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Old 09-13-2008, 02:57 PM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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I don't live in Florida, but when I'm there for an extended amount of time, I'm just dying to get back to NY to have some good italian food. Italian restaurants in other parts of the country can't compare to NYC's.

I also had so much trouble getting sushi down there this past summer. Almost all the places were closed for the summer because they were on vacation. One place in all of Naples was open, which happened to be nearly double the price of what I can get it here in the city. Wasn't even better quality for that high of cost.

And of course you can't forget about the bagels.
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Old 09-13-2008, 03:09 PM
 
Location: where my heart is
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Default Well, Orlando is a bigger city

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Thats horrible, at least Orlando has some pizza places owned by people from New York and New Jersey that are open for lunch.
and has more tourists than Naples. This isn't just in off season that they are closed, but year round. You cannot get pizza before 4 PM on the weekends in Naples, other than the pizza chains.
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Old 09-13-2008, 03:10 PM
 
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Oh yea



Great, now I want pizza after looking at those pictures, lol. I'll send you guys some good NYC pizza I had no idea that mozzarella was harder to get/more expensive in other parts of the country. No wonder pizza doesn't taste right in other parts of the country lol

My friends from out of the area never heard of garlic knots either. I guess you can't get them most other places.
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Old 09-13-2008, 03:12 PM
 
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good german (european?) bread. but that's not only florida, rather the whole US.
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Old 09-13-2008, 03:15 PM
 
Location: Orlando, FL
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Italian restaurants in other parts of the country can't compare to NYC's.
You haven't been to The Hill area of St. Louis - Yogi Berra's home neighborhood. It's still a very Italian neighborhood and continues to be well-known for decades for visitors to the city - a vast selection of great Italian restaurants. Considering the time they've spent in NYC, Berra, DiMaggio, Torre, and all their Yankee teammates have made a point to eat on The Hill during every trip to STL.

The selection in NYC is of course larger simply due to the size, but many restaurants on The Hill are equal to the best NYC has to offer.
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Old 09-13-2008, 03:15 PM
 
Location: Baltimore
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There are a few items that you may not find in the grocery stores, but not much. I can't find scrapple, but then I'm ok with that.
No scrapple?! I LOVE scrapple. I don't want to know what's in it but I love it.
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Old 09-13-2008, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Venice Florida
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Just look at that cheese!!!!!!!!!! My husband and I went looking for just one slice of pizza today at lunchtime on a Saturday. We could not find ONE SINGLE STORE which was open before 4 PM on the weekend. Hello? Doesn't anybody eat pizza for LUNCH around here? No, I just want one slice of pizza on a Saturday afternoon. I don't want Pizza Hut, Domino's, etc., etc.
It's been a few years since I lived in Naples but there was a place just a bit to the north, if my memory is correct, near Bonita Bay on the west side of 41. The owner was an NYC transplant, the pizza was good enough that I know people that drove up from Marco just for the pizza.
I like the pizza I get at K's Family restaurant in Deep Creek.
I've heard good things about Amores in south Venice.
I'm a fan of Luna's pizza, since I can walk there from my house and they let me sit with my dog outside.
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Old 09-13-2008, 03:19 PM
 
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You haven't been to The Hill area of St. Louis - Yogi Berra's home neighborhood. It's still a very Italian neighborhood and continues to be well-known for decades for visitors to the city - a vast selection of great Italian restaurants. Considering the time they've spent in NYC, Berra, DiMaggio, Torre, and all their Yankee teammates have made a point to eat on The Hill during every trip to STL.

The selection in NYC is of course larger simply due to the size, but many restaurants on The Hill are equal to the best NYC has to offer.

I have been there. It was good, but nothing I would go back for.
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Old 09-13-2008, 03:23 PM
 
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Default Yes, garlic knots

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Great, now I want pizza after looking at those pictures, lol. I'll send you guys some good NYC pizza I had no idea that mozzarella was harder to get/more expensive in other parts of the country. No wonder pizza doesn't taste right in other parts of the country lol

My friends from out of the area never heard of garlic knots either. I guess you can't get them most other places.
Pizza and garlic knots for lunch on the weekend when I come in October.
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Old 09-13-2008, 03:46 PM
 
Location: Venice Florida
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good german (european?) bread. but that's not only florida, rather the whole US.
I miss brochen. Since I left Stuttgart I have searched bakery after bakery to find something that compares with out luck. Thanks for reminding me what I was missing. My wife thinks I'm nuts, but there is some subtle favor profile that just not there with anything I've tried.
Come to think of it, I've never been able to reproduce the coffee I had in Germany. It's the only place where a cup of coffee tastes just like coffee smells.
O yeah and beer I miss German beer, some how the same brands that I drank in Stuttgart don't taste the same here.
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