"When I hear 'famous restaurant in New York,' without fail, I think Rao's," says Fora travel advisor Kay Hart. "There is truly nowhere as cozy and as classic feeling." Snagging a reservation at ...

But before the brand's sauces hit the shelves in jars, Rao's started as a family-run Italian restaurant in New York City in the late 1890s. Today, the company that makes Rao's jarred sauces is ...