Sinatra Eats Italian

SINATRA EATS NEW YORK

At JILLY'S

NEW YORK CITY

Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner  .... "Mangia Bene"

Wanna Eat like the late great Frank Sinatra? Who wouldn't? Frank was Sicilian-American and ate Sicilian food, but even more so he loved classic Italian-American Neapolitan Cusisine, with dishes like Clams Posillipo, Spaghetti Marinara, Eggplant Parmigiano, and Veal Milanese were Frank's favvorite dishes, and his favorite restauarnt to eat these dishes at was the great Old-School Italian Red-Sauce Joint on West 56th Street in New York called Patsy's .. Yes it was Frank's favorite, and when in New York Frank also like to go to The 21 Club, PJ Clarke's, Gilly's, and Gino's on Lexington Avenue ...

Patsy's  ... 56th Street

FRANK SINATRA'S Favorite Restaurant

One of FRANK'S Favorites

CLAMS POSILLPO

FRANK Loved VEAL MILANESE

Pounded Extra Thin

Two of Frank's Favorites

Together on One Plate

EGGPLANT PARMIGIANO & Spaghetti Marinara

GNOCCHI POMODORO

Charle's "Lucky" Lucciano

Was From Lercara Friddi Sicily

The Same Town as Sinatra's Father Anthony Martino

SEE  NONNA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

"RECIPES From MY SICILIAN NONNA"

GOING SOMEWHERE ?

FLIGHTS & HOTELS WORLDWIDE

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FRANK Pours DEAN

a Shot of JACK DANIELS

Another of FRANK'S Favorites !!!

Sammy Davis Jr. Looks On

Another of Frank's Favorites

PJ Clarke's  .. 3rd Avenue .. NEW YORK, NY

Where Frank Downed Many a JACK DANIELS

FRANK Eating a Scrambled Egg & Bacon Sandwich

Yes Another Favorite

LEARN HOW TO MAKES SINATRA SAUCE

In Daniel Bellino's SUNDAY SAUCE

Recipe in SUNDAY SAUCE

When Italian-Americans Cook

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SINATRA at JILLY'S

COFFEE MUG

For COFFEE - WHISKEY - "WHATEVER" ?

FRANK With DAUGHTERS TINA & NANCY SINATRA & FRIENDS

At JILLY'S NEW YORK

Whenever FRANK SINATRA was in NEW YORK CITY

FRANK WOULD GO to JILLY'S - His FAVORITE NEW YORK CITY HAUNT

PEOPLE WOULD BE SUPRISED to KNOW That JILLY'S Didn't Serve ITALIAN FOOD

The FOOD was CHINESE, and That's WHAT FRANK & His FRIENDS ATE

Along with COCKTAILS, BEER & WINE

FRANK'S FAVORITE DRINK as Many of You KNOW was JACK DANIELS WHISKEY

The RAT PACK 

FRANK SINATRA

And The RAT PACK

TEE SHIRT

FRANK SAMMY & DEAN

RECIPES

FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA

From LERCARA FRIDDI - SICILY

The Same TOWN as The SINATRA FAMILY

NEW YORK & LODI  NJ

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A Young Frank Sinatra  ....  Hoboken, New Jersey

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Frank Sinatra

"Come Fly with Me" !!!

PATSY'S  "Franks Favorite Restaurant"

 

Frank's Favorite Restaurant in The World, was Patsy's on West 56th Street in New York, in The Theater District near Times Square .. Frank's Favorites were; Calms Posillipo, Spaghetti Pomodoro,  Veal Milanes (extra Thin & Crispy) and Spaghetti & Meatballs of which patsy's makes The Best in The City ..

PATSY'S is by far the restaurant most associated with SINATRA -- on its website, the restaurant notes that it "has been known for years as the restaurant Frank Sinatra made famous." You can still order up old-school Italian there, but you might not have the exact same experience as Sinatra, who was said to have entered through a special door to sit at a reserved table on the second floor. Sinatra became especially loyal to the restaurant after making a solo Thanksgiving reservation one year, not realizing the restaurant was slated to be closed that day. Patsy Scognamillo didn't want to turn Sinatra away, so he allowed the reservation. He also didn't want Sinatra to know the restaurant was opened just for him -- so he had the entire staff bring their families to fill the place up, something Sinatra didn't learn until years later, according to Patsy's lore. The restaurant still celebrates its connection to Sinatra: At right, in 2002, Joe Scognamillo served actor Bill Boggs, who had dressed up as Sinatra . (236 West 56th St.)

