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Somethings burning in Wallingford

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Started 2 years ago by ginamarie
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ginamarie

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Just drove through Wallingford, 45th st. Right Off the highway and something was definately on fire.. Lots of smoke in the area Anyone know what was going on?

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Pokerguy

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I hope it isn't Bizzaro. I love that place.

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ginamarie

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What's bizzaro?

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Pokerguy

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ohhhhh, It's a really good restaurant right off 45th. Great Italian food, wine, and ambiance. Small little place, we love it.

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allisonw

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The food isn't all that good and the last time I went they gave us wine in effing juice glasses.

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Pokerguy

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Well if it is on fire I hope you are inside of there...

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ginamarie

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LOL.... Pokerguy, I just saw on another thread that you're from PA? So are we talking PA good Italian or actually good Italian?

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Ballard Giant

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^^ Not cool, bro...

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motorrad

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When people ask me about this forum and to give them an average example of a thread, I will send this url.

Succinct. Accurate. Typical. wow.

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allisonw

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I'm wearing Nomex, so all is well.

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ginamarie

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Motorrad.... Wow... you're right on. All we need now though is someone bitchin about there communist dog-poop leaving neighbors. Then its complete.

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ginamarie

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Allison, you're wearing Nomex... but are you gellin?

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motorrad

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Amazing how fast they fall so far.

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Pokerguy

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It was a joke people.

I am from NJ originally. Good Italian, very, very, good Italian.

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julesage

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allison: alot if italian places drink & serve wine in juice glasses.

growing up that is how we always drank it and many italian friends still do.

i say, as long as it gets from the container to my mouth (which sometimes can be tricky) i could care less what it is served it, right?:)

i, too, LOVE bizarro.

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wally

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I haven't been to Bizarro in years! (12? 15?) Fun place back then. It's still good?

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White people tend to be horrified by traditional customs from other cultures that haven't been watered down and Americanized I've noticed.

Back to the original topic - anyone hear what was going on?

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Pokerguy

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Wally- I think it is great, service gets a little slow when they get busy, but whatever.

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Service gets slow whenever any place is busy.
I am not a fan of Italian food but I've heard quite a few times that it is because I've not had *good* Italian food so maybe I should try Bizarro.

When you first posted that PG, I thought you meant Superman's doppleganger nemesis.

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Love Bizarro.

Allison - the first time I was served wine in a "juice glass" I was scandalized. Of course it was at the first real Italian restaurant I'd ever been to. A family restaurant in San Francisco. My hosts set me straight on the juice glass thing right away. ;-)

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stopthebuzz

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I always drink my wine in tumblers. As long as you don't over handle it, body heat won't warm it to any detriment. Also, tumblers are more difficult to spill than stemware!

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I see the juice glass issue has been covered widely, but I was horrified the first time I saw it in Italy, too. It is actually quite common practice by Italians. And when I say Italians, I mean the ones from Italy. Everyone else who preaches being Italian in the US is an Italian American, and it is definitely not the same thing. :) I say this as an Italian American, myself.

That said, I am happy to hear good things about Bizarro. Dario and I have wanted to go there, and now maybe this will tip us in that direction shortly.

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Pokerguy

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Maybe I am laid back to a fault but I am hardly going to let the glass my beverage is served in ruin my experience.

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angelatini

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I think it's just because as Americans we hear how certain wines are better in certain glasses. When we see the people who are supposed to be wine experts we assume they will follow the same "rules". It's just something you have to get used to that seems surprising at first.

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Wait - wine is better in a *glass*? --blink-- --blink--

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SPG

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"alot if italian places drink & serve wine in juice glasses."
"growing up that is how we always drank it and many italian friends still do."

What a lot of people consider to be "Italian food" is the food of the early 20th century Italian immigrant, who was typically poorer, so no surprise that it was a lot of cheap pasta and simple sauces. Also, no surprise that wine wouldn't be served in fancy fragile stemware. It may be authentic, but authentic to what? Grandma and grandpa who came over with the clothes on their back and one suitcase?
Italian cuisine is wide ranging and much more complex. Hardly any relation to what the majority consider to be "authentic".

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julesage

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you could always just ask for the bottle! lol

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ginamarie

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Pokerguy! I knew it! Your humor HAD to be from NJ!!! The important question now is, are you from North Jersey or are you from South Jersey. I'm from North Jersey about 40 min out of the city.

As far as the wine glass thing goes, IT seems awfully pretentious to look down on a place because they don't use wine glasses. I'm with Julesage, if you have that big of a problem with it, just drink from the bottle. But remember, you need to finish it if you drink right from the bottle, and no sharing. :)

I've been to many GOOD Italian restaurants back in North Jersey Italian country and I have been to quite a few that served wine in "juice glasses". So the vehicle of which the wine makes it to my belly makes no difference to me, hell it could be an IV.

