I never contribute to these collections, but the so-called reviews on this page are so ridiculously off base and elitist that I felt compelled to. I have lived in the Bronx all my life and was raised on my mother's Calabrese cooking (don't anyone say anything about my mother!) so I think I know a thing or two about what Italian food is supposed to taste like. If you want white table cloths and waiters with napkins draped over their arms and a fancy menu with $25 pasta dishes, then stay in Manhattan where you belong. We don't need or want you up here. Whoever thinks this place is overpriced really needs to check on how their lobotamy went. The food is excellent southern Italian fare. If you think penna alla vodka is Italian food, then you got what you deserved. Whenever I miss my mother's cooking, this is where I go. My mother wasn't too patient with fussy people who thought they knew what they were talking about asking her how something was prepared either!! Bottom line, this is a real Italian place for real Italians and their friends. Quelli che solomente pensono che sono italiani, andatevi via!!
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