The Most Exclusive Pasta in NYC

ORDERING THE SPICY VODKA NOODLES AT ONE NEW YORK INSTITUTION HAS BECOME A MAJOR SOCIAL POWER MOVE. TURNS OUT, MAKING IT AT HOME IS MUCH EASIER.

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AT THE UPSCALE red sauce joint Carbone in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, you go for the people watching (Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, and the Kardashian-Jenners have all been spotted there) and stay for the Spicy Rigatoni Vodka. A plate of the iconic, chile-spiked creamy noodles has become the city's carb status symbol. "It's the Birkin bag of Italian food,” say Meg Radice and Audrey Jongens, who run The VIP List, a restaurant review account. “There's so much scarcity with the reservations, so it's a flex to even post a picture of it. You’re essentially saying I got in and you didn't."