Italian Food
Italian FoodRao's
East Harlem
Rao's is the oldest surviving Italian restaurant in NYC, a tiny East Harlem joint frozen in 1965 where you need an inside connection just to snag a table, but the softball-sized meatballs and stiff martinis make the hustle worthwhile.
historic 1896 institution
exclusive table access
old-school red sauce
tiny ten-table room
Tips
đ"the meatballs are my grandmother's recipe if my grandmother had been cooking in East Harlem for fifty years"
đ”cash only â plan accordingly
Rao's
East HarlemOpens Thursday at 7:00 PM
Italian FoodItalian FoodRao's is the oldest surviving Italian restaurant in NYC, a tiny East Harlem joint frozen in 1965 where you need an inside connection just to snag a table, but the softball-sized meatballs and stiff martinis make the hustle worthwhile.
historic 1896 institution
exclusive table access
old-school red sauce
tiny ten-table room
Tips
đ"the meatballs are my grandmother's recipe if my grandmother had been cooking in East Harlem for fifty years"
đ”cash only â plan accordingly
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