PATSY’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT
236 W. 56th Street (bet. Broadway & Eighth Ave.)
New York, NY 10019
(212) 247-3491
www.patsys.com
PATSY’S, NEW YORK’S LEGENDARY, FAMILY OWNED
ITALIAN RESTAURANT SINCE 1944
Landmark Destination for Celebrities and Lovers of Authentic Neapolitan Cuisine
Award-winning website, Punchin-dot-com, features the Walman Report and reviews of restaurants, travel, wine and theater. Landmark Destination for Celebrities and Lovers of Authentic Neapolitan Cuisine Patsy’s, the original, family owned and operated Italian restaurant at on Manhattan’s West Side, has been a legendary dining destination in New York for over sixty years. Founded in 1944 by Pasquale “Patsy” Scognamillo,
Patsy’s has been in it’s current theater district location since 1954. In over 60 years of existence, Patsy’s has had only three chefs, the late Patsy himself, his son Joe Scognamillo, who has been at the establishment since the age of seven, and Joe’s son Sal Scognamillo, who has been manning the kitchen for the past 20 years.
Patsy’s attracts a varied clientele including an extremely loyal following of regular patrons, Italian food aficionados, tourists and celebrities. They enjoy the restaurant’s remarkable signature dishes including succulent Veal Chops Siciliano, spicy Lobster Fra Diavolo, tender Chicken Contadina, and savory Calamari stuffed with seafood.
Spectacular seafood such as Striped Bass Marechiare, Lobster Arreganta and Shrimp Scampi are always requested, as are meat favorites like Sirloin Steak Pizzaiola with Peppers and Mushrooms, Stuffed Veal Chop Marsala, and Chicken Liver Cacciatora. Our favorite creation was the best tripe stew in New York: Tender, just spicy enough and a masterpiece soulful Italian cooking.
What great Neapolitan Italian restaurant doesn’t offer a vast array of mouth watering pasta dishes? Patsy’s, of course, serves some of the finest in the city including Linguine Puttanesca, Penne Alla Vodka, Tortellini Bolognese, Spaghetti or Wholewheat Pasta Marinara, terrific linguini with white clam sauce and miraculous spinach Cannelloni with Meat Sauce.
Patsy’s award winning pasta sauces, made from the freshest, most mouth-watering ingredients, are available in better supermarkets and specialty food stores throughout the U.S. The tomato based sauces, 100% natural, with no preservatives or added sugar, are available in six varieties, including Marinara, Tomato Basil, Fra Diavolo, Puttanesca, Vodka, and Amatriciana.
There is an excellent wine list and decadent desserts that must be sampled. Don’t miss the delicious cookies with your cappuccino.
Patsy’s has been known for years as Frank Sinatra’s favorite restaurant and, in fact, his family still enjoys dining at Patsy’s whenever they are in town. In addition to Sinatra and family, Patsy’s has become a favorite with countless stars on both the east and west coast who have come to regard Patsy’s as a mecca of Italian fine dining.
Some of Patsy’s high profile patrons include Al Pacino, Placido Domingo, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, Madonna, George Clooney, Sean “P Diddy” Combs, David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Lopez, Jonathan Demme, Barbara Streisand, Tony Bennett, Don King, Robert DeNiro, Don Rickles, Katherine McPhee, Jacklyn Smith, Phyllis George, Stephen King, Calvin Klein, Jerry Seinfeld, James Gandolfini, Carol O’Connor, Jon Bon Jovi, Liza Minelli, Chris Noth, Tony Danza, Farrah Fawcett, Kate Hudson, Chevy Chase, Cheryl Ladd, and Patty LaBelle, to name several.
In 2002 Patsy’s published their best-selling cookbook, Patsy’s Cookbook-Classic Italian Recipes From A New York City Landmark Restaurant. The cookbook includes both a collection of secret family recipes and never-before-told stories from Frank Sinatra’s all-time favorite restaurant. Featuring 100 recipes and many heartwarming tales from family members and famous friends alike, Patsy’s Cookbook invites readers to experience the restaurant from an inside point of view.
Just steps from Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Theater District, a visit to New York City is not complete without a meal at Patsy’s. For lunch, dinner, business or pleasure, Patsy’s has been serving traditional Italian cuisine at the highest standards and in the warmest atmosphere for well over half a century.
Patsey’s, 236 West 56th Street, is one of the longest running hits on The Great White Way and rates “A Major” on the Walman Report. For a free subscription, visit www dot Punchin dot com on the net.
Family owned and operated for over 60 years, the original Patsy’s, in it’s only location, 236 West 56th Street in New York City, has been the place for home style Neapolitan Italian food that has been enjoyed for generations. The restaurant’s hours of operation are 12PM to 10:15PM Sunday through Thursday, closing at 11:15PM on Friday and Saturday. For reservations call (212) 247-3491. For further information about Patsy’s contact Patsy’s at www.patsys.com.
SAL J. SCOGNAMILLO
Executive Chef and Co-Owner
Salvatore (Sal) Scognamillo is a co-owner and third generation executive chef of the world-renowned Patsy’s restaurant, still at it’s one and only location, 236 West 56th Street in New York City. Trained by his father, Joe, and his grandfather Pasquale “Patsy” before him, Sal Scognamillo has maintained the same level of comfort and quality that made Patsy’s famous over 60 years ago.
Sal knows the restaurant inside and out. He began his career working in the kitchen on school holidays, acting as busboy, waiter and garde manger, and learned to cook under the hands-on tutelage of his father, Joe. In 1985, upon his father’s retirement from the kitchen, Sal assumed the position of executive chef.
Since taking over the kitchen at Patsy’s, Sal has continued to prepare the original Neapolitan recipes that his grandfather cooked before him. Over the past twenty years, he has overseen the expansion of Patsy’s empire to include jar sauces, prepared foods, oils and vinegars and the best-selling Patsy’s Cookbook: Classic Italian Recipes from a New York City Landmark Restaurant. Sal has appeared on hundreds of local, national, and international media outlets including NBC’s The Today Show, Martha Stewart, Fox News, The Style Network, CNN, CW-11, and Fox-5, Good Day New York to name a few.
In almost twenty years as executive chef, Sal has had the opportunity to prepare meals for many of Patsy’s most well known customers including Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Danza, Jennifer Lopez, George Clooney, P Diddy and many more.
Patsy’s was, and remains a family restaurant. Sal co-owns the restaurant with his father Joe, and Cousin Frank DiCola.
