“All the food we ate at Don Peppe, including the shrimp cocktail, rigatoni with sausage, baked clams, and chicken parmigiana lacked flavor and was way too salty.”
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“All the food we ate at Don Peppe, including the shrimp cocktail, rigatoni with sausage, baked clams, and chicken parmigiana lacked flavor and was way too salty.”
H3
“Tbh, I don't think it's very good at all. Some of their food definitely is. It's a trip to go there. Iconic NY. But not that ordering clam pasta there again... it was very watery, and the clams were hammered.”
H3
“Nostalgic or not, that 1972 plating of shrimp cocktail is ridiculous”
H2
“Reminded me of the first time I made a catering platter... My chef said you working at a grocery store..based on me putting lettuce down like that first.”
H2
“This. Get the fried peppers.”
H2
“Hard pass for me! The cocktail sauce in a plastic cup WTF”
H2
“Don Peppe veal parmigiana. Have them throw it in a plastic bag with a couple ladlefuls of gravy scooped on top”
H2
“For real. Order the shrimp Luciana and veal Don Pepe then get back to me”
H2
“Girl what is that plating with the shrimp cocktail. it reminds me of the dinosaur nugget volcano someone made where the nuggets are drinking from a lake of gravy”
H2
“I love this spot. Went a few months ago and it was really good. Baked clams. Linguini with clam sauce. Chicken scarparella. All delicious.”
H2
“Why is it acceptable for a restaurant, especially a very popular and acclaimed one, to only have a select few dishes that are good, and for everything else to be average or terrible?”
H2
“while the Shrimp Cocktail looks like it was plated and garnished by 1973, poorly, I might add, the size of those shrimps make this dish acceptable.”
H2
“Clam linguine and the veal is the go to orders there”
H2
“Great call! Have them toss a fistful of clams on there too”
H2
“Don peppe ozone park one of best Italian in nyc. Baked clams, linguine clams sauce , awesome shrimp, veal Don peppe and chicken or veal parm.”
H2
“Linguini with Clam Sauce from Don Peppe's in Ozone Park”
H2
“Don Pepe for baked clams and linguine and clam sauce.”
H2
“Linguini clam sauce at Don Peppe’s”
H2
“The food was average, no better than your run of the mill pizzeria.”
H2
“You go to overeat with your friends: -clams oreganato and some other classics -linguini clam sauce - penne vodka - maybe a different pasta - chicken parm - Italian cheesecake”
H2
“Don Peppe's for sure. Baked clams and chicken scarparella are also good there”
H2
“Don Pep’s has fluorescent lighting and jockey’s sips in the wall but clams are among the best.”
H2
“My opinion is that Don Pepe's is much tastier than L&B Spumoni but often at 50-70% higher price”
H2
“This shrimp plate is disrespectful. They really just tossed lettuce and shrimp together with no effort. And the sauce, in a sad little plastic cup...”
H2
“You get baked clams, SHRIMP Luciano app portion (not over linguini), linguini and clam sauce, veal Don Pepe, chicken scarpeillo half order (w/ sausage and peppers)”
H2
“Eggplant Parm at Don Pepe's”
H2
“Don Peppe's is my favorite white clam sauce ever.”
H2
“I’m headed to Don Pepe for baked clams, linguine and clam sauce and shrimp Luciano.”
H2
“my first time at Don Peppe was magical.”
H2
“I always loved the shrimp Luciano or the lobster fra Diavlo”
H2
“Don Pepe's Ozone Park for their linguine with clams”
H2
“All of their food is bomb. Worth the drive.”
H2
“Don Peppe in South Ozone Park (kinda pricey but family style and excellent Italian)”
H2
“Get the baked clams, mozzarella in carozza , linguine in clam sauce, veal chop and cannoli. Die happy.”
H2
“This place is no frills and doesn’t need to have any because the dishes the do well are amazing. I would add the chicken and veal parm to the list as well.”
H2
“Randazzo’s and Don Peppe’s are both worth the hike imo.”
H2
“Don Pepe: Linguine w clam sauce”
H2
“Baked clams or Linguini w clam sauce at Don Pepe”
H2
“Don Peppe (Italian). Lefferts Boulevard . About 1 mile from JFK. Get the linguini and clam sauce.”
H2
“You can get there, and it is delicious (omg the fried peppers!) but it’s a bit of a trek to get there. It’s definitely a vibe.”
H2
“The food is great at Don Pepe, the vibe is not exactly birthday.”
H2
“The veal Don Pepe is so good.”
H2
“Someone recommended don peppes, which is great if you have like four people, but otherwise you will only be able to finish maybe one or two dishes, and it is not really moderately priced.”
H2
“Don Peppe is absolutely the pinnacle of linguine with clam sauce”
H2
“Gotta admit that those clams are top tier at least”
H2
“Lol that shrimp cocktail is absurd”
H2
“I can eat a whole plate of fried peppers there. Save the pasta and all the other stuff, it’s fried peppers for me.”
H2
“Shrimp Luciano”
H2
“Love Don Peppe. I could eat a whole tray of their fried peppers myself.”
H2
“Divine Baked Clams at Don Peppe. Took a Manhattan friend there for his first time and he spent the whole dinner giggling between bites and exclaiming how good everything was.”
H2