Comments on: Felice is Dead http://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/10/21/felice-is-dead/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mswindsor http://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/10/21/felice-is-dead/#comment-20488 mswindsor Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:30:01 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/?p=860#comment-20488 My nannie, Mary Bucci was a neighbor of the Strollis' on Mole Street. I have many great memories of helping out in Carmella's kitchen. She was a wonderful women, and I was privileged to learn many of her cooking secrets. The place may have been "a hole in the wall", but what a hole in the wall it was --- everybody who was anybody ate at Strolli's - My nannie, Mary Bucci was a neighbor of the Strollis’ on Mole Street. I have many great memories of helping out in Carmella’s kitchen. She was a wonderful women, and I was privileged to learn many of her cooking secrets. The place may have been “a hole in the wall”, but what a hole in the wall it was — everybody who was anybody ate at Strolli’s -

]]> By: mark lazerson http://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/10/21/felice-is-dead/#comment-13726 mark lazerson Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:53:38 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/?p=860#comment-13726 Thank you for bringing "Da Felice" to the attention of an Anglo-Saxon audience. I would sometimes visit "Da Felice" during the 1980s and early 1990s. What was most remarkable for an American, especially one from New York where restaurateurs are obsessed about "high table turnover", was De Felice's adamant refusal to serve additional customers after a table (coperto) become vacant. He prepared just enough food for one meal per place setting and not a morsel more even though on most night he easily could have turned over the tables two or even three times. No profit-maximizer was he! And what joy there was for us so lucky to have been given that once in an evening opportunity that no one else could buy. Thank you for bringing “Da Felice” to the attention of an Anglo-Saxon audience. I would sometimes visit “Da Felice” during the 1980s and early 1990s. What was most remarkable for an American, especially one from New York where restaurateurs are obsessed about “high table turnover”, was De Felice’s adamant refusal to serve additional customers after a table (coperto) become vacant. He prepared just enough food for one meal per place setting and not a morsel more even though on most night he easily could have turned over the tables two or even three times. No profit-maximizer was he! And what joy there was for us so lucky to have been given that once in an evening opportunity that no one else could buy.

]]> By: MarcH http://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2009/10/21/felice-is-dead/#comment-13654 MarcH Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:25:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/?p=860#comment-13654 Thank you Michael. One of my fond memories of growing up in Philadelphia in the 1960s was my dad taking us on weekends to Strolli's trattoria in South Philly. A hole in the wall, but I couldn't find anything like it today. My dad used to sell dresses to Mrs. Carmela Strolli, the owner's wife and chief cook, so she always had a place for us. On special nights Mr. Strolli would walk around the few tables and play his mandolin. Thank you Michael.

One of my fond memories of growing up in Philadelphia in the 1960s was my dad taking us on weekends to Strolli’s trattoria in South Philly. A hole in the wall, but I couldn’t find anything like it today. My dad used to sell dresses to Mrs. Carmela Strolli, the owner’s wife and chief cook, so she always had a place for us. On special nights Mr. Strolli would walk around the few tables and play his mandolin.

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