It's a well known fact that Frank's favorite restaurant was Patsy's on 56th Street in New York … When Frank went to Patsy's his favorite dishes were Calms Posillipo and Veal Milanese with a nice plate of Spaghetti Pomodoro in-between, and maybe a slice of Cheesecake to finish if Frank was in the mood.
Frank Sinatra was famous for doing things his way — including his dessert. Chocolate-covered apricots from his hometown candy shop were a favorite treat. Specifically, bittersweet chocolate ones. Ask Mario Lepore, the easygoing candy man at Lepore's Home Made Chocolates in Hoboken, where Sinatra was born.
Patsy's Italian Restaurant of New York was one of Frank Sinatra's most beloved eateries. Through the years, Ol' Blue Eyes developed a special relationship with the Scognamillo family, and that relationship continues to this day in the form of Frank's favorite dishes.
12, Sinatra's birthday, Patsy's, a Neapolitan restaurant, now has a tradition of serving his favorite dishes like clams Posillipo, fusilli with fileto di pomodoro, and ricotta torte for dessert. Another one of Sinatra favorites was veal Milanese.
When Jordan opened Matteo's on Westwood Boulevard in 1963, Sinatra made it an instant hotspot by dining there on Sunday nights, as he would for decades to come. Everyone from U.S. presidents and a Who's Who of Hollywood's A-list to homesick Hoboken transplants have dined at Matteo's.
Frank Sinatra's Favorite Dish: The Clams Posillipo at Patsy's Italian Restaurant
What was Frank Sinatra's favorite bar?
He started his career performing at the city's glamourous Empire Room at the Palmer House Hotel. Sinatra's favourite bars were the Green Mill - part of The Joker Is Wild (1957) was filmed here – and the Twin Anchors. His favourite restaurant was Gene & Georgetti, an Italian steakhouse founded in 1941.
The graves of Frank Sinatra and other stars are located in the cemetery located on Ramon and Duvall in Cathedral City. Maps are located by the office and it is easy to find other gravesites such as Sonny Bono.
Not that Sinatra confined his drinking habits to Jack; he was also fond of Champagne and wine. Less than six months before his death, at a family Thanksgiving gathering in 1997, he responded to a toast by taking a sip of the red wine in front of him and saying: 'Italian Barbera.
"For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business." Coming from Frank Sinatra himself, in an interview in 1965, there could be no higher compliment. Sinatra was a huge influence on Bennett, who has died aged 96. The pair had become firm friends and went on to perform together several times over the years.
When Sinatra became an international superstar, he had a guy who would come to the bakeries in Hoboken, load up a suitcase with Hoboken bread, and fly the bread from Hoboken to Palm Springs," said Joseph Castelo, founding partner of Antique Bar and Bakery.
By the 70's, “Johnny Costa became good friends with Sinatra,” and “found himself as the performer's personal chef at his desert home. Around the same time, he opened his eponymous restaurant, which started in Desert Hot Springs and then moved to Cathedral City before landing, permanently, in Palm Springs.
Frank Sinatra collected Lionel and tinplate model trains. He even had an entire cottage dedicated to his hobby. Walt Disney loved model trains and often included railroads in his cartoons, films, and theme parks.
Painting was a passion for Sinatra, a pasttime that he shared with occasional rat-packer Tony Curtis, along with friend and fellow-crooner Tony Bennett and actor Anthony Quinn.
Frank Sinatra's primary musical style is best categorized as "classic pop" or "traditional pop." However, some claim that his tunes mixed several musical styles, including big band, swing, jazz, and "easy listening.”
Though turned off by organized religion at times, however, Sinatra had a deep faith that became public when he turned to the Catholic Church for healing after his mother died in a plane crash late in his career. He died as a practicing Catholic and had a Catholic burial.
While Bolla Soave has had its ups and downs in terms of popularity (and quality), one man stayed true: Frank Sinatra. In fact, if Bolla Soave wasn't on the wine list, Frank wasn't sitting at the table. (See my column this week for more on Soave's delights).
He passed away nearly 20 years ago, but Old Blue Eyes, as he was known, is still a much loved artist as well as an integral part of America's cultural cannon.
The singer looked at the company, and gave his final words. “He just looked up at the two of us and said curtly: 'I'm losing'”. And in a move that was strikingly similar to George Harrison's death in 2001, the singer embraced the end with strength and purpose, understanding the importance of the end.
Sinatra was known for erratic behavior, and many believed him to be a class A jerk. But he was also known to be the best friend anyone could wish to have, a philanthropist, loyal to a fault, and generous.
Popular on Variety. Frank Sinatra Jr., son of the legendary singer, died of a heart attack Wednesday while on tour in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was 72. His death was confirmed by the Associated Press, which received a statement from Sinatra's family citing cardiac arrest as the cause of death.
Frank Sinatra, one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century, died of a heart attack on May 14, 1998, at the age of 82. The award-winning singer and film actor's entertainment career spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1930s.
