Spadaro in New Rochelle
I was participating in a discussion on chowhound.com about my recent review of Spadaro in InTown Westchester. (The thread is here.) Unforunately — again — my posts were deleted. If anyone wants to continue the disucssion here, please feel free to do so on the First Look: Spadaro thread.
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Once again, Liz Johnson’s honest assessment with no agenda comes through in her original Spadaro Restaurant review. Aside from the logistical customer service issues they need to overcome, not the least of which in being hostile to food critics who arrive a little late, the food review was even more revealing.
As a someone originally from New Rochelle, born and raised, who is so sad to see it virtually have become a shell of the great city it once was, there is hardly any restaurant life in New Rochelle. And when a half-decent food-place comes along everyone stuffing the joint may have less to do with the good food rather than the lack of quality southern Westchester dining.
But that does not excuse what sounds like an unappealing dining experience with the set up, no place for waiting patrons to sit or stand, the cramped quarters, the lack of a menu and thus no pricing, not to mention the lack of a freezer that Liz points out.
How do run a restaurant without a freezer? Does that mean you throw away ingredients and food not used immediately? Or does that mean that they are keeping some of the food too long in the refrigerator when it’s past its safe shelf-life use and taking a chance on their patrons’ gastrointestinal fortitude?
Let’s face it folks. People eat out for good food, but most of the time it is also because they are tired of cooking and/or ordering in. Therefore, in order to relax and see friends and family, the ambience is also important and built into the price of the menu. In this case, there isn’t even a printed menu so maybe that’s a clue of what to expect.
Otherwise, perhaps Spadaro’s should just run a take-out restaurant featuring gourmet delicacies or go into catering.
And since when is it okay for only two women to wait tables and bus tables for the whole joint?