The meatballs at this Grand Street institution have drawn crowds since Leo and Tessie DiTerlizzi opened the doors in 1939, back when their neighbor Frank Sinatra was still an unknown crooner. Italian home-style cooking anchors the menu—think bar pies and red-sauce classics—while Sinatra memorabilia lines the walls, a testament to Leo's friendship with Ol' Blue Eyes. Three generations later, the DiTerlizzi family still runs the kitchen, serving the same recipes that made Leo's a Hoboken legend.
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