By: Bite Marks #38 – SaltShaker

Bite Marks #38 – SaltShaker — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:23:30 +0000

[…] Amore’s Pizza, Arenales 1721, Recoleta – This recently opened place here in the ‘hood smells delightful when you wander down the block. I’ve passed it by a couple of times since it opened and tucked it away in my mind to order up from them soon. And then, one day, passing by, I thought I’d give it a shot. It’s take-out and delivery only, and one negative, they only accept credit/debit cards if you order through PedidosYa for delivery (I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me standing there to just literally place my order with the app), but I had the cash with me, so no big deal. [Closed during pandemic lockdown, replaced by Vinnie’s Pizzas & Empandas] […]

By: 92 Bus, Stops 8 – 13 – SaltShaker

92 Bus, Stops 8 – 13 – SaltShaker — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:17:47 +0000

[…] (9) Across the street is a branch of Pizza Yerman. Well, branch is probably too strong of a word, they have two outlets, one near me here in Recoleta, and one at Coronel Díaz 1491, just off the corner of Paraguay. It’s a take-out only place, with barely enough space to even wait for your pizza after ordering it. And, I can’t tell you if the pizza is any good, because there’s a story here – a rather disgusting one. So we order a small mozzarella and figure we’ll either snap a photo and then each grab a slice and eat while we walk, or go sit in the plaza a couple of blocks away. But that was not to happen. You see, there’s the pizzero, a big, hulking guy with a long braided pony tail. And he’s walking around in the kitchen, in full view of customers, and there are these roasting pans on the floor, and he trips over them once or twice, steps in them, basically kicks them around. And then he gets this big carton of raw chickens out of the refrigerator (the place offers some things besides pizza), and proceeds to start cutting them up into sections on a big cutting board, on the same counter where he just made our pizza, so we’re a little nervous right from the start. And then he picks up the roasting pans off the floor and tosses the chickens in them and then sticks them in one of the ovens. And he has this grimy grey rag on the side of the counter which he uses to, in order, wipe off the counter, wipe off the cutting board where our pizza and the raw chickens were, wipe off his knife, and then wipe off his hands, and then toss it back on the countertop. And then retrieves our pizza from the oven, sticks it back on the cutting board where he cuts it into sections, slides it into the box using his unwashed hands, grabs some oregano from an open container that’s sitting there, tosses it on, closes up the box and sticks it on the counter. We objected, he shrugged and walked away, we asked for our money back, they refused, we grabbed the box only long enough to snap the photo and then tossed it all in the trash without trying it. 23 pesos wasted, and not a chance in hell I’d go back and try them again. I recommend you don’t either. [Closed around the end of 2019, replaced by an outlet of Vinnie’s Pizza] […]

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By: Bite Marks #38 – SaltShaker

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