Top 40 Signs Your Favorite Restaurant Is A Hideout For The Mafia

40. Your group occasionally moved away from window seating "for your protection"

39. 5,000 square foot building, 200 square foot dining area

38. Although it appears that there are no customers, the profits are high...

37. Same flower delivery cart is always parked across the street

36. House specialties are referred to as "offers you can't refuse"

35. You're frisked every time you go there

34. Waiters occasionally kiss manager's ring.

33. The (too)gorgeous girl hanging all over Fat Guido in the corner booth

32. The Maitre'd asks you to kindly check your gun along with your coat and hat.

31. Unusually high number of cello players in pinstripe suits

30. "No respect, no service"

29. The traditional red-and-white-check tablecloths have a disturbing blotchy look.

28. All seats face the door

27. At dinner, most of the patrons are discussing what's fake about "The Sopranos."

26. Every once in a while, the big men in dark suits don't let you enter

25. More than Pasta gets Made

24. You hear the help complaining about the "protection" fees

23. The entire restaurant staff is union

22. All the white chalk outlines on the sidewalk outside

21. Bill always comes in an envelope

20. "Welcome to Luigi's Restaurant! Vincent will seat you." "YO VINNIE!!!"

19. No matter when you go there, there's always someone working named Guido

18. Waiter refers to choices on the menu as his "little friends"

17. Lots of dead fish and newspaper around, but no seafood is on the menu

16. Menu has no prices and you betta have 300 dollahs

15. You feel like you've walked onto the set of some bad mobster movie

14. every order over $10 comes with a complimentary carton of cigarettes

13. The manager insists on kissing your hands

12. The restaurant's facade is riddled with bullet holes

11. Hmm, I wonder what's behind this false wall?

10. Spaghetti plate is $7.50, but you heard a guy request one for $3000 once

9. "Favor" and "No credit check loan" are items on the menu

8. All waiters are male and weigh at least 300 pounds

7. The patrons can order "scungili" without snickering or turning red.

6. The restaurant doubles as a "Cement Shoe" factory

5. Entrees named "Swimming with the fishes filet" and "Jimmy Hoffa Special"

4. The patrons know the difference between "vongola" and "vongole"

3. You and your boss meet there often, and you're in waste management

2. Your favorite restaurant is in Bensonhurst

1. Poorly lit portraits on the walls with holes where the eyes should be