The Eat Sheet: Former 'The Sopranos' star Vincent Pastore names his top 5 Italian Restaurants in New York

The actor, now appearing on VH1's 'Famous Food,' tells THR the best places in the Big Apple to eat Italiano

Vincent Pastore best known for his role of Salvatore 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero on the The Sopranos is now part of VH1's newest show Famous Food. Pastore appears with Real Housewives of New Jersey star Danelle Staub, former Bachelor Jake Pavelka, singer Ashley Dupree, Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul and Juicy J, and The Hills star Heidi Montag as they compete for a partnership stake in The Dolce Group’s newest restaurant Lemon Basket.
The Dolce Group’s Mike Malin and Lonnie Moore, known for such L.A. Spots as Geisha House and Ketchup, oversee the celebrities as they work to open a new restaurant and at the end of the show, if the spot is turning a profit, one of the celebrities will get a stake in the new restaurant.

Watch Famous Food on Vh1 on Wednesdays at 8PM ET/PT.

If you are looking for an Italian restaurant in New York, here is what Pastore recommends:

Rao’s: "The lemon chicken is amazing and I love the restaurant for the family vibe. You can’t always get a table, but when you do you might be sitting next to Rod Stewart or someone else famous." 455 E. 114th St. (Upper East Side)

Il Cortile: "We would have the most amazing Sopranos parties here. They make great fish dishes here, but if you want good calamari you should definitely go here! The calamari melts in your mouth!" 125 Mulberry St. ( Little Italy)

Umbertos Clam House: "This restaurant is in my grandmother’s neighborhood so this place makes me a tad nostalgic… All I can say is the CLAMSSSS!! These clams are just perfect and steamed just right so that they just pop open." 2356 Arthur Ave (Bronx)

La Manda: "This place has had the same vibe for the past 30 years. When my daughter was young I would take her to see them making pizza through the glass window. Its the BEST pizza I have ever had." 251 Tarrytown Rd, White Plains, NY (914) 502-4013

Cha Cha’s: "If I don’t mention Cha Cha’s, he’ll kill me. The food is fantastic and we’ve been hanging out there for 20 years. You can go in there and you’ll run into Danny Aiello, Armand Assante. People always stop in there to say hello to Cha Cha." 113 Mulberry Street (Little Italy)

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A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
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An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.
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As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
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But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
Vincent Van Gogh

Conscience is a man's compass.
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Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.
Vincent Van Gogh

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.
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For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
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Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
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How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
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I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
Vincent Van Gogh

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.
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I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
Vincent Van Gogh

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
Vincent Van Gogh

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
Vincent Van Gogh

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
Vincent Van Gogh

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
Vincent Van Gogh

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.
Vincent Van Gogh

I wish they would only take me as I am.
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If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?
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A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
Vincent Van Gogh

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.
Vincent Van Gogh

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
Vincent Van Gogh

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
Vincent Van Gogh

Conscience is a man's compass.
Vincent Van Gogh

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.
Vincent Van Gogh

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.
Vincent Van Gogh

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
Vincent Van Gogh

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent Van Gogh

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Vincent Van Gogh

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
Vincent Van Gogh

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
Vincent Van Gogh

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.
Vincent Van Gogh

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
Vincent Van Gogh

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
Vincent Van Gogh

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
Vincent Van Gogh

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
Vincent Van Gogh

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
Vincent Van Gogh

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.
Vincent Van Gogh

I wish they would only take me as I am.
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Biography
Type: Artist
Nationality: Dutch
Born: March 30, 1853
Died: July 29, 1890

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