedding Soup is the greatest soup of all!” The combination of fresh homemade chicken broth, with pieces of chicken, escarole and of course those yummy little meatballs that every Italian holds so dear, that’s Italian Wedding Soup, and the first bowl I ever had, wow! I was a little boy and my mom made it for us. “Here Daniel, Italian Wedding Soup, it has little meatballs in it,” Mommy said as she placed the bowl of soup down before me. I couldn’t believe my eyes, little meatballs in soup, what could be more magical to a little boy of I don’t know five? Yes, I remember that first bowl, and I don’t know how many hundreds of bowls of this most pleasing soup I’ve had since then, too many to count, but everyone just as tasty and whimsical as the other. It’s the Meatballs, it’s Italian Wedding Soup and there’s not any soup that’s better. I just love it. How bout you?  



  Excerpted from MANGIA ITALIANO, set for October 2017 PUBLICATION  ....

MANGIA ITALIANO

by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

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Me and Cousin Joe Cujuno

With Cousin JOE MACARI (Proprietor MACARI VINEYARDS)

at a Wine Bar in VENICE, ITALY

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Sinatra Spaghetti Garlic N Oil

 

Young Frank

 

 

 

 

FRANK'S PASTA with GARLIC OIL & ANCHOVIES

 

• ¼ cup olive oil
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1 small yellow onion, chopped (approximately ¼ cup)
• 10 anchovies, chopped
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• ½ cup chopped fresh basil
• 1 Tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 lb fusilli, cooked al dente
• 4 Tbsp seasoned breadcrumbs

 

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium flame and sauté the garlic until golden, about two minutes. With a slotted spoon, remove the garlic. Add the onions to the saucepan and sauté for three to four minutes, until soft and translucent. Add the anchovies and 1 ⅓ cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for four minutes, occasionally stirring. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add the basil and parsley. Uncover and simmer for two minutes, and remove from the heat.
2. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium-high flame, add the breadcrumbs, and toss gently until lightly browned.
3. Place the cooked fusilli in a large serving bowl. Spoon the sauce over the pasta and toss to mix. Sprinkle with the toasted breadcrumbs and serve immediately.

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FRANK

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How to Make SUNDAY SAUCE

CLEMENZA TEACHES MICHAEL

How To Make SUNDAY SAUCE

"GRAVY"

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Richard Castellano & Al Pacino

In

Francis Ford Coppola 's THE GODFATHER

 Watch Author Daniel Bellino Making SUNDAY SAUCE

Author DANIEL BELLINO MAKING GRAVY with COUSIN TONY

SUNDAY SAUCE

WHEN ITALIAN AMERICANS COOK by Daniel Bellino

SUNDAY SAUCE

by DANIEL BELLINO Z

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DANIEL Buys His SAUSAGES, BRACIOLE,

GROUND MEATS, TOMATOES,

and OLIVE OIL at FAICCO'S PORK STORE

On BLEECKER STREET

In GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK

THE Ingredients For THE "GRAVY

aka

SUNDAY SAUCE

BROWNING The BRACIOLE

SIMMERING 

The "SAUCE"

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"WHEN COOKING"

"DON'T FORGET To PLAY SINATRA"

And During DINNER

You will always "MANGIA BENE" !!!

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