[wardaddy]

What we call Italian food here and what you get from Lugano to Messina are two different things

We inherited Italian family dinner food that has evolved in the land of plenty

I like both

Seafood in Portofino or fried whole sardines in Palermo with dunking bread or Roma thin bubbly pizza or Tuscan meats and veggies

Best Italian food here is probably mamas kitchen as y’all said

I’ve had good Italian in Brooklyn and I used to like Luna when I lived in the city

But I telll ya I’ve had great Italian in The Hill St Louis. Serious Italian enclave

Of course the north end Boston

And New Orleans which once was the largest Sicilian community in America does ok
Creole stuffed eggplant at Mandinas and lots of little Italian joints plus Domenica at the Roosevelt

High end Italian is another topic and is good too but not cheap

Factory Kitchen which serves that Italian in the bums warehouse section of Los Angeles is incredible

I’m eating there next week

[miss marmelstein]

I think you can find good Italian or Italian American food all over the country now. I had an excellent ragout in Alabama last month. And I just ate at a northern Italian called Sandro’s on the Upper East Side a week ago and it was fantastic. Just an in-house made ravioli in a thick cheese sauce - to die for.

My husband is Sicilian-American so I no longer dare to cook Italian at home. I’m lucky that way.

[mylife]

I am all about Italian seafood. Yum Yum