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FRAN

K & AVA GARDNER

 

FRANK & DINO

PJ CLARKE'S

3rd AVENUE, Midtown MANHATTAN

SINATRA 'S ALL-TIME FAVORITE BAR / SALOON

 

FRANK'S FAVORITE ITALIAN BREAD 

 PARISI on MOTT STREET, LITTLE ITALY, New York

FRANK'S FAVORITE ITALIAN BREAD

PARISI BAKERY MOTT STREET

LITTLE ITALY, NY NY

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FRANK'S FAVORITE PIZZA "PATYSY'S"

East Harlem

FRANKS FAVORITE PIZZA

PATSY'S in EAST HARLEM

No Relation to PATSY'S on 56th STREET

 

PATSY'S PIZZERIA

EAT HARLEM, NEW YORK

 

SINATRA at JILLY'S New York with Friends and Daughters NANCY and TINA

Frank loved going to his close Pal JILLY RIZZO'S New York Restaurant JILLY'S where Frank would eat Chinese Food, tell stories, and drink JACK DANIEL'S to the Wee Hours of the morning ...

FRANK at JILLY'S 

COFFEE MUG

SUNDAY SAUCE

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Dean Martin looks on as Sammy Davis Jr. pours Frank a Jack Daniels

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Jack Daniel's and Frank Sinatra

FRANK SINATRA with Cigarette & JACK DANIELS

Dom of DOM'S BAKERY Hoboken , New Jersey

FRANK SINATRA had DOM Send him BREAD to Palm Springs , California

FOCCACIA From DOM'S BAKERY

GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

aka The SINATRA  COOKBOOK

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"RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA"

by Daniel Bellino "Z"

Author Daniel Bellino "Z" has the same ancestral Sicilian Roots as Frank Sinatra and one Charles "Lucky" Luciano who was born in LERCARA FRIDDI SICILY , as was Frank SInatra 's father Martino Severino Sinatra and Bellino 's maternal grandparents Giussepina Salemi and Fillipo Bellino who both immigrated from Lercara Friddi to New York through Ellis Island in 1904 . In 1906 Luciano 's parents immigrated and settled on the Lower East Side of New York when young Charlie (Salvatore ) was 9 years old.

Charles "Lucky" Luciano

Born in Lercara Friddi

SINATRA'S Favorite PIZZA !!!

PATSY'S in Eats Harlem , New York NY

2287 1st Avenue neat 117th Street

Opened in 1933 by Patsy Lancieri

The 21 CLUB

A Favorite SINATRA Haunt For Years

SINATRA arrives at The 21 CLUB with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Good Friend and Bodyguard JILLY RIZZO and a U.S. SECRET SERVICE AGENT

The 21 BURGER

LEARN HOW to MAKE IT !!!

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Frank Sinatra Cheesecake Recipe

 

LEMON RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

 

alla SINATRA

 

 

 

 

RECIPE 

 

Ingredients :

 

