By Carol Brock
46-11 Broadway, Astoria
278-4514
It was nice when a neighbor in Queens came to our table at Ponticello. He was surprised at my choice of appetizer, a special of crab stuffed avocado.
When all America seems to be dining out Italian, I applaud Ponticello for offering a few contemporary American choices like blooming onion and smoked salmon. And the avocado was perfectly ripened and the crab salad interior super. My dining companion (who noted he had had excellent smoked salmon in Italian restaurants) ordered spaghetti carbonara.
Our neighbor, himself a Croatian, enthused over the gnocchi his wife had had as an appetizer.
