I am an old fashioned kind of guy. After 75 years of chomping on pizza, from New England, to New York and New Jersey, and on to Florida, I am rather set in my ways. Pizza is supposed to have red sauce, pepperoni, cheese, perhaps some limited veggies (green peppers, onions) and not much more. [...]
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It seems that people, unlike Gaul, are divided into two groups when it comes to the red sauce on pasta at local establishments. Our very close friends choose a sweeter version of the ubiquitous red sauce; Joan and I prefer one that is less sweet. The Tampa area has fine examples of both varieties and, [...]
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OK, you have been on Atkins or South Beach for a while and your carb hunger has taken over your life. I can think of no better way to make up for a carbohydrate deficiency than an order of fries at Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries on Fletcher Avenue just east of North Dale [...]
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A northern New York staple has come to Tampa, the “beef on weck” sandwich; the area is better with the sloppy, messy and oh so delicious treat. The new venue is Honey’s on North Dale Mabry Highway and it is very welcome. I was born, raised and went to school in New England, mostly in [...]
A neighborhood success in North Tampa, Marchello’s is a treat It is only fitting that Marchello’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, at the corner of North Dale Mabry and Van Dyke Road, is in the same strip center as the gym to which Joan and I had belonged and had visited nearly every day before I fell [...]
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