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Posted on 12/19/20 at 4:42 pm to gumbo2176
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It did have a rep as a mob place when Carlos Marcello was in N.O. doing what mob figures do, but that was decades ago now.
Yes since the Russians took over it’s lost some of the mob place stuff. I guess Russians don’t eat Italian food - lol.
Posted on 12/19/20 at 5:10 pm to DiamondDog
According to their website they close tomorrow for the holiday and don't reopen until Jan 2nd. Just a heads up, if you were planning on going anytime soon.
Posted on 12/19/20 at 5:12 pm to GreenRockTiger
Carlos Marcello had a regular place at the bar. My dad happened to saddle up next to him, trying to get a drink. My dad had no idea who he was. They had some conversation, and my dad pulled out a novelty ball trick. The ball is in the mouth of this little plastic man's head and all you had to do was pick up the ball without using your fingernails.
The secret was that you had to have your fingers dry and clean. Usually you'd just rub your fingers on your pants leg. If you didn't do this, the ball would not come out.
Marcello could not get that damn ball out, but my dad could every time. Marcello got madder and madder until my mom, who knew who this guy was, rescued my father by interrupting and making my dad show him the trick. My dad even give him the game set as a gift. (He bought them by the case.)
And that is how my dad lived to be 74.
The secret was that you had to have your fingers dry and clean. Usually you'd just rub your fingers on your pants leg. If you didn't do this, the ball would not come out.
Marcello could not get that damn ball out, but my dad could every time. Marcello got madder and madder until my mom, who knew who this guy was, rescued my father by interrupting and making my dad show him the trick. My dad even give him the game set as a gift. (He bought them by the case.)
And that is how my dad lived to be 74.
This post was edited on 12/19/20 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 12/19/20 at 11:16 pm to supadave3
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How is it possible to still have a cash only business these days? I would think the only obvious reasons for doing so would be to skip out on taxes but you'd think the IRS would be pretty tough on a place with name recognition like Moscas.
One day I'll make it out there to try it.
Anyone has the right to accept any payment that is acceptable to the services/goods that are provided. The government works for US.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 9:17 am to DiamondDog
It is pretty shady. I pass there on my way to work. Some old timers where I work told me that's where all the passing cash under the table went down in the 60-80s.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 9:43 am to CHEDBALLZ
It’s so far from shady these days: it was a Marcello family hangout back in the day, but today, it’s a family owned Italian joint with a female family member running the kitchen. It used to be rather dumpy, but hurricane damage forced a renovation back around Katrina times.
Like so many long running local places, it is steeped in myth and nostalgia. How you feel about the food is partly a function of your attitude toward the place. Are you titillated by the mob mystique? Are you a transplant to LA who had read one or more of the many breathless accounts of the little joint out in the boonies?
Me, I dive past the place in my daily (well, pre Covid work from home) daily commute. It’s not a strange and obscure location to me,it’s just the side of the road outside of Avondale. Every few years, we will eat there, and I will be reminded of the fact that the prices are somehow downtown NOLA in a no frills setting. I haven’t bothered to go there in recent years after I paid $30 for the shrimp mosca and got exactly 6 shrimp (26-30 count) in midsummer when the shrimpers were bemoaning a price of $3.25/lb for that size.
Again, nostalgia is a potent sauce. So is city folks skilliness for finding a short trip across the Huey P to be such an adventure.
I’d be more of a fan if the food was interesting, or had evolved over the years. It’s a preserved in amber mid century Creole Italian joint.
Like so many long running local places, it is steeped in myth and nostalgia. How you feel about the food is partly a function of your attitude toward the place. Are you titillated by the mob mystique? Are you a transplant to LA who had read one or more of the many breathless accounts of the little joint out in the boonies?
Me, I dive past the place in my daily (well, pre Covid work from home) daily commute. It’s not a strange and obscure location to me,it’s just the side of the road outside of Avondale. Every few years, we will eat there, and I will be reminded of the fact that the prices are somehow downtown NOLA in a no frills setting. I haven’t bothered to go there in recent years after I paid $30 for the shrimp mosca and got exactly 6 shrimp (26-30 count) in midsummer when the shrimpers were bemoaning a price of $3.25/lb for that size.
Again, nostalgia is a potent sauce. So is city folks skilliness for finding a short trip across the Huey P to be such an adventure.
I’d be more of a fan if the food was interesting, or had evolved over the years. It’s a preserved in amber mid century Creole Italian joint.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 10:01 am to DiamondDog
Don’t encourage him
Posted on 12/20/20 at 12:20 pm to GreenRockTiger
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Back in the day you had go be invited to go.
I’ve never been.
I think when my dad worked for the city of New Orleans - he got to go on a business lunch there
Your dad was pulling a fast one. Mosca's has never been open for lunch.
Mosca's is one of the favorite dining experiences of my life. Every visits has been wonderful.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 2:23 pm to notiger1997
I have been going there since the 1970's. Back then it was out in the middle of nowhere with nothing around it but swamps. Now the area is built up and there is even a traffic light out front.
I enjoy the food, but the reason we don't go there more often is because we cook most of their specialties at home. We cook the Oysters Mosca, Shrimp Mosca and Chicken Grande as well as they can.
I enjoy the food, but the reason we don't go there more often is because we cook most of their specialties at home. We cook the Oysters Mosca, Shrimp Mosca and Chicken Grande as well as they can.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 3:04 pm to geauxpurple
I think they do a good old times spaghetti and meatballs. Don’t really care for the others. The chicken is good but an hour wait. But then again the spaghetti and meatballs can be an hour wait too. Haven’t been in a year or so.
Posted on 12/20/20 at 3:15 pm to geauxpurple
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We cook the Oysters Mosca, Shrimp Mosca and Chicken Grande
post the chicken grande recipe if you can
Posted on 12/20/20 at 4:52 pm to DiamondDog
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A guy I work with told me this might be the shadiest place he ever ate. I looked around and found a video about it but it mostly seemed like conjecture.
What I gather is there isn’t very many options. Hard to get a reservation. It’s darkly lit. Kind of run down. Cash only. Open about 10-12 hours a week total.
Purported old mob hangout.
But food is amazing.
Stop Asking Questions.
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