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Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/27/2021 7:48 pm
Reason I ask is we went out tonight and I ordered linguine with clams. I was reminded of a time when I was in a restaurant near Clifton, NJ when I order the same and was served a huge bowl of linguine. When I was done, the waitress came back and said, "I've worked here for years and I've NEVER seen anyone finish this dish!" I was both proud and ashamed. (grin)
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There is  
OBJRoyal : 4/27/2021 7:51 pm : link
A spot that my family likes, and they have the absolute best alfredo, and it comes in an order to feed an army!! Its REALLY good. I do like carbonara the best tho
So many, so hard to choose  
dlauster : 4/27/2021 7:53 pm : link
Linguini with clams rocks.
Love me some puttanesca
Spaghetti parm
Lasagna

But one of my absolute go to’s is thin spaghetti with olive oil and reduced balsamic, salt and white pepper.
Does veal parm  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2021 7:53 pm : link
count since it's typically served with pasta?

it's how I judge almost every single Italian restaurant.

has to be thin, crispy, with a tangy, not sweet, sauce, and the pasta obviously has to be on point.

if it counts that's my choice.

I like a good zuppa de pesce, frutti di mare, shrimp fra diavolo, etc. but nothing beats veal parm IMO.
Eric  
robbieballs2003 : 4/27/2021 7:55 pm : link
If it makes you feel better, there is this really nice restaurant by me that we used to go to. I love their food so much that I'd order an appetizer and 2 entrées. When I went back I did the same and the waitress was like someone else used to order 2 entrées. We called him the man, the myth, the legend. My wife looks at the waitress and this is the guy you are talking about. No shame for me but definitely for my wife.
Tie between bolognese  
adamg : 4/27/2021 7:55 pm : link
puttanesca, amatriciana, and carbonara...
orecchiette with broccoli rabe and sausage  
jamalduff123 : 4/27/2021 7:55 pm : link
this Ina Garten recipe is awesome:

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/orecchiette-with-broccoli-rabe-and-sausage-5176922
Link - ( New Window )
Aglio e olio  
Jim in Fairfax : 4/27/2021 7:56 pm : link
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That is a really tough one Eric  
Chris684 : 4/27/2021 7:58 pm : link
Almost like asking a favorite movie or favorite type of pizza, there are so many. I have a few favorites.

Cavatelli and broccoli
Shrimp scampi over angel hair
Linguini and clams
Lobster ravioli
Rigatoni with bolognese
Spaghetti with a nice pesto sauce
Spaghetti Carbonara  
Gatorade Dunk : 4/27/2021 7:59 pm : link
And not that alfredo sauce with prosciutto and peas crap. Real carbonara. You have to get the pasta just right with the correct al dente bite, and you have to coat it without cooking the egg yolks and turning the dish into a spaghetti omelette. And that's completely aside from immediately sizing the dish up by whether they used guanciale or not.

What place in Clifton was it, Eric? Matthew's?
anything with with broccoli rabe  
Peter from NH (formerly CT) : 4/27/2021 8:06 pm : link
or my wife's clam sauce

I also figured out how to make a secret sauce from a roadside place when we were in Italy 30 years ago. Two parts red sauce, one part pesto, one part alfredo. Hearty and wonderful. don't cook the alfredo. Just stir it into the other sauces when they are hot.
Clifton? My home town.  
section125 : 4/27/2021 8:09 pm : link
Mario's?

Favorite?, I just made for supper tonight, shrimp scampi over linguini...
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 4/27/2021 8:10 pm : link
Chicken parm platter with penne vodka.
RE: Clifton? My home town.  
Gatorade Dunk : 4/27/2021 8:13 pm : link
In comment 15236382 section125 said:
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Mario's?

Favorite?, I just made for supper tonight, shrimp scampi over linguini...

Who's going to Mario's and getting anything other than pizza? It's like going to Rutt's and not getting rippers!
RE: Does veal parm  
aimrocky : 4/27/2021 8:14 pm : link
In comment 15236347 pjcas18 said:
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count since it's typically served with pasta?

it's how I judge almost every single Italian restaurant.

has to be thin, crispy, with a tangy, not sweet, sauce, and the pasta obviously has to be on point.

if it counts that's my choice.

