According to Tyler Fenton, chef of the critically acclaimed Bata in Tucson, Ariz., Italian-American cooking doesn't get any better than Jon & Vinny's in Los Angeles.
It's old-school Italian cooking done right in the Old Port of Portland, Maine, where chef Mike Allen recommends Via Vecchia.
The best meatballs that James Briscione ever had were the duck meatballs at Andrew Carmellini's defunct A Voce.
Growing up, they were the epitome of comfort food." Today, he finds similar comfort in "Giorgio's Meatballs" served at Timpano, with two Florida locations in Fort Lauderdale and Hyde Park.
As a child, dining at Carmine's felt like an extension of home. Their meatballs, tender and generously portioned, served in a cozy Italian American setting, perfectly captured the essence of those cherished family meals."
One of the more unique meatballs in America has a fan in Jason Woo, chef-owner of Wusong Road in Cambridge, Mass.
During a research trip to Atlanta, Tyler Montgomery stumbled across meatballs so memorable that he and his chef de cuisine, Cat Beraud, still reminisce about them to this day.