Smoked Bucatini Carbonara at Superba Snack Bar, $18
The next episode of Portlandia needs to address something: It's time to move over birds, it's all about putting an egg on it! Poached beauties are making their way onto more dinner plates, and this trend is definitely not something we want disappearing any time soon. Get ready for a Carbonara that will lure you in with its smoky al dente perfection and then blow your mind with perfect, oozing, delicious yolk. It’s going to be intense.
Superba Snack Bar, 533 Rose Avenue (at Dimmick Avenue); 310-399-6400.

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