MERGED: New Restaurant on Vandy: Cataldo's

Idlewild wrote: Where is Michael's?

6th and Bergen.

Smokin' Joe wrote: (except, if i'm not mistaken, the building that houses the usual has or recently had a for sale sign, so either they don't own their building or are planning to leave it.)

i didn't notice any such sign on the usual, but i did see a for sale sign next door on jeune's this morning. sure you don't mean that building?

I really wish I could do something. Maybe I could go door-to-door selling commodities futures contracts to beleaguered pizza chefs.

ginsbera113 wrote: Nothing has been said about the food. Anything to add on that?

If the food is similar to Vinny’s it will be unbelievably good basic Italian food. I was there yesterday and enjoyed generous portion of Chicken Rollatini with some rice and Broccoli Rabe ($13 before tip). I’ve had many dishes there including pasta, sausage, fresh fish (including fried Calamari), pork, veal, etc. and have never been disappointed. Vinny’s does not have pizza but in general, for pizza, wood-fired ovens are better than gas or electric ovens because it can cook a pizza very quickly at a very high temperature. There is a new place called Enzo’s on PPW one door off 16th street (next to Farrell’s) that has this type of pizza and it is excellent. When I spoke to Sal he said he was hoping to open in mid-July.

Sorry if I sound like I’m advertising for this place please be assured that my interest is purely one of gluttony. I used to eat at Nino’s before it changed hands and now eat at Vinny’s almost twice a week. I’ve been getting food from someone in that family for over 30 years. I can hardly wait for this place to open!

I'm guessing this place is counting on more folks coming over from ft. greene and that end of the PH nabe. further south we have amorina and franny's which both have that type of pizza, and amorina also has nice, solid, basic pastas pretty inexpensively. it will be nice, though, to have a place in the nabe that does the solid italian veal & chicken dishes and, hopefully, yummy garlicy veg.

Agreed, every now and again I could use a hearty chicken parm dish or what not. I generally choose Amorina for my pizza and simple pasta's and when I'm really yearning for good pasta I'll go to Al Di La (best pasta in my opinion I've had outside italy).

Looking forward to checking it out.

alafairnadia wrote: I'm guessing this place is counting on more folks coming over from ft. greene and that end of the PH nabe. further south we have amorina and franny's which both have that type of pizza, and amorina also has nice, solid, basic pastas pretty inexpensively. it will be nice, though, to have a place in the nabe that does the solid italian veal & chicken dishes and, hopefully, yummy garlicy veg.

See, I don't think Amorina is inexpensive for what you get. I think the pies are small (we got delivery once and the pie was TINY, and I remembered thinking that we paid too much....even though it was good- we joked that we wanted to get McDonalds we were still so hungry!)
I hope this place is a good, solid, red sauce joint. Big pies, big parm heroes and big entrees! Like real Italians. Well, NY Italians.

Whatchuwant wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]I'm guessing this place is counting on more folks coming over from ft. greene and that end of the PH nabe. further south we have amorina and franny's which both have that type of pizza, and amorina also has nice, solid, basic pastas pretty inexpensively. it will be nice, though, to have a place in the nabe that does the solid italian veal & chicken dishes and, hopefully, yummy garlicy veg.

See, I don't think Amorina is inexpensive for what you get. I think the pies are small (we got delivery once and the pie was TINY, and I remembered thinking that we paid too much....even though it was good- we joked that we wanted to get McDonalds we were still so hungry!)
I hope this place is a good, solid, red sauce joint. Big pies, big parm heroes and big entrees! Like real Italians. Well, NY Italians.

I agree. Amorina is good, but pricey for what you get.

Axel Foley wrote: [quote=Whatchuwant][quote=alafairnadia]I'm guessing this place is counting on more folks coming over from ft. greene and that end of the PH nabe. further south we have amorina and franny's which both have that type of pizza, and amorina also has nice, solid, basic pastas pretty inexpensively. it will be nice, though, to have a place in the nabe that does the solid italian veal & chicken dishes and, hopefully, yummy garlicy veg.