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Pokerguy

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I'm from the shore. About 15 minutes from Six Flags

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ginamarie

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Ah! You must be thrilled about that show Jersey Shore....lol. I've never seen it but I've heard enough about it. I don't know what you look like but using that show as a frame of reference I imagine you only wear wifebeaters and look like you spend too much time in a tanning booth.

Such a great state, such a horrible reputation.... regardless I'm glad I'm here now and not there.

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Pokerguy

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ugh, that show is the worst. None of those idiots are even from NJ, they are all trash from Staten Island and Long Island.

I on the other hand have never been in a tanning booth in my life.

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pennygirl

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Plastic tumblers work for me.

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allisonw

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My grandmother (Italian) served wine in juice glasses. I have had wine in places in Italy where it was served that way too. Doesn't mean I have to like it.

Can't smell the wine right if it's in a glass like that, which means you don't taste it as much. I'm hardly posh, but even camping I use the plastic Govino jobbies so I can smell the wine I'm drinking.

Life is too short for drinking wine out of juice glasses.

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pennygirl

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How about plastic tumblers?

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allisonw

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Nein on the tumblers. I have pretty low standards, just not THAT low.

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pennygirl

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You can call me cheap Alli, but don't bring the German :-)

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Pokerguy

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Actually I think it should be life is to short to complain about a drink container. And FWIW I have seen wine glasses there, they probably just give cheap glasses for cheap wine.

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silly_girl

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Am I the only one that doesn't like Bizzaro?
FWIW, I don't like Lombardi's either.

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Pokerguy

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No, Allison doesn't like it, but what we need to know is why you don't like it? Are the plates the wrong color? Did you get a bent fork once?

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stopthebuzz

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well Lombardi's just plain sucks. :)

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allisonw

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Pokerguy, you're just being tedious now.

Silly, I also don't think a lot of Lombardi's. Tough to get really quality Eyetalian in this town though, IMO.

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silly_girl

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I like the ambiance at Bizarro, but I don't like the flavor of the food. It seems too spicy to be Italian food. Kind of like a mix between Italian and Tex Mex.

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ginamarie

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Since moving out here I've only found one Italian place that I would bring my visiting family to. It's on the eastside though. It's called Frankie's in Redmond. Their sauce/gravy is sooooo yummy! Great wine selection too.

On a side note, for any Italians on this thread... Do you call tomoato-sauce sauce or gravy? Apparently my grandmother called it gravy but I always grew up calling it sauce.

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crownhiller

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Aiyiyi - life is waaaay to short to worry about ANY of this stuff. Its wine. Not the secret to life.

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silly_girl

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Also - it is harder to spill your wine when it is served in a juice glass. +1

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allisonw

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Gravy.

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Pokerguy

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Old school people call it gravy but when I hear anyone under 80 calling it that they just strike me as some wanker trying to sound authentic.

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Pokerguy

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Well that was purely a coincidence.

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stopthebuzz

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gravy if it's made with lots of meat by a grandma (the right way!) just sauce if not. my granny made the best Sunday gravy.

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lyl

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I used to love Lombardi's when it was Vaersgo!!
Wait? Is there a burning wine spill in Wallingford? or Italy?

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ginamarie

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I think Stop the Buzz has it right. We need some kind of official document on this... who's on it?

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allisonw

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No worries, PG. I call it gravy @ Gran's (she is well over 80) and sauce everywhere else. Only sounds genuine @ her house.

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stopthebuzz

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When is the big Italian picnic? What are the staples from your family gatherings?
(aside from the wine in tumblers that is.)

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pennygirl

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The staples are firmly in a tree somewhere in Ballard.

Wine in a tumbler rules.

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julesage

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vodka in a tumbler is great too!
i love red wine in juice glasses..just love it.

i have had MUCH better italian but not in seattle. i am trying to think of jy all time italian in seattle?...hmmm.

lombardis IMO sucks. too americany italiany.

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i feel that way about lombardis, but it's also that they do it badly. I will fully admit that I like to slum it from time to time with some good old americany italian. I just wish I could find it done well here.

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ginamarie

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Are there any ggod Italian bakeries around here. I could go for a good cannoli... hmmmm

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julesage

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ever heard of the "fast food italian" in the midwest? Fazoli's.
it was awesome for what they were trying to do.
i miss it.
my ass does not;)

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iPlod

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"The staples are firmly in a tree somewhere in Ballard."
Ha ha PG!

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julesage

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you can get good ones in south seattle at the italian bakery.they handmake tons of italian pasta, or, at least used to.

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