• 3 lbs. whole milk fresh Ricotta
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• ¼ cup grated Graham Crackers
• 1 teaspoon plus 1½ cups sugar
• 1 cup Mascarpone
• 6 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Place ricotta in a sieve over a bowl and let drain for 1 hour.
2. Triple wrap the bottom and sides of 3×10-inch springform pan with aluminum foil. Butter the sides, bottom and rim of pan. Mix the smashed Graham Crackers with 1 teaspoon sugar and coat the pan.
3. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Fill a teapot with water and bring to a boil. Place the Mascarpone in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light. Transfer to a small bowl; then add ricotta and lemon zest to bowl of electric mixer. Beat at low speed until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time until smooth. Beat in the remaining 1½ cups sugar. Continue to beat until mixture is very smooth. Beat in the Mascarpone, vanilla and lemon juice. Pour into the pan and smooth the top.
4. Place the pan inside a roasting pan whose sides are not higher than the cake pan. Open oven and pull rack out halfway — make sure it’s stable. Place pan on rack, then pour in the boiling water from the teapot into the larger pan to within 1 inch of the top of the smaller pan. Bake for one hour and 15 minutes. Test with finger — the top should spring back a bit. Give the pan a shake — if the batter ripples under the surface too much, it probably needs more time. It should be slightly golden on top. Note: Cooking times will vary dramatically depending on your oven, the pan you are using for the water bath and what type of fresh ricotta you are using. Start checking at 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you have a Thermapen (highly recommend!), use it to test the temp of the cheesecake, and remove the cheesecake when the thermometer reads 150-155ºF. 
5. Remove and let cool to room temperature in the water bath. Refrigerate overnight or for at least 4 hours before serving. It will firm up as it rests.
6. To unmold, slide a thin knife around the cake edges. Release the sides of the springform pan. Refrigerate until serving.

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Frank Sinatra dining-out with Wife Ava Gardner

 

And LEMON CHEESECAKE for DESSERT

 

RECIPES

 

FRANK SINATRA SUNDAY SAUCE

 

And DOLLY SINATRA'S SPAGHETTI MEATBALLS

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RECIPES

SUNDAY SAUCE alla SINATRA

DOLLY SINATRA'S MARINARA SAUCE

MEATBALLS

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Sinatra Ali Frazier Fight Century

ALI - FRAZIER

"FIGHT of The CENTURY"

Madison Square Garden

NEW YORK

March 8, 1971

When Joe Frazier met Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, the storyline went much deeper than two undefeated heavyweights clashing for the belt. Ali had refused induction in the U.S. Army, was considered radical chic and seemed to embody the culture of the 1960s. Frazier was cast as a champion fighting for the establishment. Frank Sinatra was a ring-side photographer for Life magazine. Barbra Streisand, Sammy Davis Jr., Hugh Hefner, Dustin Hoffman and Diana Ross were ringside. Burt Lancaster was part of the closed circuit broadcast team. All that, and the fight actually lived up to its billing as the "Fight of the Century." After 15 rounds of thrilling toe-to-toe action, Frazier won a unanimous decision.

ALI FRAZIER Fight Poster

FRANK SINATRA at The ALI - FRAZIER Fight

March 1971  MADISON SQUARE GARDEN , New York

Frank Sinatra figures into this story as a boxing fan and amateur photographer – and also, of course, by his own high-powered celebrity (for more on Sinatra see “Sinatra Stories”). The famous singer and Hollywood actor was then known for his 1969 hit song, “My Way,” which had reached the Top 40 in the U.S. and did even better in the U.K. However, by early 1971 he was also talking retirement, possibly by June, after he completed a charity event.

But that March of 1971, Sinatra was keen to get a ringside seat for the Ali-Frazier fight, but few were available. One report had it that he made a deal withLife magazine to do some photography for the magazine at the Ali-Frazier fight, which would give him more or less free license to roam around up close to the action. But in the introduction to Life’s March 16th, 1971 edition reporting on the fight, managing editor Ralph Graves explained in an “editor’s note” column how the magazine came to use both Sinatra and writer Norman Mailer beyond its own reporters and photographers. On Sinatra’s role, contrary to some other stories at the time, here’s how Graves described it:

…For our pictures of the action, we were relying on the magazine pool photographers at ringside, especially Sport’s Illustrated’s Neil Leifer and Tony Triolo, who delivered outstanding pictures. But it never hurts to have a horseshoe in your glove. Six years ago staff writer Tommy Thompson and photographer John Dominis were doing a story on Frank Sinatra. Sinatra was fascinated by Dominis’ equipment and admitted he had been interested in taking pictures for 20 years. Shortly before the fight Tommy learned that Sinatra had wangled himself a ringside seat and was going to take pictures with a battery of cameras. Tommy went to work wangling Sinatra into letting us have a look at his film. We didn’t expect to get anything the professional photographers didn’t have, but it might be worth inspecting. Indeed, Sinatra wound up getting the cover, a memorable full-spread picture [inside the magazine] (yes, he held his camera at that angle on purpose), and two other shots in our story. We are offering him a job…

