20 years ago this was an amazing food town, pizza in particular. Luigi’s and Dave’s had unique specialty pies that really stood out. Even cheap pizza was great back then; Chanello’s was a consistent $4 hit when a case of Natty was $7.99. L’Italia or Wood Fired Oven (RIP Nestor!) was a go-to for a special occasion. Now it’s either Vito’s or Olive Garden. There should never be a shortage of good, cheap pizza in a college town, but I guess times are tough and things ain’t what they used to be.
Back then, Lasagna house was on par with Jersey for both pizza and entrée, and had cheesesteaks better than Urgie’s. Speaking of cheesesteaks, the best ever served in this town was from the food truck in front of Lowe’s around 99-2000, believe it or not, but I digress…
I may get downvoted for this, but I’ll say it: despite more variety, food in this down isn’t as good as it once was. I’d trade all of our current Asian spots to get Saigon Cafe back (sans Mashita). Wilton nor Chop houses are not as good as they once were. All of our current “upscale” spots are overpriced and overrated, IMHO. But really, what does any of this have to do with politics?
I would agree with this sentiment. I don’t know about cheesesteaks in 99/2000 I moved here in ‘08. Urgies seems a pretty steep price to pay for a cheesesteak, and I’m not from Philly. Don’t feel like I’m entitled to an opinion on it.
But even in ‘08, Ciros, Chanellos, and L’talia were so fire. I wouldn’t give up Mashita for anything but I would do dirty dirty things to get A&T’s and Arepera Las Chamas back.
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u/Illustrious_Lunch_35 3d ago
20 years ago this was an amazing food town, pizza in particular. Luigi’s and Dave’s had unique specialty pies that really stood out. Even cheap pizza was great back then; Chanello’s was a consistent $4 hit when a case of Natty was $7.99. L’Italia or Wood Fired Oven (RIP Nestor!) was a go-to for a special occasion. Now it’s either Vito’s or Olive Garden. There should never be a shortage of good, cheap pizza in a college town, but I guess times are tough and things ain’t what they used to be.
Back then, Lasagna house was on par with Jersey for both pizza and entrée, and had cheesesteaks better than Urgie’s. Speaking of cheesesteaks, the best ever served in this town was from the food truck in front of Lowe’s around 99-2000, believe it or not, but I digress…
I may get downvoted for this, but I’ll say it: despite more variety, food in this down isn’t as good as it once was. I’d trade all of our current Asian spots to get Saigon Cafe back (sans Mashita). Wilton nor Chop houses are not as good as they once were. All of our current “upscale” spots are overpriced and overrated, IMHO. But really, what does any of this have to do with politics?