"When you just need some heaping plates of the kind of Italian food that makes you remember how great simple Italian food can be, head to Carlo’s, a tiny spot that serves giant plates of pasta and Italian classics like veal parm. You’re not going to find ground-breaking food here (as you’ll probably guess upon seeing the very ’80s, very cartoony murals of the Italian countryside on the walls) but you will find food that fills you up and will probably be big enough to bring home for a late-night meal a few hours later." - dan secatore