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The Mark Simone Show

Mark interviews Sal Scognamillo from Patsy’s Italian Restaurant in New York City.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

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4.3694 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In honor of Frank Sinatra’s birthday week, they reminisce about Sinatra’s deep love for Patsy’s, share stories about his favorite meal, and reflect on the statue dedicated to him in the restaurant. The conversation explores Sinatra’s lasting impact on entertainment and how his legacy serves as a source of inspiration for both Mark and Sal.

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0:00.0

Here's more Mark

0:02.1

At the Mark Simone show on 710 W-O-R

0:06.8

Well, you know, Patsy's the landmark restaurant, 56th Street between Broadway and 8th.

0:13.4

It was Frank Sinatra's favorite restaurant, and there's a lot to talk about with Frank Sinatra.

0:18.1

It's that time of year.

0:20.1

No, not Christmas. It's Sinatra's birthday this

0:22.4

week. And with us right now, the owner of Patsy, Sal, Skagnamillo, Sal, how you doing? Hey, good morning, Mark.

0:29.9

Happy holidays. Merry Christmas, buddy. You too. Frank Sinatra's favorite restaurant. Where do we even

0:36.0

start? Tell us Frank Sinatra's favorite meal.

0:39.0

What, like if you went to Patsy's and said to you, make me Sinatra's favorite meal, what

0:43.6

would you make?

0:44.7

He liked the artichoke of Reaganat appetizes, and then he'd have some kind of short

0:50.1

pasta, the pen of rigatone or spirale, with the tomato basil sauce, which is onions, no garlic.

0:57.2

If I made a garlic sauce for them, sometimes you have the clams in the garlic sauce.

1:01.0

It would be the whole garlic.

1:02.3

We brace it in the olive oil and take it out just so you had the flavor, and then the edge of tomatoes and clams and white wine and all the spices.

1:09.5

And he loved for the main course, the veal and chicken milanase. It's his scallopini, beef, very fine, flour, egg, and seasoned breadcrum, fried fillers, Chris, a little rouble, a tomato salad, and most importantly, red wine vinegar, no balsamic for him. Well, that's a very good meal, but if you go to Patty's look at the menu, there's probably

1:28.4

25 better things to order there. What the... Well, my favorite, I like pasta with cheese, so my favorite

1:34.8

is rigatoni Sorentino. Yeah. The rickotons with the tomato base will regard to melted

1:39.5

mozzarella, parmesan, all the parmesan's and guine with the clam sauce, popular. Anything with fish,

1:45.5

lobster fried Diablo, I think is spectacular. It makes a great dish. And, you know, just a lot of

1:51.0

great southern Italian classics. The heart of the menu are the same. Only three chefs all these

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