"Perfect For: When Your Mom Cries Every Five Minutes Your mom can get pretty emotional - particularly when big life events are going down. Take her and the rest of the family to C&O. The Italian restaurant right off the Venice boardwalk is cheesy, over-the-top, and immensely satisfying all at the same time. The food is better than you think it will be and the portions are massive, so absolutely no one is walking away hungry. But nothing beats the ambiance on that massive back patio, complete with an all-restaurant sing-a-long to “That’s Amore” every hour. Oh look, mom’s sobbing again." - jess basser sanders, brant cox