ALI Dodges a BULLET From JOE FRAZIER

FRANK SINATRA

COVER PHOTO For LIFE MAGAZINE

MARCH 1971

ALI FRAZIER

The FIGHT of THE CENTURY

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier, billed as the Fight of the Century (also known as The Fight), was the boxing match between WBC/WBA heavyweight champion Joe Frazier (26–0, 23 KOs) and The Ring heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (31–0, 25 KOs), held on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.It was the first time that two undefeated boxers fought each other for the heavyweight title. Frazier won in 15 rounds via unanimous decision. It was the first of a trilogy, followed by the rematch fights Super Fight II (1974) and Thrilla in Manila (1975), both won by Ali.

On the evening of the match, Madison Square Garden had a circus-like atmosphere, with scores of policemen to control the crowd, outrageously dressed fans, and countless celebrities, from Norman Mailer to Woody Allen. Frank Sinatra, who, after being unable to procure a ringside seat, took photographs for Life magazine instead. Artist LeRoy Neiman painted Ali and Frazier as they fought. Burt Lancaster served as a color commentator for the closed-circuit broadcast. Though Lancaster had never performed as a sports commentator before, he was hired by the fight's promoter, Jerry Perenchio, who was also a friend. The other commentators were play-by-play announcer Don Dunphy and boxing champion Archie Moore. The fight was sold to, and broadcast by closed circuit, to 50 countries in 12 languages via ringside reporters to an audience estimated at 300 million, a record viewership for a television event at that time. Riots broke out at several venues as unresolvable technical issues interrupted the broadcast in several cities in the third round. And, although no live radio coverage of the fight itself was allowed under the terms of the promotion, the Mutual Radio Network did broadcast the fight, the night of March 8th, with announcers Van Patrick and Charles King, together with many other sports commentators, providing round-by-round summaries live as they came out over the UPI and AP wire services.

The referee for the fight was Arthur Mercante, Sr. After the fight, Mercante, a veteran referee of hundreds of fights, said "They both threw some of the best punches I've ever seen."

The fight itself exceeded even its promotional hype and went the full 15-round championship distance. Ali dominated the first three rounds, peppering the shorter Frazier with rapier-like jabs that raised welts on the champion's face. In the closing seconds of round three, Frazier connected with a tremendous hook to Ali's jaw, snapping his head back. Frazier began to dominate in the fourth round, catching Ali with several of his famed left hooks and pinning him against the ropes to deliver tremendous body blows.

Ali was visibly tired after the sixth round, and though he put together some flurries of punches after that round, he was unable to keep the pace he had set in the first third of the fight. At 1 minute and 59 seconds into round eight, following his clean left hook to Ali's right jaw, Frazier grabbed Ali's wrists and swung Ali into the center of the ring; however, Ali immediately grabbed Frazier again until they were once again separated by Mercante.

Frazier caught Ali with a left hook at nine seconds into round 11. A fraction of a second later, slipping on water in Frazier's corner, Ali fell with both gloves and his right knee to the canvas. Mercante stepped between Ali and Frazier, separating them as Ali rose. Mercante wiped Ali's gloves and waved "no knockdown." At 18 seconds into round 11, Mercante signaled the fighters to engage once again. Round 11 wound down with Frazier staggering Ali with a left hook. Ali stumbled and grabbed at Frazier to keep his balance and finally stumbled back first to the ropes before bouncing forward again to Frazier and grabbing on to Frazier until the fighters were separated by Mercante at 2:55 into the round.

Heading into Round 15, Frazier held the thinnest of leads on the judges scorecards (7–6–1, 10–4–0, and 8–6–0); so thin that, were he to lose the final round, he could still win, but only be by a single point. To be sure, Frazier closed convincingly. Early in round 15, Frazier landed a left hook that put Ali on the canvas. Ali, his jaw swollen noticeably, got up at the count of four, and managed to stay on his feet for the rest of the round despite several terrific blows from Frazier. A few minutes later the judges made it official: Frazier had retained the title with a unanimous decision, dealing Ali his first professional loss.