See, I don't think Amorina is inexpensive for what you get. I think the pies are small (we got delivery once and the pie was TINY, and I remembered thinking that we paid too much....even though it was good- we joked that we wanted to get McDonalds we were still so hungry!)
I hope this place is a good, solid, red sauce joint. Big pies, big parm heroes and big entrees! Like real Italians. Well, NY Italians.

I agree. Amorina is good, but pricey for what you get.

well, in comparison to Franny's, it's relatively inexpensive. I'd put Amorina and Franny's in the same category of restaurant - individual pizzas, pasta, antipasto - and Amorina is clearly the cheaper one of the two. if this new place is cheaper, good for it!

I want Bay Ridge Italian to come to Prospect Heights! I just can't get into fancy ass pizza.
I lika good sauce and I lika good cheeeeeese.

Whatchuwant wrote: I hope this place is a good, solid, red sauce joint. Big pies, big parm heroes and big entrees! Like real Italians. Well, NY Italians.

Whatchuwant wrote: I want Bay Ridge Italian to come to Prospect Heights! I just can't get into fancy ass pizza.
I lika good sauce and I lika good cheeeeeese.

Exactly! This place will be for you. These are old school Brooklyn Italians from back when everything south of Prospect Park was considered “South Brooklyn” and Carroll Gardens was mostly Italian-American.

alafairnadia wrote: [quote=Axel Foley][quote=Whatchuwant][quote=alafairnadia]I'm guessing this place is counting on more folks coming over from ft. greene and that end of the PH nabe. further south we have amorina and franny's which both have that type of pizza, and amorina also has nice, solid, basic pastas pretty inexpensively. it will be nice, though, to have a place in the nabe that does the solid italian veal & chicken dishes and, hopefully, yummy garlicy veg.

See, I don't think Amorina is inexpensive for what you get. I think the pies are small (we got delivery once and the pie was TINY, and I remembered thinking that we paid too much....even though it was good- we joked that we wanted to get McDonalds we were still so hungry!)
I hope this place is a good, solid, red sauce joint. Big pies, big parm heroes and big entrees! Like real Italians. Well, NY Italians.

I agree. Amorina is good, but pricey for what you get.

well, in comparison to Franny's, it's relatively inexpensive. I'd put Amorina and Franny's in the same category of restaurant - individual pizzas, pasta, antipasto - and Amorina is clearly the cheaper one of the two. if this new place is cheaper, good for it!

Ok, but Franny's is really expensive for what you get (I still like it, but it is), and Amorina's is just moderately expensive. So far we don't have a good option that's just "cheap."

Axel Foley wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]well, in comparison to Franny's, it's relatively inexpensive. I'd put Amorina and Franny's in the same category of restaurant - individual pizzas, pasta, antipasto - and Amorina is clearly the cheaper one of the two. if this new place is cheaper, good for it!

Ok, but Franny's is really expensive for what you get (I still like it, but it is), and Amorina's is just moderately expensive. So far we don't have a good option that's just "cheap."

hence my "if the new place is cheaper, good for it!" above ...

alafairnadia wrote: [quote=Axel Foley][quote=alafairnadia]well, in comparison to Franny's, it's relatively inexpensive. I'd put Amorina and Franny's in the same category of restaurant - individual pizzas, pasta, antipasto - and Amorina is clearly the cheaper one of the two. if this new place is cheaper, good for it!

Ok, but Franny's is really expensive for what you get (I still like it, but it is), and Amorina's is just moderately expensive. So far we don't have a good option that's just "cheap."

hence my "if the new place is cheaper, good for it!" above ...

Yeah, I was just trying to say, in reponse to your previous post, that in comparison to Franny's, almost anything is inexpensive. And that's all I have to say about that.

Bklyn.X wrote: [quote=Whatchuwant]I hope this place is a good, solid, red sauce joint. Big pies, big parm heroes and big entrees! Like real Italians. Well, NY Italians.

Whatchuwant wrote: I want Bay Ridge Italian to come to Prospect Heights! I just can't get into fancy ass pizza.
I lika good sauce and I lika good cheeeeeese.

Exactly! This place will be for you. These are old school Brooklyn Italians from back when everything south of Prospect Park was considered “South Brooklyn” and Carroll Gardens was mostly Italian-American.

Fuckin A! Now I'm excited.