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Peter
Citizen
Username: Peter
Post Number: 96
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 11:10 am: |     |
I need pizza delivered to Maplewood tonight. With Primo closed, can you offer some suggestions. Phone numbers would be good, too, since I'll have to call from the train so my little trick or treaters have something to eat before we go. And if you the place can bring a nice pasta dish with vodka sauce, even better.
Thanks. |
redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 4170
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 11:13 am: | |
Frankie's Pizza that just opened up is fantastic!! Not sure of the number, think the number is on one of the threads, or it is still listed under it's old name Sunrise Pizza. |
kmk
Supporter
Username: Kmk
Post Number: 790
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 11:18 am: | |
Arturo's in the village is high end and Domino's in South Orange deliver to Maplewood all the time. |
Pizzaz
Supporter
Username: Pizzaz
Post Number: 2766
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 11:20 am: | |
Pizzaz..... 
http://www.campusfood.com/newmenu/restinfo.asp?campusid=96&restid=964
BTW: The phone number is 973-763-1377. |
ashear
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Username: Ashear
Post Number: 2023
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 11:45 am: | |
Maplewood Pizza 973-378-8588 |
amandacat
Citizen
Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 920
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 11:46 am: | |
Maplewood Pizza on Valley Street delivers, and they have a fairly extensive pasta/sub/entree menu; their chicken parm is to die for! |
growler
Citizen
Username: Growler
Post Number: 838
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 12:21 pm: | |
I second Franks. And he has pasta dishes with Vodka sauce. Or he'll make whatever you want. |
sac
Supporter
Username: Sac
Post Number: 2754
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 5:41 pm: | |
Village Pizzeria (near Seton Hall) delivers to Maplewood as well as South Orange. |
michael brant
Citizen
Username: Mbrant
Post Number: 19
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 9:42 am: | |
I guess we have a reputation for not tipping? This restaurant says delivery is free but do not forget to tip the driver? I always give atleast $3.00 to the driver. But how tackie to tell us to do it!
Bunny's Restaurant
Cuisine(s)
Burgers, Pasta, Pizza, Sandwiches
Address
12 West South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ, 07112
Wednesday Hours of Operation
Open: 11:00 AM Close: 8:45 PM
Delivery Information
Minimum for delivery: $15.00
Delivery is FREE, but please remember to tip your driver.
Start: 11:00 AM End: 8:45 PM
Last Delivery: 8:15 PM
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Pizzaz
Supporter
Username: Pizzaz
Post Number: 2788
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 9:48 am: | |
Tacky, I don't think so. The delivery is free, unlike others who charge.
What's your gif? |
michael brant
Citizen
Username: Mbrant
Post Number: 20
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 10:15 am: | |
I am sorry if I offended you. But I really do not understand your statement. I understand the delivery is free. It says do not forget to tip the driver. I always give at least $3.00 to delivery people. My point was I guess we have a reputation for not tipping otherwise why would it be mentioned in this ad. And to have to tell people to make sure they tip is tacky
And isn't a tip not manditory? I thought a tip was given based on the level of service recieved.
With the cost of gas what it is personally I believe there should be a delivery charge. If I want to stay home and have someone bring me my food I would gladly pay for the service...assuming it is done in a timely manner.
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Pizzaz
Supporter
Username: Pizzaz
Post Number: 2789
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 10:27 am: | |
It is information posted to the page only. Why should you or anyone else be offended. It doesn't say you must tip, and at times some don't tip at all. We are simply saying remember when the delivery guy comes to your door, there is no built in cost for his presence. BUT, be mindful that a tip is considerate for having your meal delivered to you.
More importantly, the web administrator includes this message for all their merchants as an explanation as to whether there is a delivery charge or not.
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michael brant
Citizen
Username: Mbrant
Post Number: 21
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 11:16 am: | |
I never said I was offended!
Personally I think if I want to sit at home in the dead of winter and not go out to pick up dinner I should have to pay for the delivery. Gas is expensive and it saves my time.
