Jimmy meets Rao’s co-owner Frank Pellegrino Jr. at the exclusive New York City restaurant where they dish on its celebrity-filled history before heading to the kitchen to make Rao’s famous meatballs.
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The 16-ounce bone-in veal chop parmigiana at the LA outpost of New York City’s famous Rao’s (prounounced RAY-ohs) is big. Hang over the plate and $50 big.
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Rao’s offers a glimpse of an earlier, somewhat grittier, cityscape in East Harlem, run by the late, great Frank Pellegrino.
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A legal tussle between co-owners (and cousins) Frank Pellegrino Sr. and Ron Straci has brought storm clouds to Rao’s, the fabled Harlem family restaurant where many would love to eat and very few can get a table. But as the place turns 120, its patina–equal parts garlic and glamor–endures, while Pellegrino’s son, Frank junior, has taken the Rao’s experience to Las Vegas and L.A.
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Jimmy Fallon gives actress Katie Holmes a Rao’s care package.
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Frank Pellegrino Jr. has a hard time getting into his own restaurant, the East Harlem Italian-American legend Rao’s. The classic ten table red sauce joint is notoriously finicky about guests securing seats, but to hear Pellegrino tell it, that’s due more to decades of loyalty than any sense of exclusivity.
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Fried and simmered in the family haunt’s signature sauce…
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A coveted seat at one of the limited tables at the original Rao’s in New York is only made available to VIPs and invited guests.
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Meatballs at Rao’s Hollywood
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The hard-to-get-into NYC transplant Rao’s, famous for its old-world elegance and uncomplicated cooking, is the new A-list haunt.
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