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.

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."