I hear Palio at the Swan is excellent...that is one Italian place I will definitly try. I love Linguine alla vongole and I see they have it on their menu so I MUST try it! Good luck with your decision though! I'm sure you'll find something you like at either restaurant, I guess you just have to know what to order. So here's a couple suggestions...My sister loved the chicken flatbread pizza at Mama Melrose and at Alfredo's the must have is the Fettucine Alfredo (they've recently put an Alfredo's here in NY and we go there to get our fettucine fix!), and my DBF had the Sampler which was also excellent.