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Mosca's Nola - Thoughts?

Posted on 8/5/16 at 7:47 pm
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 7:47 pm
Never been. I've got clients who say it's old world Italian style and fun family style dining. I can't remember reading anything about it on here. Dishes they do well?
This post was edited on 8/5/16 at 7:48 pm
Posted by Enadious
formerly B5Lurker City of Central
Member since Aug 2004
18505 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 8:11 pm to
There have been a few threads over the years. Family style, bring lots of cash. Oysters Mosca, the two chicken dishes (family style). Crab salad and pineapple puff (if I recall correctly). Not the best, but certainly has the flavor of older times. You won't love it, but it will satisfy in ways no other place can.

My memory from what I've learned over the years. Never been there myself.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
73136 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 8:12 pm to
very good, wasn't cheap. Cash only IIRC
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 8:20 pm to
Yeah. Reviews seem pretty unanimous of it being decently done traditional Italian. Cash only kinda place. Wife doesn't do oysters unfortunately, but any other recs are appreciated. I'm guessing at the looks of prices, you probably don't need an entree per person.
Posted by Lambdatiger1989
NOLA
Member since Jan 2012
2502 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 8:35 pm to
Good old school place. Go with at least 4 people. It is family style. Cash only. Can't beat the oyster and the crab salad.
Posted by Athanatos
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
8176 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 8:35 pm to
I think the nostalgia dims reviewers' taste buds, but I haven't been in years.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
23062 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 8:36 pm to
I think they on vacation till Sept.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 8:41 pm to
They're open. Called today.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 8:45 pm to
quote:

think the nostalgia dims reviewers' taste buds, but I haven't been in years

Yep. I think that's probably common of of places like this, but scratch made old world Italian with care is always a thumbs up in my book. Not common place for many spots in Louisiana these days.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77725 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 8:46 pm to
Tony Angelo's is better for old school Italian
Posted by specchaser
lafayette
Member since Feb 2008
2692 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 8:56 pm to
Cash. Oysters mosca.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49608 posts
Posted on 8/6/16 at 4:39 am to
Best old timey spaghetti and meatballs around and the whole chicken is great. Both will feed two adults and a kid. I don't care for Oysters Mosca but it's a signature dish. Chianti in small water glasses. Cash only. I go a couple times a year-was there a few months ago and it is the same as it has been since I first went in early 70's. Go and enjoy it. Chicken takes an hour to cook.

There is an Al Capones cook connection with Carlos Marcello but I'm sure someone else can clarify that story.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
129056 posts
Posted on 8/6/16 at 6:30 am to
Mosca was Marcellos cook. He liked him and set him up with the restaurant. Was probably a front at first. Presumably legit now but the cash only thing screams laundering.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49608 posts
Posted on 8/6/16 at 6:56 am to
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
73136 posts
Posted on 8/6/16 at 9:10 am to
it is an odd location. A white tiny house all by itself across the street from a landfill.
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
67320 posts
Posted on 8/6/16 at 9:34 am to
I've been several times over the years. The last time was probably a year ago.

I've always enjoyed it a lot. The Oysters Mosca, crabmeat salad, spaghetti Bordelaise, chicken a la grande and, if they have it that night, sausage Johnny (homemade in house) with roasted potatoes. The shrimp Mosca is good, as well, but I go for the oysters.
Posted by hungryone
river parishes
Member since Sep 2010
11987 posts
Posted on 8/6/16 at 9:57 am to
To be fair, it's not directly across the street from a landfill, as Google Earth will easily confirm.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
73136 posts
Posted on 8/6/16 at 11:04 am to
okay, it's pretty damn close to a landfill.




damn near close enough to being right across the street.



But I don't want to upset any of your familia Don Marcello.


Shrimp Mosca may be my favorite take on BBQ shrimp.

I think this place is best with a party of at least four.
This post was edited on 8/6/16 at 11:09 am
Posted by LSU fan 246
Member since Oct 2005
90567 posts
Posted on 8/6/16 at 12:12 pm to
Man that article is filled with fluff and a ton of adjectives.
Posted by FitnessDude
Member since Jul 2016
66 posts
Posted on 8/6/16 at 12:40 pm to
What did you not like about it
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