Tempo Presto closed

tess

I got catering from Tempo Presto all the time for work. On Sunday, I received a voicemail saying Tempo Presto on 5th Ave (not the restaurant) was closing effective that night. I'm so sad.

longtimesloper

ah, they were there a long time! I figured once the one on 7th Avenue closed, this one wasn't far behind. i will miss their thanksgiving day sandwiches

j0518

Yup. I went in there on Sunday around 2:00 PM to get two Sicilian Chickpea Panelle sandwiches. There was a guy in line ahead of me. The lady behind the counter said they only had bread for two sandwiches, so I declined the opportunity to have the last ever sandwich there only because I wouldn't have been able to hand the sandwich over to my wife.

They will definitely be missed.

doublediamond

awww, loved their Sicilian Chickpea Panellle too! :-(

pitu

doublediamond wrote: awww, loved their Sicilian Chickpea Panellle too! :-(

Damn bad economics. I hope they get a second chance somehow.

I'm cooking at home more. Panelle sounds like farinata, which is astonishingly easy to make.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E6D7153FF93AA25753C1A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=

MARK BITTMAN wrote: THE MINIMALIST; A Street Treat From Nice
Published: October 19, 2005
THERE are few better ways to greet guests than with socca, the chickpea pizza from Nice. Its dead easy, impressive, new to even many sophisticated eaters and conveys a sense of your own competence like nothing else. Known as farinata across the border in Liguria, this is essentially a large pancake made from chickpea flour, water, olive oil and a lot of black pepper. Bakers in Genoa often add onion and rosemary.

longtimesloper

^^ I will be over in a little while for lunch