I love Italian food. I’m a picky eater, but I can always find something delicious on the menu when I’m at an Italian restaurant. And my favorite Italian restaurants are the old school Italian restaurants where you feel like you’ve stepped back in time. And a lot of those old school restaurants have been around forever and still serve great Italian food.

I remember as a kid growing up in the Newburgh area, my parents had two favorite Italian restaurants. For a more casual meal we would go to the Grandstand where the owner, whose name was Mushy, would often sit with us for a while and shoot the breeze with my parents. The food was great and it felt like it was all about family.