Tucked away in a corner of New Rochelle, Agostino's, an unpretentious neighborhood restaurant, has been serving fine Italian food for more than a decade. Its simple hospitality and scratch regional cooking have attracted not only locals but also boaters and golfers from the marinas and country clubs nearby. They don't make many Italian restaurants of this quality anymore, and more's the pity.

The menu reflects dishes from the Abruzzo and Apulia regions, where the restaurant's owner, Anna Catalano, learned to make sauces and pastas special to the area. The Italian food writer Ada Boni once wrote that "Apulians are the champion pasta eaters of Italy." And judging by the terrific pasta dishes here, few diners would disagree with that assessment.

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