I tried this Italian Bakery at The Mall at Millenia today at lunch. I had a Prosciutto Schacciata to go for $11. It was ok. I've never heard tell of this terminology. I didn't translate check. I was told it was foccacia. It is on foccacia. Dry. Too old for a place that seems to have an onsite kitchen. Dry. The prosciutto was a bit pasty. Not very aged or fatty. But, way more (like nine slices) than I expected. The arugula was ok. Some (not so great tasting) olive oil. They also do these in turkey and mortadella. I believe the $9 foccacia sandwiches are round. They have like half a dozen types. An interesting one looked like a circle of attached rolls with one in the center. They also did pizzas. I think tey were $9. Many sweets. I'm not huge into Italian pastry. So, I didn't try any. I believe the prices were $3 to $12. Some drinks. It was a smaller, food court looking set up than I expected. It is right where you walk into the mall in the rear. On the right. Some seats. White color scheme. The main reason I'm not that enthused by them is that they hide the prices. Nothing in front of the items. Then you have to turn a corner to the register to see the prices. Add in the weird names they give them and the girls behind the counter who can barely understand your questions and it feels like they purposefully designed a system to rip you off. I believe they are a chain from Philly. Open for about a month. Pretty full. Did you know foccacia means hearth bread and ciabatta means slipper? And god damn it, (I looked it up) schiacciata means crushed/squashed. I also went to three places around Disney. I will do a stand alone report on them on Monday.
*Travel Notes - TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville Florida: I drove up on Thursday. Three hours (accidents) there and an hour and a half back. I left here at 1pm because I was bored. Game was at 7:30pm. I tried to dis-intermediate Ticketmaster (unsure if I did) by calling a day before and booking directly. If you did that, they would print out a ticket an leave it at Will Call. That was a bit of a pain. They closed off the area right in front of Will Call and you had to walk all the way around the stadium to get there. Oddly, I saw guys trying to scalp tickets. not sure how they got their physical tickets. I thought they renovated the stadium since the last time I was there (maybe ten years ago). It still looked like a shit hole. Pathetic crowd. Maybe 4,000 people. My ticket was in Row M in the end zone. It was the cheapest at $50. I moved around after the first quarter. The game was Mississippi (let's now refer to them as Olay Miss) and Duke (let's now refer to them as Douche or Dook). Mississippi crushed them. I only stayed for the first half because it was too cold and I really just went because I'm trying to go to every bowl game. I spent the hours between arrival and the game at Intuition Ale Works. It was near the parking lot I chose (the same that I chose when I went to the minor league baseball game). It (and every other lot) cost $40. And that's all I have to say about that.
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