And I still don’t know where to eat in Little Italy.
And, when you figure it out, you’ll probably order wrong.
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Still does here too, especially when people don’t bother to read preceding threads on the exact same topic 
" And, when you figure it out, you’ll probably order wrong. "
Me, raising my hand.
Now I feel like fighting with someone about Two Toms, but I bet no one even remembers that stupid place.
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I havent actually missed the Saga of Samuel and Roz.
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I liked Samuel and Roz the first few times. Then it got old.
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I’m convinced that Roz was a figment of SamuelAT’s imagination.
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Not. At. All.
agree. It was hilarious the first couple of times. Then it just smacked of making up the next wild tale.
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Whereas Mooch and Hooch was actual. I know the person to whom this happened, and I’m not surprised that this happened to her and her now ex-husband.
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You’re kidding, right? The poor man’s Rao’s. Overcooked pasta, “go get your own drinks” from a cooler & chops that were great (you wouldn’t know), having fallen off a truck. My friend from H.S. ran the casket company across the street. Back when I had a “beeper” from work, it went off and I wouldn’t dare use a street pay phone there at night (they were dealers’ turf). The older woman owner (“grandma”) invited me in to her apartment & let me use her phone.
I had one meal there, and I’m pretty sure it was Progresso clam sauce over that overcooked pasta. Our large birthday-celebrating group was not treated particularly well. It was a lousy experience overall, and I’m sure other people had better ones, but why the hell would I put myself through that again?
Oh, I guess you do remember it.
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Worse, I suppose, is that I don’t even know where Little Italy actually IS. Without the touching the Google, I mean.
It’s in Chinatown.
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Well I suppose that make sense…
Must have happened way before my time there and I gather it didn’t end well. No, not looking for particulars or anything like that. Just commenting on your post since no one else has done so.
There’s a couple of places that are fine in Little Italy. Emilio’s Ballato for old school, Parm for new school. Ferrara’s it’s still a good spot for pastries. Rubirosa for pizza and pasta. I also have a soft spot for La Mela. I got to know the host a while back and he always treated us well. But have not been in ages.
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I don’t wanna be a pain, but Emilio’s Ballato is in Nolita. Don’t take my word for it. (This map is my new favorite thing in the world.)
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Be a pain. I will be as much a PITA. 
I don’t take anything in the Times these days to be meaningful anymore especially when they deal with NYC as the publication very pointedly notes that they are now “the Times.” When I came to NYC, there was no place called Nolita. A quick google search shows the name coming into use in 1996. In 1996 the former NY Times was just a big booster for real estate interests. Remember that fat Sunday real estate section?
