[wtc911]

Went to a funeral today at Our Lady of Lourdes in Malverne, nice little church.

These days you've got to go to Staten Island, Nassau or Suffolk for the good old thin crust no nonsense pizza. There are a few places in Queens that'll make you happy. The ones I know are along Union Tpke and Northern Blvd east of Springfield.

Two great places just across the line in New Hyde Park, Umbertos on Jericho and Iavarone's on Union Tpke.

There are probably dozens around but don't look for them in Manhattan.

Out where I am (NE Queens - NW Nassau) most of the good German delis have been bought by Koreans. They're smart though and keep the original owners on for a year to teach them how to get it right.

There's one strip by me that's got a dry cleaner, liquor store, green grocer, nail place, deli and pizza place. All Korean except the pizza which still has a guy named Sal on the oven.

[Clemenza]

Malverne is actually 1/3 Italian by ancestry. Wasn't that heavily Italian when I was a child (lots of folks of Irish/German/English ancestry back then), but neighboring Valley Stream was overwhelmingly so. I know that the demographics have since changed, but I did see lots of Salumerias on Rockaway in VS when I was in the area back in November.

Princeton s-cks culinary wise, although the Indian places are pretty good.

Weren't we talking about urban decay? Time to get off the food...

[egannacht]

Memorable Brooklyn pizza is at Luna Pizza

[oh8eleven]

Out where I am (NE Queens - NW Nassau) most of the good German delis have been bought by Koreans.
I was back in W. Hempstead last summer and noticed all the "candy stores" are gone. Where the heck do you buy a newspaper?
I also noticed two of the three delis were gone too. I didn't dare go in - it could never be as I remembered it.