I like a good zuppa de pesce, frutti di mare, shrimp fra diavolo, etc. but nothing beats veal parm IMO.


Agreed. I use veal parm as my judge as well. The top trait for me is the veal pounded thin.
I knew  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/27/2021 8:15 pm : link
you guys were going to ask which restaurant in Clifton, but for the life of me I can't remember the name. It was almost 25 years ago. Fantastic food. Family restaurant. Not a chain. Huge dish sizes.

Funny story at the time was I went to a party in/near Clifton that my girlfriend took me to. I knew nobody there. She left me in a room with few others guys and I started talking football with this big dude. 45 minutes, my girl comes back and says, "Hey, aren't you the guy who plays for the Steelers?"

All of the sudden, I'm weirded out because I was thinking, "OK, I've been talking out of my ass for 45 minutes about football with a guy who plays in the NFL."

I said, who are you? He replied, "Neil O'Donnell."

Long story short, he was a great guy. We had a huge laugh about it but if you look at the old pictures from that party, I look shell-shocked.
RE: RE: Clifton? My home town.  
section125 : 4/27/2021 8:23 pm : link
In comment 15236401 Gatorade Dunk said:
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Mario's?

Favorite?, I just made for supper tonight, shrimp scampi over linguini...


Who's going to Mario's and getting anything other than pizza? It's like going to Rutt's and not getting rippers!


Shit, had pizza from Mario's since the 60s.. but their other food is good. The mussels were outrageous.

There was another joint, not far from Mario's - closer to Passaic off Van Houton, near were Raybestos used to be (well before it burned down). Great pizza also.
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 4/27/2021 8:24 pm : link
Eric, did you curse him out for handing Super Bowl XXX to the Cowboys with his picks?
Rigatoni is by far my favorite pasta  
UConn4523 : 4/27/2021 8:24 pm : link
so favorite dish would be rigatoni with broccoli rabe and sausage.
My wife used to make a  
Bricktop : 4/27/2021 8:27 pm : link
brisket with vegetables and it was delicious. But the next day she would use the drippings, deglaze the pan with red wine and make a ragu. We would chop the remaining brisket up, add it to al dente rigatoni with the ragu and top it with shaved parm. Just an unbelievable dish. Haven't had the heart to make it without her.
RE: My wife used to make a  
section125 : 4/27/2021 8:31 pm : link
In comment 15236426 Bricktop said:
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brisket with vegetables and it was delicious. But the next day she would use the drippings, deglaze the pan with red wine and make a ragu. We would chop the remaining brisket up, add it to al dente rigatoni with the ragu and top it with shaved parm. Just an unbelievable dish. Haven't had the heart to make it without her.


Too young to have lost her....
RE: ...  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 4/27/2021 8:31 pm : link
In comment 15236421 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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Eric, did you curse him out for handing Super Bowl XXX to the Cowboys with his picks?


I think it was before he actually became the starting QB. He was actually kind of pissed at Parcells because he grew up a Giants fan and Parcell told him they would draft him. He wanted to be a New York Giant.
Tortellini is my go to...  
bw in dc : 4/27/2021 8:33 pm : link
if it's available.
Rigatoni Bolognese  
JonC : 4/27/2021 8:34 pm : link
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there are sooo many pasta dishes to love  
gidiefor : Mod : 4/27/2021 8:36 pm : link
I have mastered and love carbonara

but Sunday sauce and pasta is such real comfort food

clam sauce as Eric put out there is wonderful when done right

spaghetti a la norma is a favorite

good old meatball and spaghetti is soul food

broccoli rabe with sausage and pasta

pasta con sarde


I love them all when made properly
Linguini alle Vognole.....and yes I add pecorino romano...  
Zeke's Alibi : 4/27/2021 8:38 pm : link
fight me.
RE: RE: RE: Clifton? My home town.  
Gatorade Dunk : 4/27/2021 8:39 pm : link
In comment 15236420 section125 said:
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In comment 15236382 section125 said:


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Mario's?

Favorite?, I just made for supper tonight, shrimp scampi over linguini...


Who's going to Mario's and getting anything other than pizza? It's like going to Rutt's and not getting rippers!



