I guess some people don't know what a cultured American town is like, because bocci ball is played regularly in the square of the Old North Church in Boston. That having been said, pepperoni and fava beans, with a nice Chianti.
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Posted Friday Jan 12, 2007 15:29 #
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I used to drink homemade wine at the San Gennaro festival in Bostons's North end. The stuff was so heavy if you swished it around you could use the glass for a tailight. Then we'd go to Situate for lobsters on the beach. Good times, lots of heartburn, and crazy ladies.
Posted Friday Jan 12, 2007 15:33 # -
Yes, the North End. Now THERE's a place that has managed development [read yuppies] AND kept its old charm. Paul Revere's house is still there, and it was 100 years old when he bought it! Fortunately, it has not been torn down for retail and condos. A great place, really a town of its own, both for its residents and for its visitors. Key item: food; and no need for an "economic development" commission.
No, I was not one of those ladies at Scituate, in case anybody was wondering:)
Posted Friday Jan 12, 2007 15:43 # -
Mr. Spatny,
It's not just the name, I was born and raised in Italia. I didn't move to the States until I was eleven. Given my background, I can't say that I am partial to any restaurant made pizza. Villanova is pretty good but the best pizza at my house is the one I make from scratch. Sometimes I cheat and I buy the fresh made dough balls that they sell daily at D'Andrea's in Cermak Plaza. It's way better than anything I've tried at a restaurant and that includes Pompeii, which is the closest thing I've seen to true Italian Pizza Al Taglio. All I need is a slice of my pizza, a glass of Barbera and a little music by Andrea Boccelli and I can manage to forget all my troubles.
Posted Friday Jan 12, 2007 15:49 # -
Pizza: (1) Thin-crust delivery (with extra sauce, light on the cheese, ingredients of your choice) from Michael Anthony's in Berwyn 484-2222
(2) Carry-out only thick crust from Freddy's in Cicero 16th and 61st. This place is amazing - It's also an old-world Italian deli with tons of imported and homemade yummies, including ice and gelato. If you haven't been, you must go.I would love a book/music store. Because of the high-rent problem, however, I suggest a campus-esque Community Book & Music Exchange. Only accepting used items in "like new" condition. I've been to flea markets in N. WI where there are tables upon tables of hardcover thrillers by popular authors (Patterson, Cornwall, Ludlum) for $1 ea. They must get them somewhere! Store could draw community participation/regular traffic by a membership program (i.e., Members who donate 3 books of a particular type - or CDs for that matter - could receive a credit for 1 free) and of course could sell things for whatever they could reasonably charge.
Posted Friday Jan 12, 2007 16:58 # -
Corbi - do you close your eyes when you sing along? You can invite Catherine and me, and we'll go by Tony Peraica's and get some of his homemade wine to bolster the evening's entertainment. I can make some putanesca and I'll get some cannolis from the Cafe Palermo on Ogden - even though Vito sold it I think they still get the shells from his mother. Nice and crisp.
Aberdeen - Can't go with Michael Anthony's, but Freddy's is a nice place. Before it closed, my favorite italian spot in Chicago was Gennaro's on Taylor near Loomis. The bracciole with the homemade gnocchi, some 'scarole on the side and the chocolate cannolis for dessert was a great combo - with the Barbera.
Food has taken this to another level - reminds me of Rodney King's "Can't we all get along."" Did Boccelli record that? Maybe he should have. No comments on Bikini Bocce?
Posted Friday Jan 12, 2007 17:09 # -
I have been away from the friendly forum due to work, but it is nice to see the kids getting along.
http://www.riversideinfo.org/forum/topic.php?id=51&replies=3#post-565
we gotta have a nice informal italian restaurant in that corner space at VC.
miket
Posted Friday Jan 12, 2007 17:40 # -
Gennaros was a good spot but as I recall it was only open four days a week. Did you ever eat at Rico's on Racine?
Posted Friday Jan 12, 2007 20:01 # -
Mike, I'm glad you're back. No, corbi and I still do not get along! But he does raise a point. WHY can no one in US make pizza like the pizza they make in Italy, why can no one make cappucino as they do, and why does no one make macchiato?
I still like the pastina at Papa Milano's on Oak. Spatny: WHERE is the good cannoli?
Speaking of Taylor Street, there you can see the results of "urban planning", along with the genius wrought by the "urban planners" in Hyde Park, also formerly a vibrant community. That is why I cringed when Wiaduck said he wanted to get the professional urban planners of Riverside (no offense) involved in the process. Just because you're a professional doesn't mean you have good taste.
Posted Saturday Jan 13, 2007 10:18 # -
Catherine - Papa Milanos? Love it - went there since high school days - a half century. In the winter the plate glass windows would be steamed up from the food and we would erite on them with our fingers. Papa is gone, but his wife still comes in to make the sauce, and the Lasagne is still the same. In summer they have a little homemade fence outside around a few tables. Of course it's painted silver, because that color was on sale, but God Bless 'Em for keeping it the same. Let's go.
Anyone remember Ricardo's? How about The Scotch Mist? The Chesshouse? Swimming on Oak Street Beach late at night in the summer? The Nocturne on Burton Place? My wife's uncle - Sol Kogen - built those "hand made" apartments there. Wouldn't it have far better to have something like that instead of the VC? Google up Hundertwasser House and see what a little imagination would have done for that corner.
Posted Saturday Jan 13, 2007 12:41 #
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