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hubba1 · #41 (**permalink**) 05-16-2008, 09:52 PM

heh heh, I used to go to Ray's all the time when I live in BV, then switched to the Dive on a regular basis... I'd go in and the bartender from Ray's would be there and I'd always feel the same way, like I was cheating on him. So I'd buy him a drink to lessen the guilt a little bit.

alesis · #42 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 12:08 AM

What is a Mack's Boardwalk? Where's that at?

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Originally Posted by nipseyrussell

i'll also shout out to Matt at Ground Zero South who's been fixing my head since i moved here.

additionally, you all know i have shilled for Slice dozens of times here and, while i could order there every week, mrs nipsey likes to mix it up with "normal" pizza occasionally and Mack's Boardwalk (or something like that) has recently been fulfilling our normal pizza needs admirably (and then there was the time the Slice guys caught me accepting a Mack's pizza at my door and there were some mock words exchanged....i felt like i had been caught cheating!)

nipseyrussell · #43 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 01:29 AM

the wife tracked this down, but apparently its related to famous mack and mankos down the shore
i assume this is it:
http://www.citypaper.net/articles/20...4/Off-The-Menu
http://foobooz.com/2006/08/boardwalk...-south-philly/

alesis · #44 (**permalink**) 05-17-2008, 02:06 AM

Sounds pretty interesting...white cheddar and a thinner dough that can't be used for bread. Sounds good!

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Originally Posted by nipseyrussell

the wife tracked this down, but apparently its related to famous mack and mankos down the shore
i assume this is it:
http://www.citypaper.net/articles/20...4/Off-The-Menu
http://foobooz.com/2006/08/boardwalk...-south-philly/

asg · #45 (**permalink**) 05-18-2008, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by lemonfresh

asg, is the BYOB on 3rd St. Hostaria da Elio? Because I agree, it's a nice little place with a friendly owner. And they have a nice garden for dining alfresco in the back.

Thats the spot!!!

Very good and very reasonably priced!

alesis · #46 (**permalink**) 05-21-2008, 06:14 AM

When the time comes
You're no longer there
Fall down to my knees
Begin my nightmare
Words spill from my drunken mouth
I just can't keep them all in
I keep up with the racing rats
And do my best to win

Slow down little one
You can't keep running away
You mustn't go outside yet
It's not your time to play

Standing at the edge of your town
With the skylight in your eyes
Reaching out to gods
The sun says it’s goodbyes

If a plane were to fall from the sky
How big a hole would it leave
In the surface of the earth

Let's pretend we never met
Let's pretend we're on our own
We live different lives
Until our covers blown

I push my hand up to the sky
Shade my eyes from the sun
As the dust settles around me
Suddenly night time has begun

If a plane were to fall from the sky
How big a hole would it leave
In the surface of the earth
The surface of the earth

Come on now
You knew you were lost
But you carried on anyway
Oh come on now
You knew you had no time
But you let the day drift away

If a plane were to fall from the sky
How big a hole would it leave
If a plane were to fall from the sky
How big a hole would it make
In the surface of the earth
The surface of the earth

SouthStMan · #47 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Hospitalitygirl

I will forget this between now and next week--please make a new thread in advance of this event. I want to listen.

Per HG's request - a reminder:

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Tim K · #48 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by alesis

I think Jon's has the greatest lunch special in world until 3pm. Soup and choice of burger for only 6.95. Can't beat it!

I have had nothing but BLAH stuff at Jon's...which explains why I haven't been there in 2+ years. Also, if I recall they have the WORST fountain soda in the universe. When I mentioned it to the waitress she said "yeah, I know."

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Originally Posted by A Large Farva

Anyway, anybody eat at Pad Thai at 2nd and South? I went again tonight for maybe the 10th time in the past 6 months. IMO it is great Thai food and very reasonably priced. Service is either deathly slow or very prompt, but tonight, it was on.

For as good as I (and everyone I've gone with) thinks the food is, the place is never, ever crowded! Not even on a Saturday night, you can always get a table. (not sure if that is a good or bad sign!) The takeout is quick, too.

Anybody else care to share their opinion of this place?

We tried it once and found the Thai place on the 100blk of South to be better. I can't think of the name but its a few doors down from Pietros.

lemonfresh · #49 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 12:01 PM

I went to Jon's the other day, hoping for this lunch special, but it didn't seem to be available. (I did like the burger, though.)

alesis · #50 (**permalink**) 05-23-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by lemonfresh

I went to Jon's the other day, hoping for this lunch special, but it didn't seem to be available. (I did like the burger, though.)

I forgot to update my shill. It seems that I always end up at Jon's on a Wednesday somehow.

The other night I was somewhere else and a person said "I work at Jon's". I said, as others, that I stopped going in awhile back because the food wasn't that great but was pretty good the last few times I tried it. I then mentioned the "can't be beat" burger/soup special. She said "that's our wednesday special"...I could of sworn that I had it other days, but apparently I go only stop in on wednesdays!