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Lambdatiger1989 
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| Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:38 pm)
What is one item you think every Italian restaurant should always have
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AlmaDawg 
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:40 pm to Lambdatiger1989)
Lasagna.
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Kingwood Tiger
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:41 pm to AlmaDawg)
My wife would say Chicken Parmesean, since she pretty much gets it every time we go.
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Dannunzio 
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:41 pm to Kingwood Tiger)
Toasted ravioli
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Tiger inTampa
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:42 pm to Lambdatiger1989)
Osso Bucco with Rissoto and if it doesn't have it on the menu they are PRETENDERS!
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Salmon
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:43 pm to Lambdatiger1989)
frozen breadsticks
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glassman 
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:44 pm to Lambdatiger1989)
App: A nice selection of antipasto/salumi
Entree: Osso Bucco
Dessert: Zabaglione or Panna Cotta
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Gris Gris
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 2:56 pm to Lambdatiger1989)
Good, fresh made, hot real Italian bread.
Good and authentic Italian salad. The real deal.
Beef and spinach canneloni with red, white or pink sauce.
If you're going to have a sweet red gravy, you better have a savory one, too. HOMEMADE.
Homemade tiramisu.
Zero fried pasta stuff.
Servers with Italian accents who can sing Happy Birthday operatically.
This post was edited on 12/12 at 2:58 pm
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Y.A. Tittle
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:08 pm to glassman)
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A nice selection of antipasto/salumi
This. Pretty much everything else listed is regionalized (some Americanized-regionalized, i.e., toasted ravioli).
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jimithing11 
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:09 pm to Lambdatiger1989)
gravy, sauce, whatever you want to call it.
Has to be delicious.
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Dannunzio
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:11 pm to Y.A. Tittle)
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Americanized-regionalized, i.e., toasted ravioli
Good point. St Louis I presume?
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Benchwarmer
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:16 pm to Dannunzio)
Oysters Mosca 
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Lester Earl
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:20 pm to Benchwarmer)
Meatballs & spaghetti
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coolpapaboze 
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:35 pm to Y.A. Tittle)
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This. Pretty much everything else listed is regionalized (some Americanized-regionalized, i.e., toasted ravioli).
+1. Would probably add cacio e pepe to that as well. Probably as pure a pasta dish as you'll find and when done well, immensely satisfying.
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JimMorrison 
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 3:57 pm to Lambdatiger1989)
pizza
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CITWTT
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 4:00 pm to Dannunzio)
St Louis is the home of that dish for sure, I lived there for a few years and never had the urge to try it at all.
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Poodlebrain
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 4:12 pm to Lambdatiger1989)
Veal. I don't care what sauces they use. They have to have veal on the menu.
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Worley13
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 4:21 pm to Lester Earl)
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Meatballs & spaghetti
this and..
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Lasagna
this.
and some bomb arse bread!!
oh and salad!
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TigerSpy
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 4:23 pm to Lambdatiger1989)
In America, Spaghetti and Meatballs.
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TigerSpy
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| re: Key menu item for an Italian Restaurant (Posted on 12/12/12 at 4:24 pm to Tiger inTampa)
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Osso Bucco with Rissoto and if it doesn't have it on the menu they are PRETENDERS!
Or they might just do Southern Italian food.
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