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amandacat
Citizen
Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 1094
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 12:13 pm: | 
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I'm thinking of ordering a tray of lasagna, and maybe some meatballs and/or sausages and/or salad too, for babycat's first birthday party. I was thinking of using the Vilage Trattoria or Antonio's Mozarella Factory, but I've never had lasagna at either place, and since I'm not serving tons of food I want to make sure that what I do serve is absolutely delicious.
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Joe
Citizen
Username: Gonets
Post Number: 1208
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 12:26 pm: |
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Amandacat,
A great lasagna is just around the corner at Maplewood Pizza. Wifey and I picked up an order (not a tray mind you) from there a couple of weeks back. Typically, their lasagna is a beef sauce. This one was a spinach lasagna. A few bites into this we both realized that this is not what we ordered, but they aint getting it back. It was delicious. Of course don’t send your whacko husband by. His single slice, re-cooked fetish is a little hard to deal with.
Come to think of it, on top of sending an email and follow-up letter to prospective employers, you’ll really standout if you deliver a Maplewood Pizza lasagna.
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Seagull
Citizen
Username: Seagull
Post Number: 84
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 1:07 pm: |
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We ordered a tray of Ziti from the Village Trattoria for my son's first birthday. It was very good. I've never tried their lasagna.
Let us know where you end up getting it, and how it was! |
Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 3734
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 1:27 pm: |
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I don't know if they do trays, but the absolute bestest lasagne available can be found at Libretti's on Nassau Street in Orange. It'd be worth it just to give 'em a call (973-673-5155) and find out. If not, how about Celentano's "Let's Eat" on Rte 10?
-s. |
amandacat
Citizen
Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 1096
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 2:08 pm: |
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Hmmm, Maplewood Pizza's lasagna is good, Joe? We might have to give them a taste test this weekend and see for ourselves . . .
And Soda, thanks for the tip about Libretti's; they do indeed sell lasagna by the tray, and the price is quite reasonable. It's good stuff? How about their meatballs? |
Morrisa da Silva
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Username: Mod
Post Number: 425
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 6:11 pm: |
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Try DiPietro's on Springfield Ave. I have not had their Lasagna but have had their delish egglplant Parmegian. |
J
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Username: Vfxguy
Post Number: 6
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006 - 7:43 pm: |
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Just moved here...and thus a rookie when it comes to local cuisine...but I really like Maplewood Pizza lasagne. I have Lived here less than two months and my diet has disproportionately consisted of MW Lasagna. (I'm branching out see thread about Indian food).The sauce is great...spiced just right. Distinctly better than any lasagna I ever had in the city. |
BGS
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Username: Bgs
Post Number: 931
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 7:44 am: |
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Maplewood Pizza is one of those hidden treasures...a friend who does not cook much started coming to covered dish dinners at church with a pan of eggplant parm that was to die for. Eventually we found out that she takes her own baking dish to Maplewood Pizza and has them make up whatever she wants in her dish and she brings it to dinners....
I have stopped there more than once when there was just no parking in town and am glad that I remember to do so. Their food is really, really good.
I am sure that their lasagna would be good because eggplant parm is so much harder to do right...Let us know what you end up doing and how it came out.
Happy Holdiays!
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Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 3740
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 11:22 am: |
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amandacat: I can't say I've ever tried Libretti's meatballs, but I'll wager that they're excellent. The key thing I've always found true of the food there is the freshness you can taste in their ingredients.
-s. |
las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 1576
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 11:32 am: |
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Is it desprectful that Soda's new avatar makes me chuckle? |
Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 3742
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 2:24 pm: |
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I'd overwhelmingly prefer to make las smile than to simply be respected.
-s. |
amandacat
Citizen
Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 1100
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 2:46 pm: |
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Thanks for all the input, guys. I just put an order in at Maplewood Pizza (spinach lasagna per your recommendation, Joe!); couldn't beat the price or convenience and I've always loved anything I've ordered from there, so I figured it was worth a shot. I'll let you know how it goes . . .
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Joe
Citizen
Username: Gonets
Post Number: 1214
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 2:53 pm: |
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Just make sure you pick it up yourself. Don't send the spouse. They don't like the guy. He's a headcase. 5 Slices? Get a whole pie you freak! |
Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 3797
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 10:24 am: |
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Dined last night at Terra.
