Wilfrid Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Interesting story. I am surprised this approach worked. https://ny.eater.com/2024/7/2/24190269/raos-reservation-walk-ins-east-harlem-italian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Seems as much an accident as anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Pretty sure their barmate got them the table. As I've written, we used to go to Rao's when our son was in school there. Like hot tables today, I would call a month or so in advance. And Frankie took some amusement in our name, its play on Pelegrino, and my persistence. He called us his San Francisco cousins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Agreed. As it just so happens that this thread is adjacent to the one on Sailor & I was re-reading that one, well, let me just say that there is probably more reason to not go to Rao's (or several other places, including ones that I frequent) then to Sailor. Just an observation after reading both threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 I did go to Rao’s when the Vest was mixing drinks. I gather he has passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozrapp Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 I have never had any desire whatsoever to go to Rao’s. I do buy their marinara sauce when it’s on sale at ShopRite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 The interior is worth seeing (at least once). It oozes history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 6 hours ago, rozrapp said: I have never had any desire whatsoever to go to Rao’s. I do buy their marinara sauce when it’s on sale at ShopRite. I have no concept of Rao's today. Before the fire, and in Frankie's hayday when Aunt Anne was still actually cooking, the Vest was pouring, Anthony was in training and the ancient gnome sat outside the front door and growled, "I'll watch your car,", although you had obviously just arrived by cab, and similarly, "I watched your car." as you got into your cab to leave, Rao's was a happening place, turning out excellent quality plates in a cool and joyous atmosphere. Their marinara sauce, before its commercialization, was eyeopening. Frankie, of course, was master of ceremonies whose show went on nightly to a sellout crowd. I doubt the show's the same today with the current cast of characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 Looks like the fire was 1995 so I am talking about after that. Frankie was hilarious, Nicky was mixing, and like I said, the interior was uniquely worth seeing if you cared about a certain kind of old New York. Like, I wouldn’t recommend anyone to plan a night drinking at McSorley’s. But you have to find a time to see it (if you care). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 I can’t imagine not being interested in ANY Old Skool Red Sauce place. Even though they usually end up not being very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Hoping to be able to get into Bamonte’s tomorrow after the Giglio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Which actually IS good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 These places slip through your fingers. The old Minetta Tavern, Marion’s Continental, Frank’s. I am amazed Montero’s is still open. I am appalled I haven’t been to Bamonte’s, but I am weak in that category altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Insufficient appetite for Bamonte's (which would have been a clusterfuck in any event). My current life is pathetic (if you can call this living). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 (edited) Best Pizza did reassert itself, however, as one of the more undersung great slice shops in NYC. Edited July 15 by Sneakeater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 (edited) 11 hours ago, Sneakeater said: Bamonte's (which would have been a clusterfuck in any event). But not a shitshow. You can suggest if you want that the Bamonte family isn't capable of handling the Giglio crowds. But I'm not gonna. Edited July 15 by Sneakeater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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