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Title: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: MikeyT on June 21, 2012, 05:35:14 AM
    In the course of a conversation I had with a guy from Rhode Island recently, he informed me that Providence has the best Italian restaurants in the United States.
   I said, "Better than New York?"
    He insisted it was true.

   I did a little internet research and found he was not alone in his opinion.


      What do you guys say? You have a fave Italian restaurant?

                  Tell us all about it.
Title: Re: Best Italian Restaurant(s) in America?
Post by: khoomeizhi on June 21, 2012, 07:29:52 AM
my wife doesn't do gluten anymore. i haven't been in an italian restaurant in at least a decade.
Title: Re: Best Italian Restaurant(s) in America?
Post by: RAGER on June 21, 2012, 09:35:24 AM
don't have to have just pasta :o
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: mortlock on June 22, 2012, 12:50:46 AM
mr dominics at the lake in charlotte ny..
(http://www.dishtip.com/thumbs/gen/e6/37/e637c341-3256-39f9-99b0-a2b8319cbf09_l.jpg)
(http://www.eatanddrinkonline.com/images/advertiser/mrdominics1.jpg)
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: MikeyT on June 22, 2012, 01:14:41 AM

   Don't tease me like that. Tell us about the food, the experiences you've had there.
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: mortlock on June 22, 2012, 01:20:36 AM
they have the best veal dishes on the planet. their red sauce is perfect. the calamari is beyond amazing.
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: MikeyT on June 22, 2012, 02:20:34 AM
Cool.

  You're a man of few words, but thanks.
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: juggernaut on June 22, 2012, 12:36:41 PM
The place I just went and posted in the thread best meals you've ever eaten def makes my list.  It's called Cinghiale and it's in Baltimore.

The other place I went that is in my top 3 meals of all time is a placed called Sistina on the Upper East side of Manhattan.  It has the same ethos as Cingiale.  Use the best ingredients possible, simple recipe's, and you get amazing food.

Problem is both of these are expensive as fuck. 
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: Gigi on June 22, 2012, 09:30:54 PM
Madeo in West Hollywood.
http://www.zagat.com/r/madeo-west-hollywood/menu
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: RAGER on June 22, 2012, 10:26:49 PM
^^ I love their menu
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: Gigi on June 22, 2012, 11:07:32 PM
It is worth the trip out...Dan Tana's is awesome too!
http://www.dantanasrestaurant.com/entrees-pasta.htm
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: Gigi on June 22, 2012, 11:10:34 PM
Quote from: RAGER on June 22, 2012, 10:26:49 PM
^^ I love their menu
The filet mignon with porcini mushrooms is to die for amazing!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: mortlock on June 22, 2012, 11:12:27 PM
Quote from: MikeyT on June 22, 2012, 02:20:34 AM
Cool.

  You're a man of few words, but thanks.
honestly i wanted to say alot more but i quickly realized that the words will do it no justice. you just have to try it and eat there sometime.
Title: Re: Best Italian Restaurant(s) in America?
Post by: khoomeizhi on June 23, 2012, 05:53:58 AM
Quote from: RAGER on June 21, 2012, 09:35:24 AM
don't have to have just pasta :o

pasta ain't the only gluten in an italian restaurant.  ;)  i may not have experience with the 'best' italian restaurants, but that vast majority i do have experience with, aren't good enough to make the challenge of avoiding the nearly totally ubiquitous gluten worthwhile.
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: RAGER on June 23, 2012, 07:15:06 PM
man I could make you a to die for braciole or stuffed tenderloin free of gluten.  Unless the proteins in the tomatoes are a problem for your wife.  if that's the case i cannot help you nor do I want to. :D
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: khoomeizhi on June 23, 2012, 07:42:56 PM
tomatoes are fine, we'll be by at 8.
Title: Re: You have a favorite Italian restaurant?
Post by: RAGER on June 23, 2012, 08:16:26 PM
Bring a nice Italian Capri plz