FRAZIER / ALI

by Leroy Neiman

The FIGHT of The CENTURY !!!!

Ali Frazier SNEAKERS

Limited Edition

SUNDAY SAUCE

alla SINATRA

RECIPES

FRANK SINATRA

PHOTOGRAPHS ALI FRAZIER FIGHT

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 1971

NEW YORK CITY

FRANK SINATRA

At Ali Frazier Fight

LIMITED EDITION Tee SHIRT

"The FIGHT of The CENTURY" !!!

Francis Albert Sinatra

For Life Magazine

"The FIGHT of The CENTURY"

LIMITED EDITION ART by BELLINO

Hang This Wonderful Art of The Great Frank Sinatra in Your Home

Or Office

CLICK HERE !

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Sinatra Chicken Scarpariello Recipe

 

CHICKEN SCARPARIELLO

CHICKEN with SAUSAGE and PEPPERS

SHOEMAKERS STYLE

RECIPE

POLLO SCARPARIELLO

HOW to MAKE CHICKEN SCARPARIELLO

SHOEMAKERS CHICKEN

RECIPE

CHICKEN SCARPARIELLO

MY SHOEMAKER GRANDFATHER'S RECIPE

And GREAT SICILIAN RECIPES

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Yes, my Grandfather Nonno Filipo Bellino was a Shoemaker in the town of Lercara Friddi, Sicily,

40 minutes south of Palermo. Frank Sinatra's father Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra was born in Lercara Friddi and his father was a shoemaker in the town. You might recognize another famous name of someone born in Lercara Friddi, and that would be Salvatore Lucania, better known to millions as Charles "Lucky" Luciano.

Anyway, my grandfather was born and raised in Lercara Friddi where he was a shoemaker, and you can bet money that Frank Sinatra's Shomaker Grandfather knew my shoemaker Grandfather 

Filipo Bellino. They were both around the same age, give or take a few years.

My grandfather immigrated to America through Ellis Island, New York in 1902. Filipo then

settled in Lodi, New Jersey where he set up a Shoemake Shop on Main Street, marrying 

Giuseppina Salemi. Filipo and Giuseppina lived upstairs from the Shoemaker Shop and had 4 children, my Aunt Lilly was born first, then Uncle Jimmy (James) veteran of WW II and recipient of the Purple Heart in The Battle of The Bulge, Uncle Frank was the 3rd child. Frank Bellino was in 

The United States Marine Corps during World War LL, in the Pacific Theater. Then came Uncle Tony who was also in the US Army in WW II where he was head of The Officers Club at 

The George V Hotel in Paris after the Allied Forces Liberated the city.

My mother Lucia (Lucy) was the youngest, born in Lodi 1923 ...

Fillipo Bellino of LERCARA FRIDDI SICILY

And LODI, NEW JERSEY USA

The BELLINO'S

FILIPO, LUCIA (Mommy) ANTONINO, GIUSEPPINA

LODI,  NEW JERSEY

Sometime around 1940 ???

FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA

CHARLES "LUCKY LUCIANO"

From LERCARA FRIDDI , SICILIA

And The LOWER EAST SIDE of NEW YORK

East 10th Street

Steak Sinatra Style Recipe VillaCapri

DEAN MARTIN - FRANK SINATRA and FRIENDS

At VILLA CAPRI

HOLLYWOOD

STEAK alla SINATRA

As was Made by CHEF COSTA

at VILLA CAPRI

HOLLYWOOD , CA

FRANK SINATRA

SAMMY DAVIS Jr. and PATSY D'AMORE

At VILLA CAPRI

HOLLYWOOD , CA

DOLLY SINATRA'S MEATBALLS

SUNDAY SAUCE alla SINATRA

Perfect ITALIAN STEAK

and other RECIPES

PATSY D'AMORE'S VILLA CAPRI

HOLLYWOOD , CA