Whom You Know: Mover and Shaker Picture of the Week: Culinary King Sal Scognamillo with His Dad Joe and Peachy and Her Dad Skip!

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Mover and Shaker Picture of the Week: Culinary King Sal Scognamillo with His Dad Joe and Peachy and Her Dad Skip!

Sal and Skip

"New York has the best restaurants in the world. Patsy's is second to none! Everything at Patsy's is Perfecto and we felt so welcome from the second we walked in the door and saw Sal's smiling face. I started with an amazingly fresh House Salad followed by some of the best seafood and pasta combinations ever: Shrimp Scampi and the Trio of Ravioli, the lobster ravioli being particularly delicious. The Napoleon cake was just as amazing as Peachy has been describing it for weeks and it was perfectly light. I can't wait to go back and channel my inner Sinatra-I've already decided what I want to order the next time! Thank you Sal for the signed cookbook-it's priceless. And the next day when I was not in New York I was eating their signature sauce which was superlative. It's also a lot of fun to check out their history captured in beautiful signed pictures on the wall."

-Skip, Peachy's Dad

Founded in 1944 by Pasquale "Patsy" Scognamillo, Patsy's Italian Restaurant has been in its current and only theater district location on West 56th Street (in the building just next to the original site) since 1954. Celebrating its 70th Anniversary this year, the one and only Patsy's Italian Restaurant has had only three chefs--the late Patsy himself, his son Joe Scognamillo, Joe's son Sal Scognamillo; it is this family's labor of love. Patsy's Italian Restaurant has been known for years as Frank Sinatra's favorite restaurant, and in fact, his family still enjoys dining at Patsy's Italian Restaurant whenever they are in town. In addition to Sinatra and family, Patsy's Italian Restaurant has become a favorite with countless stars on both the east and west coast, who have come to regard Patsy's Italian Restaurant as a mecca of Italian fine dining. They enjoy the restaurant's remarkable signature dishes, including succulent Veal Chops Siciliano, spicy Lobster Fra Diavolo, tender Chicken Contadina, and savory Calamari stuffed with seafood and more including some of the finest pasta dishes in the city. Patsy's Italian Restaurant's famous sauces, made from the freshest, most mouth-watering ingredients, are available in better supermarkets and specialty food stores throughout the U.S. Some of Patsy's Italian Restaurant high profile patrons include Rush Limbaugh, Al Pacino, Placido Domingo, Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Tom Hanks, Madonna, George Clooney, Rappers Heavy "D" and Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey,Tony Bennett, Don King, Robert DeNiro, Don Rickles, Jacklyn Smith, Phyllis George, Stephen King, Mario Puzo, Calvin Klein, Carroll O'Connor, Jon Bon Jovi, Liza Minelli, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Chris Noth, Farrah Fawcett, Chevy Chase, Cheryl Ladd, Huey Lewis, and Patty LaBelle, to name several. Sal Scognamillo is the first feature in Whom You Know's Culinary Kings and Queens, and Patsy's is Highly Recommended by Whom You Know.

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