The New York Times
Seward Street runs through a patch of film production studios and empty lots in Hollywood.
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LA Magazine
Whether it’s pizza or Billy Crystal, Hollywood loves a good NYC transplant. The latest is Rao’s, a West Coast outlet of East Harlem’s 117-year-old Italian restaurant famous for impossible-to-book tables and celebrity regulars.
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Vegas Rated
It can’t be easy taking over the reins of a restaurant that’s been around more than 115 years.
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Vegas Seven
As a New Yorker I miss home; I only get back East once a year. Luckily, there’s no shortage of New York flavor to be found in Las Vegas.
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Haute Living
The legendary Rao’s, known for its award-winning Southern Neapolitan Italian cuisine, has finally arrived in Hollywood.
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Forbes
Trendy restaurants come and go, generating lots of media buzz and remaining impossibly crowded and difficult to get into immediately after opening.
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Tasting Table
Walking into the new Rao’s in Hollywood—the latest branch of Harlem’s legendary old-school Italian haunt—feels like stumbling onto a movie set.
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Inside Hook
Three scenes you’ll see in every mafia flick:
The botched body disposal, the fatal betrayal and the one where the fellas take down a bounty of red sauce and stewed meat fit for a small army.
Only one of those scenes is worth recreating.
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LA Confidential
Taking over The Hollywood Canteen’s former location, award-winning Southern Neapolitan Italian landmark Rao’s brings its cuisine to town.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Old-school Rao’s – the notoriously tough-to-get-into dining spot in Manhattan – has compelled its devoted regulars, drawn from the city’s intersecting spheres of politics, show business and the underworld, to head all the way up to East Harlem for 117 years.
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