Just ask Taylor Swift, Edgardo Alfonzo or Burt Young, a few of the big names who have dined there. Trattoria 35 does Italian cuisine right. In the 14 years since it opened, the Bayside restaurant has built up a strong base of regulars. Driving it is a business philosophy that puts the customers above everything.

“It’s all about family with us,” owner Michael Molinari told the Chronicle. “It’s all about clientele.” Customers entering the 213-15 35 Ave. restaurant talk to him like an old friend. “It’s about people — when they come here, they love it because they feel at home,” he said. But it’s also about the food, Molinari added. And no matter what customers are in the mood for — pasta, brick-oven pizza, seafood, salad — they’ll find plenty to love on the menus for lunch and dinner.