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Vegas Rated

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It can't be easy taking over the reins of a restaurant that's been around more than 115 years. » Click to Read More

Vegas Seven

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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. » Click to Read More

Haute Living

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The legendary Rao's, known for its award-winning Southern Neapolitan Italian cuisine, has finally arrived in Hollywood. » Click to Read More

Forbes

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Trendy restaurants come and go, generating lots of media buzz and remaining impossibly crowded and difficult to get into immediately after opening. » Click to Read More

Tasting Table

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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. » Click to Read More

Inside Hook

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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. » Click to Read More

LA Confidential

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Taking over The Hollywood Canteen's former location, award-winning Southern Neapolitan Italian landmark Rao's brings its cuisine to town. » Click to Read More

The Hollywood Reporter

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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. » Click to Read More

Urban Daddy

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Mobsters. Cops. Meatballs. Pitches concerning movies about mobsters, cops and meatballs. Your week just got a lot more of... some of these things. » Click to Read More

The Atlantic Wire

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The Italian-American red-sauce joint is making a comeback. And this time, the restaurants have a different clientele in mind, a group for which exclusiveness is key. » Click to Read More

Zagat

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Having grown up working in his family's restaurant, the storied Rao's in East Harlem, open since 1896, Frank Pellegrino Jr. (aka "Frankie") knows a thing or two about hospitality. » Click to Read More

Forbes

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If you are the Mayor of New York City, the Empire State's Governor, or a starter (benchwarmers take heed) for the Mets or Yankees, you have almost certainly dined at Rao's, and your photo may even be on the wall. » Click to Read More