Pagliacci's
#1
Posted 28 August 2013 - 05:16 PM
Spinach salad - just $3 with an entree
Caesar salad - just $3 with an entree (and this is a split portion)
Somerset Praughn appetizer - $10
Silence of the Lambs - $26.50 (just awesome and enough to share)
Hemingway Short Story - $11.50 (this is a half order!)
We've found that we can share pretty much everything, and the kitchen will split it for you for no extra charge. I think that's the other reason this place is so popular, and why we keep coming back - it's a good value.
Just get there before 5PM to avoid the line.
#2
Posted 28 August 2013 - 07:44 PM
Didn't you have cheesecake?!
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#3
Posted 28 August 2013 - 09:20 PM
#4
Posted 29 August 2013 - 05:31 AM
Remember why I haven't been back.
#5
Posted 29 August 2013 - 06:22 AM
Went last night to try again after years away. WAY to much garlic, pasta "doughy" and a bit "slimy". Service was horrid! Sat for 10-15 without as much as a table touch. Table of five, messed up one of the orders and acted like not a big deal, especially as I sat there eating by myself as it took that long to get my meal back. Had to ask for cheque three time, each time being asked first if any of us wanted coffee, finally having to say that we have told you no twice please bring the cheque!
Remember why I haven't been back.
Agree completley. Line ups here seem to be based more on its past rep than its todays reality. Many more and arugably better options today than in the past but each to their own.
#6
Posted 29 August 2013 - 07:06 AM
Pag's has a lot of local lore associated with it and people have been conditioned to "like" the place. That being said I've had some great meals there with great service and other times the meals were not so great and with bad service.
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#7
Posted 29 August 2013 - 07:16 AM
Otherwise I enjoy the pasta, and can you really have too much garlic.
#8
Posted 29 August 2013 - 07:28 AM
Ever been for brunch? The fact that they serve free toasted bagels with cream cheese and jam as a roll replacement is enough reason to go.
Whatever bad experience anyone has had is not consistent with what it's like usually.
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#9
Posted 29 August 2013 - 07:50 AM
#10
Posted 29 August 2013 - 09:00 AM
#11
Posted 29 August 2013 - 09:20 AM
#12
Posted 29 August 2013 - 09:26 AM
A chain with an annoying menu of cutesy names ,gimics
Old spaghetti factory big box corporate style dining
Pack em in and ship from across the country , call it food
A local recommended it and loves it but it is everything that over rated chains are
Definetely a success story ,as well as a tragedy...
...I also like wait staff that don't treat people like sheep,even though they are trained to do so.(Turn tables) I don't like the herd mentality ,even though today's world seems a bit money grubbing .......
So Pags is not my cup of tea
#13
Posted 29 August 2013 - 11:32 AM
#14
Posted 29 August 2013 - 11:46 AM
Have not been to pags for many years, do they still serve 'coffee' while you wait in line outside?
Pasta is so cheap to make! I am sure the margins are fine, combined with the volume allow to keep prices down. Great business model.
Matt.
#15
Posted 29 August 2013 - 12:20 PM
#16
Posted 29 August 2013 - 12:26 PM
#17
Posted 29 August 2013 - 06:11 PM
cakes..
#18
Posted 29 August 2013 - 07:14 PM
Ive been there a few times, when dragged there by others, over the years.. Have never managed to be a fan.. Crammed in elbow to elbow, lights down so low I couldnt see what I was eating and loud enough I couldnt carry on a conversation with the person across the table..
cakes..
and that's exactly what its supposed to be, New York style.
I've never had a bad meal in the well over 30 years I have been going...er, yah it sucks, stay away, bad food, bad service, please go down the street, anything to keep those long lineups at bay ;-)
#19
Posted 30 August 2013 - 06:58 AM
Hate lineups and being crowded for just so-so food at Pags
#20
Posted 30 August 2013 - 09:32 AM
Ive been there a few times, when dragged there by others, over the years.. Have never managed to be a fan.. Crammed in elbow to elbow, lights down so low I couldnt see what I was eating and loud enough I couldnt carry on a conversation with the person across the table..
cakes..
Bingo that's why we stopped going. Yes we had some good food there, but just good, not stellar. I can get similar food in other places without being crammed in like sardines and not being able to move an inch without bumping into the guy at the table behind me.
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