Shit, had pizza from Mario's since the 60s.. but their other food is good. The mussels were outrageous.

There was another joint, not far from Mario's - closer to Passaic off Van Houton, near were Raybestos used to be (well before it burned down). Great pizza also.

Funny Van Houten/pizza story - when Mrs. Dunk and I were first dating, she tried to tell me that Dingo's Den had sneaky good pizza, which I very much doubted, but we went anyway.

I was right. Thank God Mario's is right across the street.
If we're going to include dishes like  
Bricktop : 4/27/2021 8:39 pm : link
Veal Parm I'll add Veal Saltimbocca with Capellini. But it has to be perfect. There used to be a restaurant in Atlanta called Alfredo's on Cheshire Bridge Road. They made a VS that was absolutely ridiculous. Of course, gentrification got it and they closed.

Here in Albany, another restaurant that closed - Lombardo's - used to seasonally serve a pumpkin ravioli in cream sauce that was awesome.

But give me a good tortellini, ravioli or gnocchi and maybe a great meatball, and I'm a happy guy.
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SFGFNCGiantsFan : 4/27/2021 8:40 pm : link
In comment 15236433 Eric from BBI said:
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Eric, did you curse him out for handing Super Bowl XXX to the Cowboys with his picks?



I think it was before he actually became the starting QB. He was actually kind of pissed at Parcells because he grew up a Giants fan and Parcell told him they would draft him. He wanted to be a New York Giant.


I didn't know that. Interesting. O'Donnell would have been a helluva lot better than the QBs we had between Simms/Hoss-Collins.
Gnocchi  
lono801 : 4/27/2021 8:41 pm : link
Load on the cheese and cream...

Then a nap
Gnocchi (I know not pasta) in pesto sauce  
The_Boss : 4/27/2021 8:42 pm : link
My grandmother and mother would slice squash thinly and fry it then mix it (and all its greases) in with spaghetti...tremendous..that’s the only way I’ll eat squash..I can’t stand it unless it’s made that way..
I am developing a new pasta favorite  
gidiefor : Mod : 4/27/2021 8:43 pm : link
almost perfected --

pasta with yellow tomato sauce, basil - varies with beef crumbles and eggplant
RE: Gnocchi (I know not pasta) in pesto sauce  
The_Boss : 4/27/2021 8:43 pm : link
In comment 15236458 The_Boss said:
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My grandmother and mother would slice squash thinly and fry it then mix it (and all its greases) in with spaghetti...tremendous..that’s the only way I’ll eat squash..I can’t stand it unless it’s made that way..


Just for clarification that’s 2 separate dishes...
RE: RE: RE: RE: Clifton? My home town.  
section125 : 4/27/2021 8:43 pm : link
In comment 15236450 Gatorade Dunk said:
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Funny Van Houten/pizza story - when Mrs. Dunk and I were first dating, she tried to tell me that Dingo's Den had sneaky good pizza, which I very much doubted, but we went anyway.

I was right. Thank God Mario's is right across the street.


Mario's - just outstanding pizza.
yes -- i concur with the squash dish --  
gidiefor : Mod : 4/27/2021 8:43 pm : link
that's another favorite -- so simple and so devine
Spinach ravioli from Antoni in Massapequa  
Greg from LI : 4/27/2021 8:44 pm : link
We used to have it all the time when I was a little kid. I haven't been fortunate enough to enjoy any in years.
The best, Jerry, the best! - ( New Window )
RE: I knew  
Gatorade Dunk : 4/27/2021 8:45 pm : link
In comment 15236409 Eric from BBI said:
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you guys were going to ask which restaurant in Clifton, but for the life of me I can't remember the name. It was almost 25 years ago. Fantastic food. Family restaurant. Not a chain. Huge dish sizes.

Funny story at the time was I went to a party in/near Clifton that my girlfriend took me to. I knew nobody there. She left me in a room with few others guys and I started talking football with this big dude. 45 minutes, my girl comes back and says, "Hey, aren't you the guy who plays for the Steelers?"

All of the sudden, I'm weirded out because I was thinking, "OK, I've been talking out of my ass for 45 minutes about football with a guy who plays in the NFL."

