A bit off topic, but does anyone know any local seafood markets that specialize in sustainable seafood? Or even just highlight sustainable options? Gotta have fish on Good Friday!
I think it's called Newfie Seafood Shop or something on Kenilworth between Main/Barton!
EDIT: Newfie Shoppe & Fish Market Contact : (905) 548-9222
Address : 269 Kenilworth Ave N, just N/ Barton.
Hamilton, ON , L8H4S6
The Neapolitan tradition is wood-fired. Coal-fired is a New World adaptation, first empoyed by Italian immigrants to NYC (coal being much cheaper an more accessible for NYC immigrants).
But, to get back on topic here, someone had mentioned Acclamation earlier (RTH?). They are great for Portugese food, but I prefer Ventura's across the way. But I don't think either of them has a coal-burning oven...
Wood in Naples, coal in NYC. He's right, you're wrong (Coal-fired flavor: this is an NY Times link, you may need to do the free login procedure, I'm not sure). This is an interesting tangent to the thread.
^ I never suggested that there was anything wrong with the pizzas as such. I'm sure they're delicious. But to a marketplace never exposed to the concept of "coal-fired" pizza (at least within living memory), the concept would surely seem strange and unappealing.
Perhaps this could be overcome by the merits of the final product, but who knows ...
I certainly have no objection to someone trying to make a go of it.
Well I'm glad theres still some people that take pizza serious. Too many crappy pizza joints out there.
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haha...this is too funny.
Despite goldfinger's claim that whoever decides to open up a coal-fired pizza place will make a fortune, I think we can safely say that
1. if that was true, he'd be doing it himself and not telling us.
2. now we are scouring the net trying to find out if anyone uses coal anywhere....apparently it's not guarunteed money maker (I'm stunned ).
Apologies for posting this twice. I realized, late, that I was contributing to an off-topic thread.
So, back on target:
While I adore certain restaurants in Hamilton (Basilique for falafels; Pho on Cannon for pho tai soup), and will patronize them with my last buck, there are very few--if any--high end restaurants, period.
Boo's Bistro is borderline terrible, although I would try it again. Seven Windows on Aberdeen (fifty feet west of Dundurn ST) is, perhaps, the best dining room in the city for decor (a splendid renovation), and the food is very good, too. However, it is expensive, and it is not on par with the high end restaurants of the major cities like Toronto and Vancouver.
I frequently feel as though I've been "taken" at Hamilton's putative gourmet restaurants: the portions are pathetic and the prices extortionate for what is provided. Let me qualify this by saying that I have eaten dynamic, splendid, and bloody expensive meals at Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar in Toronto and Feenie's (chef Rob Feenie's "lower end" restaurant) in Vancouver, and I still--years after the experiences, dwell on them happily. Those nights were easily money well spent.
That, sadly, has never happened for me in Hamilton, and I fear it is yet a long way away, still.
All well, though: the mid-range restaurants are good and always exciting.
lots of $2 off coupons floating around for that. I may have a pdf of one somewhere, msg me if you want one. Otherwise I have seen them on the counter of the LCBO as well as many other places.
Duarte's on Barton, between Wentworth and Victoria is probably worth a try for sandwiches. I've heard nothing but good things.
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Duartes is friggin amazing for sandwiches....I love the veal with onions, peppers etc.... I can't speak from personal experience, but have been told that Pane del Sole bakery on John North is good too.
Never had one a Bronzies...the pizza is the real treat there. Awesome.
Also, Poco Loco on Ottawa North is awesome for burritos, nachos (HUGE) and tacos. very good and fresh tasting.
Also, Bonanza Bakery in the north end has great, cheap Italian sandwiches...don't think any are hot though. Just meat/cheese types.
I haven't been to Duarte's in a while, I used to go all the time when my wife worked in that part of town. $2 even for a sandwich, you can't beat that.
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Also, Bonanza Bakery in the north end has great, cheap Italian sandwiches...don't think any are hot though. Just meat/cheese types.
They have a new hot food counter. Go early for lunch or get caught in the line up. Noon is filled with firefighters, police officers, jail guards, paramedics, city workers and a lot of other people.
Haven't been there lately, but DeRosa's at Sanford and Wilson has awesome meatball, veal, sausage and eggplant sandwiches.
*drooooool* best sandwiches in the city!! I used to eat there at least once a week when I was in High School (Cathedral). They have really awesome slab pizza, too!
Duartes (Barton just W/ Wentworth) has good sandwiches for cheap.
Bonanza Bakery on Murray bet Mary & Catherine has a 'Mystery Meat Sandwich' for like $2 and it's good too. This bakery is in a house on a residental street... so it's kind of hard to notice. But I always get one after rollerblading thru the Bayfront.
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