Filippi's Pizza Grotto   

Step into the world of Little Italy as it was meant to be. Classic Italian cuisine is at its best in the DePhilippis family's original restaurant (from which seven other locations have sprung). To get to the dining area, you must first walk through an Italian grocery store and deli that is strewn with cheeses, pastas, wine, bottles of olive oil and salamis -- you may want to make a mental note to come back and buy a sandwich to take with you to work. The dining area itself is dark, which helps mask the age of the place. The tables are lined with red-checkered tablecloths and Chianti bottles that substitute as candleholders. Don't be shocked if you end up sitting behind shelves of canned olives; it's a tradition in the restaurant, and the aromas wafting from the kitchen can still find you. The pizza is a must, but the monstrous meatball sandwiches are also tempting, as are the piles of ravioli. Whatever you get, you better have an appetite, because each portion looks big enough to feed you for a week.