I said, who are you? He replied, "Neil O'Donnell."

Long story short, he was a great guy. We had a huge laugh about it but if you look at the old pictures from that party, I look shell-shocked.

Ha! I knew Neil a little bit many many years ago - his father and mine were both members of the same club in Morristown and would golf together sometimes. I still remember my father looking up from the paper and casually declaring "looks like the Jets are going to sign Jack O'Donnell's kid away from the Steelers."
FWIW, I grill yellow squash  
section125 : 4/27/2021 8:47 pm : link
and zucchini with onions and olive oil on my grill. Not long, just enough to seer...love it. So simple.
Just one? Impossible!  
trueblueinpw : 4/27/2021 8:48 pm : link
But i used to eat at Margherita's in Hoboken where they served a fresh made squid ink linguine with seafood and marinara which was delish!

If I’m making it myself, I had to say lasagne or spaghetti and meatballs. Ina Garten has a mac n cheese dish which is out of this world delish. It calls for like $50 worth of cheese. Ridiculously good.
I am a huge fan of the raw egg  
lono801 : 4/27/2021 8:51 pm : link
Over a true carbonara
Vongole con linguini  
rnargi : 4/27/2021 8:53 pm : link
Make it myself.

Saturday, I made homemade manicotti (crepes included) and Sunday Gravy with meatballs, sausage, and pork ribs for 14 people. That's my dinner party go to.
RE: Vongole con linguini  
section125 : 4/27/2021 9:02 pm : link
In comment 15236482 rnargi said:
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Make it myself.

Saturday, I made homemade manicotti (crepes included) and Sunday Gravy with meatballs, sausage, and pork ribs for 14 people. That's my dinner party go to.


Love vongole over pasta...good choice.
favorite pasta dish?  
Semipro Lineman : 4/27/2021 9:06 pm : link
I usually go with a flat plate for my pasta or a large bowl. But sometimes when I'm home along, I will just eat it out of the pot...
Favorite  
stretch234 : 4/27/2021 9:20 pm : link
Spaghetti Aglio e olio. Can’t beat the sautéed garlic and olive oil
RE: Favorite  
Giantsfan79 : 4/27/2021 9:24 pm : link
In comment 15236528 stretch234 said:
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Spaghetti Aglio e olio. Can’t beat the sautéed garlic and olive oil


I see your Aglio e olio and raise you Cacio e pepe
no wrong answers in any of the above but  
Del Shofner : 4/27/2021 9:24 pm : link
linguine with white clam sauce for me (harkening back to the OP).
RE: RE: Does veal parm  
DCGMan : 4/27/2021 9:31 pm : link
In comment 15236405 aimrocky said:
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In comment 15236347 pjcas18 said:


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count since it's typically served with pasta?

it's how I judge almost every single Italian restaurant.

has to be thin, crispy, with a tangy, not sweet, sauce, and the pasta obviously has to be on point.

if it counts that's my choice.

I like a good zuppa de pesce, frutti di mare, shrimp fra diavolo, etc. but nothing beats veal parm IMO.



Agreed. I use veal parm as my judge as well. The top trait for me is the veal pounded thin.


+1
RE: RE: Favorite  
Bricktop : 4/27/2021 9:37 pm : link
In comment 15236533 Giantsfan79 said:
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In comment 15236528 stretch234 said:


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Spaghetti Aglio e olio. Can’t beat the sautéed garlic and olive oil



I see your Aglio e olio and raise you Cacio e pepe


Cacio e pepe was featured on the Stanley Tucci series Searching for Italy (which I thought was excellent).
Lasagna with sausage on the side  
Bill L : 4/27/2021 9:38 pm : link
For dishes, if they have it, I almost always go osso buco.
99 down and away on the corner,  
section125 : 4/27/2021 9:41 pm : link
no way any one can hit that..
I vote for  
DonQuixote : 4/27/2021 9:41 pm : link
The linguine with clams, and white wine please.

I will add a 5 min dish I make at home, dissolve quality anchovies in hot garlicky olive oil, some cherry tomatoes would add, when it’s really there, stir in a fresh pasta for 1 minute, serve and top with shredded Parmesan. Simple. Awesome.
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