"Dante & Luigi’s in Bella Vista is the obvious choice when you crave pictures of the old country, Frank Sinatra on loop, and pasta so good that you’ll move slower than a line at PennDOT just to savor a bowl. All 16 pasta choices are handmade, and it makes for a fantastic choose-your-own-adventure. Meatballs and rigatoni—why not? Fusilli with clams in a white wine sauce—you got it. But our favorite is the towering lasagna, with a slow-cooked red-wine marinara and a creamy bechamel sauce between each supple layer. It’s a beefy, cheesy classic that at least 10 families in the dining room order nightly. And guess what? They’re right to." - alison kessler, candis mclean