SO now the question is how much is a delivery worth? I do not believe it has anything to do with the cost of the food being delivered. I would think the delivery of the food should be at least $5.00 and should go only to the driver assuming you the business owner pay the driver as well or supply the car and gas. If the driver uses his or her own car, insurance and gasoline then the cost should be at least $5.00 and I would assume the business owner would pay a hourly salary of a per delivery dollar amount to the driver. All services have a cost and i would think if someone would not give the driver $3-$5 as a tip then they should go get their own food! |
I'm Only Sleeping
Citizen
Username: Rbrunner
Post Number: 99
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 11:20 am: | |
What's tacky about nudging people to tip? It's great that you always tip, but other people don't. Why are you taking this personally? Obviously if you always tip then it's not directed at you. |
Dave
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 7800
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 11:25 am: | |
A lot of people aren't as in touch about tipping as you, Michael. Especially students, whom the site primarily targets. Some people think free delivery means tip not required. |
cmontyburns
Citizen
Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 1463
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 11:32 am: | |
I think this issue is bigger than watergate.
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michael brant
Citizen
Username: Mbrant
Post Number: 22
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 11:48 am: | |
cmonty thanks this is unbelievable!
If the drivers run into a problem where they are not getting tips then there should be a delivery charge! Obviously the business owner here is smart enough to cover themselves by saying minimum delivery is $15.00. The delivery person should be compensated accordingly. And Dave I agree with you a delivery is not FREE if you have to give a tip. SO I would think a delivery charge of 5.00 is very fair. |
michael brant
Citizen
Username: Mbrant
Post Number: 23
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 11:50 am: | |
And I'm only sleeping you are nasty...Go back to sleep!
All I did was just make an observation. |
Pizzaz
Supporter
Username: Pizzaz
Post Number: 2790
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 12:06 pm: | |
Here again Michael, we part ways. Your call concerning her post is not nasty? She/he had nothing wrong to say about anyone. Your bullying tactic tells me you're the one with a problem. Do you get enough sleep at night? It appears not! |
michael brant
Citizen
Username: Mbrant
Post Number: 24
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 3:18 pm: | |
Pizzaz I sleep like a baby! If I misread her post then I am sorry. I am only sleeping please accept my apologies.
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redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 4267
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 3:32 pm: | |
michael you wake up every two hours crying? That must be difficult!! |
User58
Citizen
Username: User58
Post Number: 347
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 4:16 pm: | |
Michael better you say you sleep like Art taylor during a town meeting! |
Pizzaz
Supporter
Username: Pizzaz
Post Number: 2797
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 4:18 pm: | |
Michael, welcome to South Orange and I do hope you like it here!  |
jeep
Citizen
Username: Jeep
Post Number: 41
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2005 - 2:25 pm: | |
Michael: it is not the tip that bothers me. I just hate when I see the person driving up and down my street looking for the right house. No matter how many times the same delivery person comes he can't remember my house. I just wish the person who takes the order would listen when I tell her how to tell which house is mine.
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redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 4296
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2005 - 2:34 pm: | |
jeep you have to remember these people deliver to many houses several times. I think that is a lot to expect to remember your house...and Maplewood/SO has horrible markings for addresses. |
jeep
Citizen
Username: Jeep
Post Number: 42
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2005 - 2:48 pm: | |
red: you are right, except I tell the person who takes the order to tell the driver to look for a specific car and color that is parked in the driveway. Sometimes they write that on the box, other times they don't. I know I am the only house with a jeep on my block.
I delivered pizzas when I was in college. I never forgot a house after I was there a couple of times - especially if I got a good tip. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 10546
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2005 - 6:06 pm: | |
jeep, is your house number visible at night from inside a car? Most numbers around here are not. I don't understand this.
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Maplewoody
Citizen
Username: Maplewoody
Post Number: 1079
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 6, 2005 - 10:24 am: | |
We ate in the Trattoria Friday evening. The place was packed.
There was 2 tables pushed together for a group of 8 or 9 young teen girls.
They ordereed from the menu's, no pizza slices, and stayed longer than they should have.
We're friendly with the waiter(ress) that had the horrible task of waiting on them.
Their bill was close to $85 and they only left a lousy $3 tip!
I wonder if these are any of your children MOL'ers? |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 2951
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 12:30 am: | |
Thank Pizzaz for posting a link to your menu online. I didn't realize you'd deliver more then pizza! When I told my sister she too was glad to hear this! It nice too that you remember your employees by reminding customers to tip them! Too many times the delivery people get forgotten!
