The Drogheria Fine is a one-man operation on Fairmont Avenue West in the Mile End section of the city. In a space barely large enough to contain our small group Franco Gattuso proudly served up some of the best potato flour gnocchi that I have ever tasted in my life. And he attributes that superior flavor to the tomato sauce he makes himself from scratch in small batches right on the back of his tiny store. He rigorously follows his Sicilian grandmother's recipe that he described to us as "from hot to cold" using unprocessed olive oil that he imports himself from Olivedo in the Calabria region of Italy.
He spoke fluently and fervently in English, French and Italian as he detailed the process. And all of us hung on his every word, in between bites of the tomato drenched puffs of dough that were garnished with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Splendido!
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