Places to Eat Before I "Put Down My Fork"

So, I just had knee surgery and I have been living on my couch and watching FoodNetwork's Food Paradise epsiode Pasta Paradise . Each Italian Restaurant offers their genuine Italian hospitality. Each one have tasty sauces.



Sauce is the key to every dish!


**Patsy's Italian (family-owned) Restaurant - NYC

• hand-made pasta
• Frank Sinatra, who was good friend's with the family, often would eat there and his own special entrance to a to a room upstairs
• very hospitable and family-orientated, they treat you like a cousin
• the chef will personally come out to shake your hand and make sure you are getting the best of everything

**Filomena Ristorante - Washington D.C. (located in historic Georgetown)

• where you can see the famous "Pasta Mamas" make the pasta, at the front of the restaurante near the window, with a little winding machine and their hands
• Every president has taken a picture with the "Pasta Mamas," everybody wants to take a picture with the "Pasta Mamas"

http://filomena.com/



Flor d' Italia - San Francisco, CA

• the chef there is a pasta nazi (he is very particular about pasta and dishes)
• very insistive that you have a glass of wine (Italian hospitality)

Marino Restaurante - L.A.

• family owned

Dolce Vita- Beverly Hills

• another Frank Sinatra favorite restaurant
• table side service (your food is prepared at the side of your table like in the old days)

Lasagna Restaurante - NYC

• they have 17 different kinds of lasagna (including the original)

**I REALLY want to go there! And I plan on it, especially Filomena since I plan on living in D.C.
http://filomena.com/