Prego Pasta House

The Barraco family's culinary palace honors all that is good about Italian-American fare, and it's hard to miss, as it's next door to building with a trippy mural painted onto the façade. The Barracos' eatery is located in a stand-alone building constructed by patriarch Jim Barraco Sr. in 1951. But, the restaurant itself didn't open until 1982, after Jim Sr. and wife Rose succumbed to the pleas of their sons Jimmy, Joey and Tony. The menu uses Mama Barraco's family recipes as a springboard for homemade Italian sausage and sauces, not to mention the veal and crab claws advertised on the restaurant's windows. However, it's the house specialty beefs -- the steak pizzaiola served with fettuccine or spaghetti or Joey's Famous Pepper Steak, served in a brandy sauce with fettucine -- that really shine.