DouBLeJ16

So true.

tC4italy

rhythmnsmoke

Maccaroni Grill anyone ate there? My favorite.

tC4italy

barely family owned "italian" restaurants are good
imagine chains

nah well being incredibly picky over this i'd recommend two and ONLY two places in DC and proximity for real italian food.....

1. 2 AMY's - Tenley town AMAZING pizza, kinda expensive but hey...and delicious suppli'! (***** of rice, with melted mozarella, and then fried)

2. PASTA MIA - Adams Morgan, go for the gnocchi! they don't take reservations cos they don't have to....there's always a line going outside the restaurant and around the corner (small place) but for 11$ u get a huge portion of home made gnocchi di patate

hmmm hmmm

rhythmnsmoke

There is one thing about Italians that we can all come to the conclusion about........THEY SURE CAN EAT!

tC4italy

WITH STYLE!!!!!!!!!

the other day my spanish friend said "i wish i'd get fat so i wouldn't have to eat anymore"

i chocked on my coffe wow...what?

Nick06tC

Italian here. Just moved here from Italy 10 months ago. I miss it so much.

tC4italy

r u serious????
ma sei italiano italiano?

rhythmnsmoke

Ok, I think this is where I depart, and let you have your thread. I'm not Italian by the way...l8tr

Nick06tC

Si, sono italiano. Il primo americano di generazone. genitori da Italia.

(my italian isnt great and my spelling is worse, so I hope that is close.)

tC4italy

doesn't matter yr more than welcome to post here

tC4italy

not at all :D
Piacere, io sono Claudia

paul_dezod

That's because we love food and have a passion for it. Some of the best chefs in the world are Italian.

I personally like to cook and create dishes, but am far from fat. I do like to eat, but eat my appropriate poportions.

Chain Italian sucks once again.

Nick06tC

Io Sono Nick.

I miss Italy so much. I am trying to move back to Europe, b ut this time probably to Germany. I live there for 2 years. I got kinda annoyed with the Italian siestas.

Nick06tC

I love italian food. But american italian is so different. Johnny Carinos has decent italian.

paul_dezod

(see my S/N, intro not needed)

Relatives in Palermo Sicily and lots of ties to Italy.

tC4italy

i think he meant it as a positive thing that we have taste

Nick06tC

I have family in Palermo as well on the northern coast. Last name Alessi

tC4italy

i lived in Austria 5 years....they might not make as many "siestas" as italians but they sure aren't helpful

tC4italy

father lives in Rome but originally from a town near Naples
i lived 5 yrs in Rome
my nonna was Siciliana