Jim S. wrote: > It has always surprised me that the chains like Olive Garden or > the Italian Oven do well in a region where there are so many good > Mom and Pop places that serve superior food for nearly the same > price as the chains. Check out Michael A's in Oakmont, the Pleasure > Bar in Bloomfield, Carpentieri's or Traversa's in Vandergrift just > to name a few. > It depends upon what end of town you live in. If you live in Bloomfield, of course the choice of the Pleasure Bar over the Italian Oven or the Olive Garden is an easy one. And, as you say, there are other good choices when you head toward Oakmont/Verona. But, if you live, say, in Mt. Lebanon, Dormont, Greentree, or Upper St. Clair and want a good, fast, reasonably priced Italian meal, the Olive Garden is a reasonable choice. Certainly when I want a good, cheap Italian dinner, that's where I head. Of course, if I want a more expensive and more formal dinner, I can head Downtown, or to Bloomfield, or to Shadyside; but those are all much farther from home for me. ****************************************************************** Jim Mann [email removed] Transarc Corporation Technical Writer -- Encina Programming Documentation http://www.transarc.com/~jmann/ Where would conversation be, if we were not allowed to exchange our minds freely and to abuse our neighbours from time to time? -- Dr. Stephen Maturin
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