Spicy tomato-sauced pici is the star of the table at Lodi.
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The 18 Best Pasta Dishes in New York City, Picked by Top Chefs
Whether carbonara, cavatelli, or simple spaghetti, there’s never a bad time for a hearty plate of noodles.
The dog days of summer conjure daydreams of ice cream, picnics, barbecues … and heaping plates of hearty pasta?
“I used to think I needed to make the pastas lighter in summer,” says Andrew Carmellini, who serves notable noodles at New York’s Locanda Verde, Café Carmellini and Bar Primi. But in the hottest months, he says, “we’d still sell so much carbonara and Bolognese, customers freaked out when I tried to change it.”