Ordered one of the night's "specials", a lasagne made with lentils, portabello, and some other stuff I can't recall (1/2 bottle of shiraz will do that...). It was awful. I don't mean to say that I think I made a bad choice in ordering it; on the menu, it read like it should be really good. But it was so overbaked and dried out that it had no delicacy or silkiness at all, and literally no flavor. It was like eating corrugated cardboard. I was very disappointed. But:
I really enjoyed the black bean soup I started with, though. Very different take on a spanish classic... lighter and tangier than most, with just enough buttery taste to offset. BTW, Mrs. Soda loved her scallops. So, on to dessert:
"I would be proud to partake of your Pecan Pie..." not...: The filling was great (a dollop of vanilla ice cream on the side didn't hurt, either), but the crust was impenetrable. I mean really uncuttable. Like titanium. So, another poor choice, I guess. Oh, and Mrs. Soda loved her creme brulee. And her decaf cappucino. My regular coffee was bitter (sigh).
Will we go back? Of course. We love Peter, and, after all, we just walked in at nine on a Friday without a reservation, so the place obviously needs all the support we can offer.
Consider this a supportive review.
-s.
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oots
Citizen
Username: Oots
Post Number: 383
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 1:25 pm: |
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Soda:
Does not sound supportive. What does arriving at nine pm without a reservation refer to? If your meal was that bad, did you speak to Pete about it? I would be curious as to his comments to you. I was there last week and had a very favorable experience.
oots
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Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 3804
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 3:34 pm: |
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Oots: Good question. I did not mention it to him. Pete's a sweetheart, and was clearly working shorthanded last night (so busy that he didn't even pick up the phone, which was why we couldn't make a reservation when we called 1/2 hour before arriving), so I decided to give him a pass at the time. Then, today, when I thought about it, I decided to post. I know he reads MOL on occasion, and I fully intend to try calling him a little later this afternoon with my feedback. He'll want to know, I'm pretty sure.
I'm not looking for a free dessert or anything, and I won't candy-coat my remarks, but we really like him, and want Terra to thrive and be around for a long time. It's one of Mrs. Soda's favorite places, but last night's repast was so un-Terra-like for me that I wanted to vent a bit.
I still think it was a supportive post, though.
-s.
BTW: Maybe I'll post his response later... |
oots
Citizen
Username: Oots
Post Number: 385
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 5:13 pm: |
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Soda:
btw-my better half had that same dish last week and thought it was delish!
He (Pete) does have some unusual combinations (grits!?) I am more mainstream with my selections-though most sounded quite good.
I hope to be back there real soon.
oots |
Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 3808
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 7:49 pm: |
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Yeah. I'll probably stick with the braised short ribs myself...
-s.
BTW: Just called Pete and told him about the lasagne. He expressed his sorrow that I didn't enjoy it, and suggested that "maybe they left it in too long." I promised that we'd be back anyhow, and he thanked me for caring enough to call.
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Pete @ Terra
Citizen
Username: Terra
Post Number: 20
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 12:36 pm: |
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Planetary Alignment? Or Mis-alignment? Well, at least now I can put a face on Soda, instead of just an avatar!
Obviously, I was quite dismayed when I received your phone call, as well as today when I got to read your post. I take this stuff pretty seriously. Yes, we were short-handed Friday night (and a busy Friday at that) leaving me waiting tables up front myself (something which I really prefer not to do on a w/e!), instead of being in the kitchen. Several people have really enjoyed both dishes, and I had a very serious talk with my help in "the back" about needing to maintain quality on EVERYTHING! And that includes if something gets burned or dried-out. "If you (staff) wouldn't want to eat it that way, neither will they (customers)." Yes, accidents happen, but they need to be set right.
Feedback is always needed. (For obvious reasons, I would have preferred JUST the phone call, but I guess you have to be willing to take the good with the bad! ;-) ) So, in the name of making sure it doesn't happen again, I appreciate you letting me know.
Pete
PS. Hey, Grits are great! They're just Southern Polenta... but even tastier (hominy is the thing that makes tortillas, well, tortillas!)} |
Soparents
Citizen
Username: Soparents
Post Number: 228
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 1:14 pm: |
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Pete @ Terra
Thank Soda for the post - without it I may never have known of your establishment.
Because of your answer I am now going to book at Terra. Because of your caring answer and stepping up to the plate it will be a pleasure to come..
See you soon |
Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 3817
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 10:19 pm: |
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You won't be sorry.
-s. |
amandacat
Citizen
Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 1105
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - 9:32 am: |
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Back to lasagna of the non-lentil variety . . .
So, babycat's party was this weekend, and the food we ordered from Maplewood Pizza was a HUGE hit! The veggie lasagna was delicious, the guests couldn't stop commenting on it (and eating it -- we had very little leftover, alas), and the garlic sticks were out of this world, and an amazing bargain at only $10 (!!!) for a tray of, like, a zillion of them. The meatballs and sausage & peppers disappeared quickly too. Plus the folks there are such a pleasure to deal with.
All in all, a great experience!!!!
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