Gregorio’s Italian Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“The definitive recipe for any Italian dish has not yet appeared. We are still creating.” Luigi Barzini The categorization and labeling some diners tend to ascribe to Italian restaurants bespeaks not only of strong emotional preferences, but of an unwillingness to assign any merits to the “other side.” At one side of the spectrum are the old-fashioned “red sauce” restaurants and at the other are Northern Italian restaurants. To those who love red sauce Italian restaurants, they represent Italian comfort food in a festive and friendly ambiance stereotyped by red and white checkerboard tablecloths and bottles of Chianti at every table. The menus–often green, white and red–feature familiar American Italian entrees such as spaghetti and meatballs served in profuse portions. …