Il Corvo

When my mom first came to visit me, I told her to brace herself because a large chunk of our time was going to be spent waiting in line on a weekday to get pasta at some James-Beard award winning pasta place I'd heard about that somehow manages to stay open by only serving four dishes for lunch on weekdays. We waited for two hours, I just about lost my mind, and I didn't think it was going to be worth it, but oh man. OH MAN. I know James Beard knows his stuff, but OH MAN! There are many places in this world that are over-hyped, but Il Corvo is not one of them. It's worth taking three hours off work to eat this pasta. Fantastico.