Sleeping and Dave I agree with both of you! Sometimes people need that little nudge to remember, or they don't realize some places do not tack on a delivery fee, which the customer would end up paying anyway.
Not sure what mb's beef is. He didn't start the thread so why should he care what the response was? While he might be a good tipper, there are many more people who aren't. |
michael brant
Citizen
Username: Mbrant
Post Number: 26
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 10:56 am: | |
I ate in the Trattoria on Saturday evening it is a better quality pizza place. I loved it! But when you go to a place like that you need to expect a casual crowd.
This is a perfect place for teens to eat and hang. Where else do they have to go that is affordable. As far as the tip well they should include a 15% tip with parties that large or the owner should give the waiter or waitress some extra money when that happens. $85.00 in that place is most likely $65.00 profit. He could have thrown the server $10.00. |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 627
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 11:42 am: | |
The table is supposed to tip the waiter, not the owner. |
redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 4347
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 11:45 am: | |
Mayor, true, but I worked at a wonderful restaurant that if you got stiffed, the owner would take it out of her pocket and tip you. |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 628
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 11:52 am: | |
The owner should suffer because the table is cheap? I don't think so. If there is any question about whether a table will tip or not, the tip should be added to the check.
I get not tipping for bad service, but we live in a time when the custom is to tip. If people don't agree with that then order food to go, don't waste the waiter's time. |
michael brant
Citizen
Username: Mbrant
Post Number: 27
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 12:16 pm: | |
Ok what if the food came out slow or with issues. Bad service is not always the fault of the waiter.
SO the waiter gets stiffed because the restaurant is a fault?
The reality of the situation is restaurants do not want to pay the servers for their work they want the customer to pay for it. |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 630
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 12:25 pm: | |
Yes, that is true. The customer gives a tip instead of the prices being higher for all the food and drink. |
I'm Only Sleeping
Citizen
Username: Rbrunner
Post Number: 103
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 12:26 pm: | |
You think waiters would prefer to get paid a flat rate? Not a chance. There were a bunch of stories about this when Per Se switched to a mandatory service charge a few months ago. Tipping benefits waiters as much as anyone. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 10632
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 12:31 pm: | |
Not all waiters. I worked in a restaurant in New York, and they withheld taxes on estimated tips. The estimates exceeded my real tips, but I couldn't do anything about it.
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I'm Only Sleeping
Citizen
Username: Rbrunner
Post Number: 104
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 12:35 pm: | |
Maybe you just weren't a very good waiter? But seriously, you got a refund for the difference at the end of the year, right? An inconvenience for sure, but I bet most waiters still would prefer the current system. |
Mr. Big Poppa
Citizen
Username: Big_poppa
Post Number: 363
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 1:01 pm: | |
Ordered Frank's pizza over the weekend. Not impressed at all. Very bland. We were surprised based on the good remarks we've heard.
Last week, we ordered Resevoir and were highly satisfied with the pie. It took an hour to get it delivered, though. |
redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 4352
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 1:24 pm: | |
The owner is not suffering Mayor if you look at the big picture. When I was a waitor, I was the best, I had many people come into the restaurant because I was very good at what I did. The owners knew that, they knew that is how I made my living, so they would compensate me. I am not saying it is fair, but it was the gracious step for them to take, ensuring that I stayed for a long time. |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 631
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 1:31 pm: | |
RedY - That was very nice of them. All I am saying is that when you go out to eat you should tip, or don't go out at all. That was great of the owner to do that for you, but they shouldn't have to. The customer should have tipped you. |
redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 4354
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 1:33 pm: | |
I absolutely agree. If you don't want to tip, you shouldn't go out.
That said, the best tip I ever got was when I first started waiting tables. This older couple came in every Sunday morning and ordered the same thing, and always tipped 10 cents. After weeks of waiting on them and remembering the order, they tipped me a quarter. I was really touched! |
sac
Supporter
Username: Sac
Post Number: 2793
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005 - 7:38 pm: | |
Many places add the tip onto the bill for large parties. That would seem to be the smart thing to do in cases like this ... especially with teenagers who rarely have a clue about tipping. |
Dave G
Citizen
Username: D_arthur
Post Number: 6
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 9:50 am: | |
Funny, I looked at this thread hoping to learn about good pizza and it appears that things got off topic just a bit :-)
That said, MOL'ers. Please weigh in on the most heavenly pizza that delivers please. The football games are just a few hours away!
