| Robert Wagner 2005-03-23, 3:55 am |
| On 17 Mar 2005 08:21:22 -0500, docdwarf@panix.com wrote:
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>You've obviously never been to Sally's in New Haven, CT... but this seems
>to be more than enough said about Matters of Taste.
It's famous, along with Pepe's. Also Patsy's in East Harlem.
Incidently, Sally and Patsy are both men.
New York's Clean Air laws outlawed coal-fired ovens in the '70s. Newly
built yuppie restaurants get around that by exploiting a grandfather
clause in the law, which exempted coal furnaces existing in 1968. They
find an abandoned building, 'rescue' the grandfathered firebox and
install it in their otherwise-new oven. Many upscale Manhattan
restaurants bearing the name Tottono did that. The Tottono at Coney
Island is the only legitimate one.
My favorite pizza has four ingredients: sourdough crust, caramelized
onions, feta and reduced balsamic vinegar (supermarket grade). It's
good served with Warsteiner beer or Red Hook stout and shared with
someone sexy and/or smart. Companionship distracts me from the lack of
a coal-fired oven.
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