by East Bronx » Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:14 am
baldo wrote:In the mid-80s we went up to the Bronx a lot as a bunch of my parents' friends' (from Italy) kids were getting married. I was a just a kid then (probably 10 or 11) but was amazed by these New York weddings....I specifically remember one of the older kids mentioning they were going to Take Five. They told me it was a place you go to take a nap (as in take a five minute nap)....being a stupid 10 year old I believed them LOL. We used to visit these "paisani" often in the Bronx....wondering what general area this was considered (don't remember the name of the catering hall the wedding took place at)....thanks.
Catering halls in the Bronx back in the '80s?
Maestro's (Morris Park), Marina del Rey (Throggs Neck), Villa Barone (used to be Tardi's, also in Throggs Neck). The Chateau Pelham (Pelham Bay), the original Alex and Henry's (South Bronx), then they opened a very fancy joint up in Eastchester. They were famous for their Carnevale every February. They ended up closing the Eastchester location about fifteen years ago. The rent was just too damned high. It ended up a small strip mall anchored by Borders books (which has been empty for like five years). And this is a very moneyed area (the Scarsdale/Eastchester border), so don't anyone tell me that the economy has picked up.
I got married at the Marina del Rey. And speaking of wiseguys, Angelo Prisco used to sponsor a spring dance there every year. He'd fill the ENTIRE PLACE. And although it's true that, generally speaking, most Westside guys are low-key, a lot of them used to show up for that party. It was like an event lol.
Anyway, Baldo. If these were working class people, my money's on Maestro's. Great fucking food, very reasonably priced, and one of the last places left in the borough that knows how to make a trippa properly.
[quote="baldo"]In the mid-80s we went up to the Bronx a lot as a bunch of my parents' friends' (from Italy) kids were getting married. I was a just a kid then (probably 10 or 11) but was amazed by these New York weddings....I specifically remember one of the older kids mentioning they were going to Take Five. They told me it was a place you go to take a nap (as in take a five minute nap)....being a stupid 10 year old I believed them LOL. We used to visit these "paisani" often in the Bronx....wondering what general area this was considered (don't remember the name of the catering hall the wedding took place at)....thanks.[/quote]
Catering halls in the Bronx back in the '80s?
Maestro's (Morris Park), Marina del Rey (Throggs Neck), Villa Barone (used to be Tardi's, also in Throggs Neck). The Chateau Pelham (Pelham Bay), the original Alex and Henry's (South Bronx), then they opened a very fancy joint up in Eastchester. They were famous for their Carnevale every February. They ended up closing the Eastchester location about fifteen years ago. The rent was just too damned high. It ended up a small strip mall anchored by Borders books (which has been empty for like five years). And this is a very moneyed area (the Scarsdale/Eastchester border), so don't anyone tell me that the economy has picked up.
I got married at the Marina del Rey. And speaking of wiseguys, Angelo Prisco used to sponsor a spring dance there every year. He'd fill the ENTIRE PLACE. And although it's true that, generally speaking, most Westside guys are low-key, a lot of them used to show up for that party. It was like an event lol.
Anyway, Baldo. If these were working class people, my money's on Maestro's. Great fucking food, very reasonably priced, and one of the last places left in the borough that knows how to make a trippa properly.