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Red Sauce, Old World & Soul Food →Bamonte’s — Williamsburg
Red-sauce time capsule since 1900 — the old-world table you can actually get
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More in Red Sauce, Old World & Soul Food
- Rao's — East HarlemThe most coveted table in New York — the regulars own the tables; ask the concierge, and expect a no
- Ferdinando's Focacceria — Carroll GardensPanelle special and arancini in a room unchanged for a century
- John's of 12th Street — East VillageA century of dripped candle wax — the eggplant parm endures
- Grand Central Oyster Bar — MidtownUnder the Guastavino tiles — a pan roast at the counter is peak old New York
- Sardi's — Theater DistrictCaricatures on every wall and pre-curtain cannelloni — the Broadway institution
- Emilio’s Ballato — Houston StThe celebrity red-sauce clubhouse — no reservations, worth the hover
- Sylvia's — HarlemThe Queen of Soul Food's dining room — smothered chicken, cornbread, gospel Sunday brunch
- Dominick's — Belmont, Arthur AveNo menus, no printed checks — sit family-style and let them feed you