what type of restaurant needed?

[Jim3310]

Tomatoes & Tomato Grill were two COMPLETELY different places. It was also a Hatfield's/McCoys type of business situation before they both opened.

Tomato Grill was like a regular good sized pizza place, you know, ton's of Mozzarella on a good sauce over manicotti made in the back. Just no ambiance at all.

Tomatoes is high end & very nice inside. I thought a little pricey for dinner in a strip mall, but lunch is the way to go there. Personally, I like the Caesar salad over the House salad. If you ask for it "with" you get the anchovies.

One of THE BEST seafood suppliers is next door, Dockside, I think?

By the way, I'm not a TCBY guy, but didn't I see one at the corner of Coleman & Northcut across from the great hot dog stand (real breakfast sandwiches) at the hardware store in Mt Pleasant?

[meks]

Originally Posted by Jim3310

Tomatoes & Tomato Grill were two COMPLETELY different places. It was also a Hatfield's/McCoys type of business situation before they both opened.

Tomato Grill was like a regular good sized pizza place, you know, ton's of Mozzarella on a good sauce over manicotti made in the back. Just no ambiance at all.

Tomatoes is high end & very nice inside. I thought a little pricey for dinner in a strip mall, but lunch is the way to go there. Personally, I like the Caesar salad over the House salad. If you ask for it "with" you get the anchovies.

One of THE BEST seafood suppliers is next door, Dockside, I think?

By the way, I'm not a TCBY guy, but didn't I see one at the corner of Coleman & Northcut across from the great hot dog stand (real breakfast sandwiches) at the hardware store in Mt Pleasant?

Jim I know the family of the people that owned TomGrill, the Dad was a high end Italian chef from NYC and the son a NYC style pizza type of restaurant chef from florida

both were excellent cooks but they could never decide on what kind of restaurant that place was going to be... one day pizza and calzones, the next the whole menu would be changed and it'd be veil and some of the best pasta meals you could find

very unpredictable but excellent food

long story short family argument closed that place down, unfortunately a textbook case of an excellent product that could easily succeed but bad management caused it to fail

is a shame because my wife is from the Chicago area and that was the only pizza she liked in the entire lowcountry, believe me we/she tried everywhere in every corner of the tricounty only to be disappointed until that place opened

[Luvsdabeach]

Jim I thought it was a little pricey to the first time we ate there but the amount of food they give you I always have leftovers for the next day. Plus for a place that consistantly good every time we go I don't mind paying for it.

My daughter like the caesar salad but I'm hooked on the raspberry vinigrete dressing.

Oh just an FYI, it's a nonsmoking restuarant.

[Jim3310]

Meks & Luvsdabeach- you're both spot on.

Meks - ask them about the feud w/ Tomatoes, it's too bad they couldn't get together and put out one fantastic product. Family run restaurants can be tough, especially Italian family restaurants! (Try the Philly's Cheese Steak place on Ladson for a really good Calzone).

Luvsdabeach - non-smoking is always a plus for us, & leftovers is a double plus for the college student...