Frank Jr. and Frank Sr. Timothy White
Opened in 1896, Rao’s restaurant is celebrated as one of the oldest family-owned and operated restaurants in the country, still running its original location in East Harlem. What started out at the turn of the century as a 10 table haunt for Italian immigrants, Rao’s in New York is just about impossible to get into now unless you know somebody with “table rights.”
“The restaurant on 114th St. was truly an expression of our household,” says fourth-generation owner Frank Pellegrino Jr., who has served in many capacities at the restaurant including sweeping floors, cleaning toilets, bussing
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