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Charlie Gitto’s on The Hill: Shrimp Diavolo used to be served as an appetizer, without pasta, or as an entrée, atop linguine. It still is, if you ask.
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Gioia’s Deli: If the secret menu is listed on one’s website, is it really a secret? Either way, Gioia’s sandwiches—with such monikers as The Porknado 2 (pictured) and The Spaceball—are so good that we really don’t care.
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Trattoria Marcella: Starting as a NYE special in 1995, Steve Komorek’s lobster risotto has never officially been on the menu, but there are requests for it every night.
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Sidney Street Café: Customers are requesting a “breakfast for dinner” appetizer (deep-fried farm egg and ham on brioche with gravy) that was popular years ago, and chef-owner Kevin Nashan is obliging.
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Mai Lee: Any 30-year-old restaurant with a 300-item menu has to have a few items that have slipped through the cracks over the years—in this case, the seafood-charred rice.
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Blues City Deli: Should you want to stray off menu, owner Vinnie Valenza will make you a Honeydripper or re-create the former favorite Redbird (pictured). He’ll even make one during the Cards’ offseason.
