Austinist: Grazie! Prego! Burp!

sam armstrong

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:03:31 -0600

Please stop listening to my fat cells.

cb

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:36:17 -0600

Sam "don't call me Lance" Armstrong, I can hear you getting fatter!

omit

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:45:23 -0600

A pizza named after genital piercing? All I can say is "Ewww".

odam

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:42:27 -0600

cipolina's pizza happy hour now ends at like 5 and their prices for pies non-HH have gone through the roof. bosh

ttrentham

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:39:46 -0600

Don't go celebrating Italy's victory too loud at Vespaio. Claude, one of the owners, is French and a rabid fan of "Les Bleus". What about the pizza happy hour at Cippolina on West Lynn?

adamr

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:27:33 -0600

A sprinkle of black pepper on a scoopa French vanilla (not that triflin' eggless Philly biz) is pretty great. Fun flava contrast.

Shilli

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:59:49 -0600

I have't been to Madola's (South Side til I die, y'all), but a little lemon would have made the Enoteca marscapone cheesecake work for me. I'd actually love to try it with some nice balsamic drizzled over it - balsamic on ice cream is awesome and it seems to me like it would work here. Similar idea to the lemon - acid to cut the fat and some flavor on top of the bland indulgence of the marscapone.

adamr

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:11:14 -0600

Romeo's can treat you right with a little bruschetta e pizza di mare. Magnifico. Nice lunchtime action. I'll hump this recommendation to the end too: Hog Island Deli!!! Their Italian meat selection is tops and the cheesesteak is outta sight. Cherry cola on tap too.

Sam Armstrong

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:54:09 -0600

Shilli, have you had the lemon mascarpone cheesecake at Mandola's?

Sam Armstrong

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:50:21 -0600

Ahaaa ... thank you for keeping me honest, stronzo. It's hard to know everything. But no, I had to bow a little to the french on that one ... a slight compromise. Calcio? Really? I'll have to do my homework a little better.

stronzo

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:39:20 -0600

1. Futbol is spanish. The word you're looking for is calcio. 2. Baguettes and chevre are French. Perhaps you meant pagnotta or ciabatta and fresh mozzarella.

Shilli

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:39:10 -0600

The mascarpone cheesecake at Enoteca didn't do it for me. I generally like low-sugar desserts and I generally like everything at Enoteca, but it was too much like a solid block of marscapone. Mixed with almost any flavor it would have been lovely, but by itself I didn't dig it.