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Lunch Today: Mafalde alla Bolognese at Giovanni Rana in Chelsea Market

Lunch Today

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Craig Cavallo
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Published: February 21, 2013 Last Updated: August 12, 2019
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Mafalde alla Bolognese ($8) is a classic pasta, and it falls under that same category on Giovanni Rana's takeaway menu. It's an extremely generous portion, and even more so when you consider they only use fresh homemade pasta.

The noodle is the perfect choice for a thick meat sauce—its wavy edges gently grab hold of the meaty sauce as they twist around your fork. The noodles are firm, but give way with a playful snap.

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The bolognese is a deeply flavored delight in the dead of winter. At Rana, they use only beef, and if it doesn't come from Pat LaFrieda or F. Rozzo & Sons, they seek the inventory of Buon Italia just down the hall in Chelsea Market. It's braised in tomatoes with the traditional aromatics that make any ragu or bolognese satisfying: carrots, onion, celery, garlic, and fresh herbs.

Giovanni Rana's dine-in menu covers more exotic pasta ground, but does so at mostly double the price of items on the takeaway menu, on which nothing exceeds $14. We're pretty impressed with a to-go pasta that's so high quality, in a portion that can really fill you up.

Giovanni Rana

In Chelsea Market 75 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 (map) 212-370-0975
rananyc.com

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Craig Cavallo has been working and eating in New York City restaurants for a decade. His insatiable appetite (and bike) take him to the next delicious thing. You can follow Craig's journey @digestny and on Digest NY, a website he launched in 2012 to share his love of food and the stories told through it. A love affair with wine grew organically when Craig was an opening staff member at Eataly's wine store. The job lead him to Piedmont, where he rolled in the hills of Langhe and discovered the beauty of hazelnuts, Arneis and salsiccia di Bra. Craig's from Syracuse, but he lives and writes in Brooklyn.

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