I ate at these places last Monday afternoon.
O'Stromboli - It has new ownership, but, the results were the same. Bad. I had two slices of pizza for $5. The dough was overworked and resulted in a dense, gluttenous base that could bend knives. It also had air bubbles, so, I think they didn't let it rest long enough. The apportionment of cheese was may too liberal. It was 3 or more centimeters thick. If you are the type of person that thinks pizza is an open faced grilled cheese sandwich and/or you order extra cheese on your Papa John's then this is the place for you. They said they use two types of premium mozzarella. That just makes the ham handedness of the execution even more disappointing. Sometimes less is more. The sauce was sweet. It's a shame because the staff was pleasant and they seem to want to do the right thing. I wish I knew before I ordered that the owner knew nothing about pizza and had to get the recipe from a buddy in New York. Maybe he meant Binghampton. The place seats about thirty. They dressed it up a bit. The menu is a little abbreviated. I wouldn't seek it out. That said, it's across from Stardust in the Leu Gardens area.
The Meat House - I went to this market (mostly meat) near the baseball stadium on the advice of a buddy. He proffered that it had the best cheese steak in town. He was dead on. It's not your typical "sliced" cheese steak. It's cubes of the most delicious steak on a cibatta roll. It's a smidgen smaller than your usual portion size, but, it's worth the trade off. I tried to just have a taste bite while driving home. It didn't make it there. It cost $8. Worth making a trip for.
Namaste - I popped in here just to knock it off my list. I had no idea it would be good. It's in a dump of an old fast food place that has been a ton of disappointing Asian hovels. They said they had to fumigate. They also said they fixed the place up. Not so much. They basically just hung a tapestry in between the kitchen and the dining area. It sounded like they were courting an Indian (it's an Indian restaurant) clientele. Maybe they aren't as fussy. I wouldn't want to spend an evening there. Maybe a quick lunch ($8-ish special meals) or take out (like I did). I had Chicken Saag for $11. That's chicken cubes in a spinach sauce. It could have used more chicken (around 6 pieces) at that price. However, with the whole starvation and cheapness thing, it's hard to "Americanize" them about portion size. The dish was excellent. I don't love cooked spinach and I saved the sauce (after running out of the chicken quickly). I ate that sauce a week later with the basmati rice and amortized my outlay over two more meals. I don't want to guess the calorie count, but, it was too good to toss. A nice surprise. It's near the corner of 434 and 436.
* I should also advise you that a restaurant on 434 called Fogata is closed. You never would have found it anyway.
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