The Veal Smash Job — a breaded, fried chop pounded thin, then crowned with mozzarella and house-made marinara — has drawn regulars to this third-generation Cacace family operation in Sheepshead Bay since 1964. Chandelier-lit dining rooms with white tablecloths, suited waiters, and live piano transport diners to old-world Italy, while Democratic power brokers and multi-generational Brooklyn families pack the tables for rigatoni baked 'n' burnt and lobster fried alla Michael's. Step inside and discover why suited servers still deliver generations-old recipes with the same pride that opened these doors six decades ago.
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