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I was a vegetarian for 14 years.
And then I ordered a grilled vegetable sandwich that came with bacon on it. I didn't check to see if it had been left off. It hadn't. The first bite was so delicious.

There's no going back to a pork free world.

withgrace at 10:29AM on 03/08/07

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Is the Best Italian Restaurant in the US in Philly

Vetri is an amazing restaurant, and has been consistently great since it opened.

Philadelphia on the whole is a suprisingly accomplished food town, and there are many great restaurants that are worthy of a train ride!

withgrace at 10:18AM on 11/04/06

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After All These Years: V&T Pizzeria

The good news: V&T's pizza is helped immensely by ordering it "crispy - well done." Mozzarella is top quality; best toppings include artichoke and eggplant. The bad news: it seems V&T has gone over to prefab crust instead of making their own. Their crust was once as good as a gas oven pizza gets, yeasty and chewy, big bubbles, irregularly shaped. And ordered well done a bit charred. But recent pies have seemed suspiciously too round and, sure enough, flip it over and the bottom shows signs of a tell-tale grid pattern that is a sure sign of a factory made crust. Walking past their open kitchen used to be you'd see their cooks stretching dough all day. No more.

Ron111 at 10:28PM on 08/28/09

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After All These Years: V&T Pizzeria

V&T is indeed a source of nostalgia for many of us. My wife was a graduate student at Columbia in the early 80s and we made regular trips to V&T and the Hungarian Pastry Shop. I'm not sure whether my pizza chops have become more demanding in my old age or if V&T has jumped the proverbial shark, but, on a recent visit with the daughter of a friend, a Barnard freshman (or, is it freshwoman?), we were completely unimpressed with the pizza at V&T. The salads were generous and the bread tasty, but I agree with previous opinions in this thread about V&Ts pizza.

famdoc at 10:16PM on 08/25/09

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After All These Years: V&T Pizzeria

Sorry to double post, found the site though. He appears to have the same white pizza on the menu (everyone around here loves it, I think it's blah) and so there's hope on the mushroom front. I just tried to call and ask, but noone answered. Anyways, their site is at http://ignaziospizza.com/

ratbuddy at 5:16PM on 08/25/09

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After All These Years: V&T Pizzeria

There's only one pizza place that's ever had fresh mushrooms that I liked, and that's because they were precooked in a way that gave them a similar springy texture to canned. It was Luna Pizza in West Hartford, CT. The owner was a right bastard and made no friends in the area, but he did make a good pizza. I believe he's down in NYC now, last I heard he was going to open a place somewhere near Grimaldi's.

If you get a chance, check out his place. If he's doing the mushrooms the same way there, you are in for an amazing treat.

ratbuddy at 5:12PM on 08/25/09

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After All These Years: V&T Pizzeria

The picture makes it look very good, but it also reminds me of a Papa John's pizza, especially after reading your description.

Mad Ernie at 2:48PM on 08/25/09

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Question of the Day: Any former vegetarians out there? What happened? Why'd you go back to meat?

I was a vegetarian between the ages of 13 and 22. One night (about 2 months ago) I decided that I simply wanted a steak. Right there and then I went to a diner with my best friend and she watched me down a steak. It was incredible. Not only was that night amazing, but since then I have SO much more energy than I did before. For nine years I had issues with energy. It hit a climax last year when I literally could not stay awake at 2pm every day for months. That went away after I started to take insulin pills (I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes at that ime), but I was still kind of low on energy, moody, depressive...

I swear eating meat has been my savior! I feel like a new woman! I literally feel like a completely different person. I have energy now! And I'm not as moody or depressive... wow, things are different! Plus I feel more like "me"... I never saw myself as the girl who'd eat a salad at a steakhouse while her date had a rare one. I saw myself as the down-to-earth-red-meat-eating chick even when I didn't eat meat for 9 years.

I love steak! I can't ever be a vegetarian again!

chloeloveslife at 8:42PM on 08/08/09

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Win Tickets to Taste of Tribeca

Been wanting to try Macao and Corton!

superplume at 12:35PM on 04/17/09

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Win Tickets to Taste of Tribeca

I love upstairs at Bouley and Nobu Nextdoor.

tommy27 at 10:48AM on 04/17/09

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Win Tickets to Taste of Tribeca

WOW this is an amazing giveaway! I've lived in NYC for less than a year so I'm not familiar with the restaurants in Tribeca, but I LOVE baked goods. So I'll have to say I'll try Bouley Bakery.

greenlove at 4:00AM on 04/17/09

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