The Italian comfort food is a favorite for many, so we went searching for the Best of Minnesota. Your votes sent us for a meal at Maucieri's Italian Bistro in Crosslake. Italians love their food and their family, and pasta is the glue.

"Growing up you had these big dinners. Everything was loud and adults are drinking wine and people are arguing. Whether you're here with two people or 10 people, get a bunch of dishes and pass them around, drink wine and have a good time," Tony Maucieri Jr., one of the owners of Maucieri's, said.

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