rant · moment 10 of 14
Dinner at Angelina's and Staten Island's Mob Culture
from Bring Back The Mob · #62
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4 minAfter visiting the old office, Tim and Ray have dinner at the upscale Angelina's restaurant looking disheveled, leading into a discussion of Staten Island's insular, mob-adjacent culture compared to Long Island and Brooklyn.
- 31:40Tim recalls eating at Angelinas restaurant on Staten Island years ago after doing a couple of mortgage deals there.
- 31:58He and Ray arrived at Angelinas looking like vagrant grifters after three hours on a public bus, both smelling of scotch.
- 32:39The restaurant is set on beautiful grounds with chandeliers hanging from trees and a love sign in the grass, like a catering hall.
- 33:04Their first move as disheveled customers was to ask if they could charge their phones.
- 33:19Staten Island gym guys in white sneakers sit mostly silent while their girlfriends talk, though some of them won't shut up.
- 34:12Tim and Ray ordered Buffalo mozzarella, sausage, and fettuccine bolognese—fine food, though more catering hall than Manhattan Italian.
- 34:37Despite the meal being decent, what really impressed Tim was the actual atmosphere and setting of the place itself.