Thanks! That's the stuff I like and the stuff I grew up on too. I'm a NY'er but not Italian (100% Irish) but got tons of married-in Italian relatives and been around 'em my whole life. I definitely prefer the checkered table cloth, real establishment type joints, over some flash in the pan trend restaurant.

Honestly though I think some of the places upstate in Utica, Syracuse and Rochester that I've been to give a lotta places down here a serious serious run for their money.

Speaking of East Harlem have you ever been to Piatto D'Oro? It's on 109th and 1st. That place is great you should check it out sometime