Thanks,
Dave |
Pizzaz
Supporter
Username: Pizzaz
Post Number: 2832
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 10:04 am: | |
Well to start, you can choose to come down and partake in the Sunday NFL Ticket Pizza and Wings buffet - Bunny's shows five games at once.
For deliveries, choose from a garlic salad to hot spicy chicken wings pizza, the "MOLER" pizza deluxe (sausage, meatball, roni, fresh roasted pepper, onion and fresh garlic) or choose a variety of toppings to your liking. As for vegetarians, we have white pizza with ricotta and pesto and an assortment of veggie toppings. If you like your pies baked extra thin and extra crispy crust just ask. Deliveries start at 12:00 noon.
GO Giants.....
Call: 973-763-1377 "In the Heart of the Village"
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dan
Citizen
Username: Dricher
Post Number: 6
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 11:01 pm: | |
We like Arturos for their wood oven thin crust just like when we were in Italy. Sooo good. |
tripleblack
Citizen
Username: Dacar
Post Number: 164
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 11:07 pm: | |
Trat pays the wait staff $2.00 per hour plus tips. fair? |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 647
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 1:24 am: | |
That's pretty low, but some chain restaurants pay even less. The worst I have heard was a friend of mine a few years ago was making $1.15. He got a raise eventually and made $1.79 an hour. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 10787
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 7:17 am: | |
When I worked at a restaurant in 1983, the legal "restaurant minimum wage" was $2.04 per hour. I don't know if it's gone up, but probably. If it hasn't, then in some sense, the trat wages are fair, but I don't feel comfortable saying that. Mayor McCheese, your friend's story must be from before 1983.
At my restaurant job, they reported tips to the government as taxable, and they withheld, but I was making less in tips than they were reporting. THAT was not fair.
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Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 655
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 2:52 am: | |
Tom - this was about 3 years ago. The restaurant chain was The Office, in particular he worked at the one in Bridgewater on route 22. |
Grrrrrrrrrrr
Citizen
Username: Oldsctls67
Post Number: 147
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 8:51 am: | |
Look in any etiquette book anywhere...it is NOT customary to tip the owner of an establishment. I have been getting my hair cut at the Fickle Follicle in Millburn for almost 20 years, and have never once tipped the owner who cuts my hair...He's even told me when we've had this same discussion that he doesn't expect to be tipped. |
SOSully
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 993
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 9:06 am: | |
I really like Arturo's pizza and sandwiches but I had to wait 80 minutes for 2 sandwiches last week when I was told 30-40 minutes. I rarely see Arturo's as crowded as the Trattoria, but on this night it was really hopping. I don't think the staff are used to that type of volume, because they seemed confused. I'm always amazed that the Trattoria staff can make sense of the mayhem. They sure work hard. The Arturo's staff moves much more deliberately, regardless of the situation. Here's hoping that their business will increase and the staff will improve. |
campbell29
Citizen
Username: Campbell29
Post Number: 255
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 1:23 pm: | |
i love Arturo's pizza but it invariably takes at least an hour to get it delivered no matter what they tell you. I always call an hour before I want to eat. |
Taurus5208
Citizen
Username: Taurus5208
Post Number: 140
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 3:57 pm: | |
Grr...I think you are correct in stating that the OWNER of an establishment should not expect a tip, however when you are eating in a restaurant you are most likely not being served by the owner. |
xavier67
Citizen
Username: Xavier67
Post Number: 597
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 4:50 pm: | |
Ordered from Resevoir Sat night. The pizza wasn't that good, and it took 1 hr and 11 minutes for it to arrive. And such small portions, too!
I'm thinking about making pizza at home. I know Di Peitro on Springfield Ave sells fresh pizza dough. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 10994
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 4:56 pm: | |
At that point, how hard can it be to make dough yourself?
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SOSully
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 994
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 8:48 am: | |
I often buy dough at the Trattoria or Roman Gourmet. It's like $5 for 2 |
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