Hi gang.
Hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend.
Festival season is about to get underway here in Delaware. We loooovvee our festivals, don't we?
The Greek Festival at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 808 N. Broom St., Wilmington kicks off next Tuesday, June 5 through June 8. Then, the Italian Festival at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church begins its weeklong celebration on Sunday, June 10.
I'm a fan of the pastries and the lamb gyro sandwich at the Greek Festival. And we usually go downstairs in the church and sample the pastitsio or moussaka. At the Italian festival, a group of my family and friends always meets on a Sunday afternoon in the little cafe where they play Italian-style music (near the church.) We always get smelts and the roasted pork sandwiches with garlicky greens - my brother-in-law usually makes a run for the spaghetti, ravioli and meatball dinners served in the church hall - and then we follow it up with confections, usually cannolis. This year, a guy is bringing in a replica of the Trevi Fountain. I'll have a story about it next week in 55 Hours. This I have to see. I really hope it's not like the Stonehedge replica in Spinal Tap.
What foods are you looking forward to eating in the next few weeks as the carnival and festival season begins? Comment below.
I know some people love the Panzarotti sandwich at the Italian festival...
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at the italian festival my husband always makes a beeline for the panzarottis, personally i think they're ok,but MY favorite is the broccoli rabe. I could eat a mountain of it, garlic and all!
here here for the Panzarotti..nothing like it ever. I like to top it off with those Ricotta Puffs for dessert. My grandmom used to make them but the recipe is long gone now.
The pazarotti isn't a sandwich, it's just a pazarotti and it's heavenly!!!
I haven't had a real tomato pie since I was a kid. I hope that I can find one here.
If you want GREAT tomato pie, I highly recommend Tony's Pizza on Papermill and Polly Drummond Road in Newark.
I LOVE St. Anthony's Italian Festival and I go every year with family and friends. We eat something diffrent every night!!
Ditto about Tony's Italian Pie.. Realy Italina family run business with real Italina food..
Serpe's in Elsmere makes a great tomato pie, too. My husband wants me to get one weekly...
Definately, the Gyro from the Greek festival is my favorite!!
Also, Loukemades from the Greek festival!! You have to try them.
The London Broil sandwiches at St. John the Beloved's annual carnival(coming up June 4th)are fabulous!
I just want to thank my wife & Adrian for scheduling a trip to Aruba, June 10th - 17th so no Panzarotti for me!!! A Panzarotti out of the freezer just isnt the same!
my favorite festival food is a big bowl of stay at home and out of the city. That way I can live to eat another day.
The festivals suck
Great tomato pie at M & M Bakery on Phila. Pike not far past Marsh Rd. on the left.
You suck. Then stay out of the city then. We don't need you anyhow.
After reading the comments here about tomato pie at Tony's Pizza(cafe) off of Papermill rd. in Newark, a coworker drove over there for lunch today and bought a large tomato pie. We were all excited about it, but ultimately disapointed. It did not look like the Tomato pies (or party pizzas) we used to get at Serpies and other such places when we were kids. And it didn't taste like a real tomato pie either. It was not much more than a hot serving of pizza, less the cheese.
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