“The Mafia table”

LORELAI: Hm. Or we could sit in the corner – you know, the Mafia table so that no one can come up behind you and whack you with a cannoli.

A reference to the 1972 film The Godfather, previously and frequently mentioned. There is a famous scene in the film where the young Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) becomes a made man (full member of the crime family) by taking out a rival mob boss and a corrupt chief of police in an Italian restaurant.