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re: Best old school Italian
Posted on 9/28/18 at 11:50 am to Martini
Posted on 9/28/18 at 11:50 am to Martini
quote:are we talking southern or northern Italian?
If you think Nino’s is old school Italian you have never been there
Because i have not had anything like the Baccala i had at a place outside of Vicenza. It wasnt great in a south louisiana terms because there is just less seasoning but it was very good.
This post was edited on 9/28/18 at 11:57 am
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Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:14 pm to Boudreaux35
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Where is the place now?
Marcello's Wine Market Café is on Kaliste Saloom, about a block west of Pinhook. I think it's the same Marcello's as the Wine Market on Johnston and College.
I remember the Time Plaza location and saw Scott Alan Stagg play there many times. I also remember when Marcello's Wine Market was in the Shopping Center across from Brother's on Arnold Blvd.. Same place Spanky's Health Club was.
I honestly don't know the relationship between all the Marcello's incarnations, but I'm sure it would make quite a story.. I bet Philippe knows.. and likely a few posters on this board.
This post was edited on 9/28/18 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 12:14 pm to CarRamrod
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Because i have not had anything like the Baccala i had at a place outside of Vicenza. It wasnt great in a south louisiana terms because there is just less seasoning but it was very good.
I can remember when Central Grocery had them hanging from the rafters.
A lot of Southern Italians/Sicilians in Louisiana actually used to make it.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 2:36 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Didn’t one of the Impasato kids go to jail after Katrina for some scam?
And I go to Diguilios for Sunday lunch which is a much easier time to get a table since it is so small.
I consider “old school Italian” a red sauce joint which includes a lot of those listed and for the most part what we, or at least those of us a certain age, grew up on. None of which is really Italian anyway but Italian American which was defined by the American soldier after coming home from WWII.
In Baton Rouge it would be Gino’s, Diguilios with others now gone, The Village and Little Italy. Even though Jack Sabins had great Italian (as his mother was Ms Fanny Distefano-who owned The Village) it was considered a steak house.
And I don’t consider the newer version The Little Village anything at all other than overpriced.
The best spaghetti and meatballs I’ve ever eaten is Moscas. Venezia has one of the best pizza pies in the city and gets no recognition for it.
Ninos is one of my favorite restaurants but he himself will say he isn’t old school Italian. When he bought the place he said he was doing away with the red sauces and he lost a lot of business because of it. He has since grown a very loyal clientele none of which would mistake the carrot pesto for their grandmothers.
And I go to Diguilios for Sunday lunch which is a much easier time to get a table since it is so small.
I consider “old school Italian” a red sauce joint which includes a lot of those listed and for the most part what we, or at least those of us a certain age, grew up on. None of which is really Italian anyway but Italian American which was defined by the American soldier after coming home from WWII.
In Baton Rouge it would be Gino’s, Diguilios with others now gone, The Village and Little Italy. Even though Jack Sabins had great Italian (as his mother was Ms Fanny Distefano-who owned The Village) it was considered a steak house.
And I don’t consider the newer version The Little Village anything at all other than overpriced.
The best spaghetti and meatballs I’ve ever eaten is Moscas. Venezia has one of the best pizza pies in the city and gets no recognition for it.
Ninos is one of my favorite restaurants but he himself will say he isn’t old school Italian. When he bought the place he said he was doing away with the red sauces and he lost a lot of business because of it. He has since grown a very loyal clientele none of which would mistake the carrot pesto for their grandmothers.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 4:20 pm to Martini
Why did I get 2 down votes. Mist either be people who don't know what they are talking about or the 2 single mothers who follow me around and down votes everything I say.
Tell me a place to get this in Louisiana.
Tell me a place to get this in Louisiana.
This post was edited on 9/28/18 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 4:21 pm to CarRamrod
You can get that in tigerland anytime after 2 am... that looks disgusting
This post was edited on 9/28/18 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 4:21 pm to DaBeerz
Posted on 9/28/18 at 4:23 pm to DaBeerz
quote:
You can get that in tigerland anytime after 2 am
Well, you can probably start ordering it around 10 pm. The good stuff is at 2 though.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 4:24 pm to CarRamrod
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Why did I get 2 down votes.
Paul Allen and one of his alters mistook your post for mine.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 5:04 pm to TigerbaitTigerbait
Rocky & Carlos in Chalmette
Posted on 9/28/18 at 5:13 pm to CarRamrod
What is that?
Posted on 9/28/18 at 5:14 pm to Gris Gris
Baccala. With like a grilled corn cake. Like I said it wasn't great but good. It needed to be saltier.
Found the place we we're at. Trattoria alla Baracca. My wife and I met up with a big group of her family from the area. Lunch started at 11 and we didn't leaft till 4. Talk about an experience.
Found the place we we're at. Trattoria alla Baracca. My wife and I met up with a big group of her family from the area. Lunch started at 11 and we didn't leaft till 4. Talk about an experience.
This post was edited on 9/28/18 at 5:18 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 5:23 pm to CarRamrod
Sounds like a good time. It's not an attractive dish, is it?
Posted on 9/28/18 at 5:24 pm to TigerbaitTigerbait
Digiulio’s but I’d wager you’ll have at least a two hour wait trying to get in there tonight.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 5:36 pm to CarRamrod
I’ve had the Basque version (bacalao) and it’s more about the fish and less about whatever sauce that is. I do bet the Italians do a good one though.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 8:59 pm to CarRamrod
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Why did I get 2 down votes.
Because the Food Board has the most bizarre downvoting crew known to mankind. I guess they think they're winning SOMETHING.
My grandmother made sort of a crab cake thing with the old dried cod. There's also a version made in a tomato sauce. Sadly, I don't think you could find either in a restaurant around here. Sort of like Trippa, which Adolpho Garcia's old Italian spot used to do a great version of, or Maximo's old version of calamari in tomato sauce - which both were dead-ringers of old home American-Sicilian dishes that I can no longer find.
Posted on 10/15/18 at 2:10 pm to Sherman Klump
quote:I ate there yesterday and it was magnificent!
Gendusas in Kenner is GOAT
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