The most common way to monitor a local restaurant scene is to keep track of which restaurants occupy the available spaces. Some folk take a more sophisticated approach, tracking chefs and/or restaurateurs. But in our Italian-American restaurant community, it's necessary to track families.

Forget keeping up with the Jones. Greater New Haveners in the know keep up with the Abates, Anastasios, Biagettis, Bimontes, Consiglios, Criscuolos, Dattilos, DeLucias, Iannaccones, Maioranos, Mavulis, Perrottis, Saccos, Tagliatelas, Veripapas and Zuppardis, to name but a few significant players who spring to mind. Consider that a test.

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