"Adoro is an Italian BYOB in Queen Village with the requisite chicken parm that's too big for its plate and oil paintings of the old country on the walls. There may be white tablecloths and daily desserts displayed on a silver platter, but this place is easy to walk into and jeans-and-T-shirt casual, seven days a week. You'll usually see families from the neighborhood or dates maneuvering their BYO reds around giant homemade pastas and bowls of garlicky clams in white wine sauce. As long as you steer clear of the tough veal al adoro, you’ll be in for a satisfying meal, and will almost certainly leave with leftovers of the creamy, deliciously salty penne alla vodka for lunch." - Alison B. Kessler