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New York City has a long Italian-American history, and while pizza is perhaps the greatest Italian staple in NYC, pasta with clams is another dish, and one you can find on traditional Italian red sauce joint menu’s across the city. Clams are abundant in New York waters, and thus it makes perfect sense that the clam and pasta dish became a staple here.
You can have it red or white, but white, with garlic, white wine, clams and parsley, is our favorite. We love the dish at Randazzo’s Clam Bar in Sheepshead Bay, but of course there are differing opinions of the best spot.
“Bamonte’s all the way,” said Sterling, of Food & Wine magazine, about the Williamsburg classic that’s been open since 1900 and is still a family-owned business.
”Especially when the clams are chopped up like they are at Bamonte’s … It’s just a kind of homestyle mob cooking where it doesn’t matter how it looks. it just has to fill you up and taste good,” she said.
Pasquale recommends Carmine’s.
“It’s a classic … family joint. Giant portions. It’s an experience,” she said. “On the experience vs. cuisine scale, experience is important.”
Where to get it:
Bamonte’s, 32 Withers St., Williamsburg, 718-384-8831
Randazzo’s Clam Bar, 2017 Emmons Ave., 718-615-0010, randazzosclambar.com
Dominick’s, 2335 Arthur Ave., Belmont, 718-733-2807
Carmine’s, 200 W. 44th St. and 2450 Broadway, carminesnyc.com
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New York City is known for its food. In addition to having some of the best restaurants in the country, a wide variety of traditional, ethnic cuisines can be found here, too.
New York City also boasts a number of foods that are not only considered classics by New Yorkers, and they’re also some of the yummiest things you can eat. Because they are NYC classics, you can find them all over the city, and discussing them can be almost as fun as eating them. Debating the best bagels in the city is a year-round Olympic sport.
As you might imagine, emotions can run high when debating food! Let us know in the comments which spots are your favorite, or what we may have missed.
