Piccolo Italia in CV is better...

I still can't beleive that Brother's Pizza closed though...

1/18/2008 3:30:09 PM

didn't read the thread. but good riddance. amedeo's isn't all that good. there are plenty of better italian restaurants around. there are plenty of WAY better pizza places (lilly's, capital creations, mellow mushroom, etc)

1/18/2008 3:42:17 PM

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"I'm sorry, did you just say "best Italian"???? Thats insulting! What kind of Italian food have you been eating? Amedeo's might be an NC State land mark but please don't insult Italian food and call that good."

Yes I did. In Raleigh. That close to State.

You want to go with heritage as a pre-cursor to knowing what "real" Italian food is like? Then lets throw down G. Don't question my heritage, ever.

While Amedeo's is not by far the best i've ever had, their lasagna and chicken parm are pretty good. Service is shitty, because its run by all you incompetent whining college kids. I kid. Service was never good there, but it did not matter to me. Their food made up for it.

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"WAY better pizza places (lilly's, capital creations, mellow mushroom, etc)"

Hmm only Lilly's can beat Amedeo's and this one place off of Wake Forest Rd. near Old Wake Forest. Can't recall the name. Cap. Creations, now there's overpriced gourmet pizza. And Mellow is for all the hippies and people who are trying to be cool on a Saturday night.

Never heard of Piccolo Italia.

1/18/2008 3:54:49 PM

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"didn't read the thread. but good riddance. "

obviously, since its not closing.

1/18/2008 3:56:48 PM

i went there once and it was horrible

and obviously it is a red-sauce joint not authentic italian

granted, there arent many authentic italian places around and red-sauce joints can be really good, but amedeos was bad for a red-sauce joint

1/18/2008 4:07:51 PM

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"And Mellow is for all the hippies and people who are trying to be cool on a Saturday night."

have you ever been to the mellow mushroom in raleigh? it's not like that at all. in asheville and boone, maybe, but not raleigh.

1/18/2008 4:24:07 PM

I blame the management. How else do you run a place with regular clientele and decent prices into the ground? I bet if you looked at their books they are a mess.

1/18/2008 4:37:48 PM

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"Some of the best Italian "

[no]

i gave it two times and it wasnt good

amores ftw

1/18/2008 4:43:05 PM

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"Yes I did. In Raleigh. That close to State."

I will question your italian intelligence with a statement like that

obvioulsy you have NEVER heard or even been to Piccola at Cameron Village

now THAT is real italian.

1/18/2008 4:43:58 PM

I got severe food poisoning from that place.....let it go under

1/18/2008 4:45:03 PM

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"plus where else can you get all the state nostalgia?"

Two Guys ftwinzzzzzz

1/18/2008 4:48:08 PM

The place is fine. Lasagna is delicious, but I've been disappointed every time I've ventured away from that. The atmosphere is fine, too.

For nostalgia, I'll take Brother's though. I probably had my first taste of pizza there. It was always nice to have a place to go where you could count on somebody to tell you what a cute baby you were. Still got a couple places like that in Raleigh left. But still...I miss Brother's.

[Edited on January 18, 2008 at 4:57 PM. Reason : I enjoy talking about myself.]

1/18/2008 4:53:58 PM

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"Never heard of Piccolo Italia."

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"obvioulsy you have NEVER heard or even been to Piccola at Cameron Village"

obviously.

and FYI: to each their own in regards to food and restaurants. the Triangle has some of the best eclectic mix of establishments in each of her cities, I definitely miss it. You don't like Amedeo's? Fine. Not the best? Fine. Its all good. I'm glad at least people have tried it, and are honest about their opinions.

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"have you ever been to the mellow mushroom in raleigh? it's not like that at all. in asheville and boone, maybe, but not raleigh."

Mellow in Raleigh is for yuppies excuse me trade the H for the Y.

1/18/2008 5:01:07 PM

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"horrible service. overpriced. shitty atmosphere."

pretty much. and the food is good, not great. fuck that place

1/18/2008 5:21:35 PM

AHHHH NOOOO

Johnny D is ma buddy!!!!!!!!

1/18/2008 5:21:52 PM

Their food is so affordable, it's ridiculous. Go by any weekday for lunch and it is like $7.50 for Lasagna, salad, adn sweet tea. Anyone can afford that and be so stuffed that they don't have to eat dinner. Their spinach lasanga or lobster ravioli are dank as shit. Their blue cheese is the best you'll ever have, period - so good, I have boughten it to take it home.

Support this restaurant!

1/18/2008 5:23:03 PM

Amedeo's JUST PLAIN SUCKS. I tell everyone I know to stay away from that place. When I called them to tell them I had gotten food poisoning from them their reply was "well don't come back then" and hung up on me......I made it a point for a long time to tell everyone that I got sick from their dirty food. If I made a little dent in their bottom line, and contributed in some way to them going bankrupt then I say YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ! But it was probably just bad management !

1/18/2008 5:29:53 PM

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"Johnny D is ma buddy!!!!!!!!"

he got the chicks we were hanging out with last night drunk


we were all like, "ok"

1/18/2008 5:32:30 PM

According to the bankruptcy filing, Deangelis Brothers Inc. owes more than $380,000 to creditors, including vendors, the N.C. Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service.

Johnny D should have spent more time managing his place then hanging out with the chicks and maybe his place wouldn't be in such a hole. My family owned a restaurant in Queens NY for 45 years so I know the pit falls of owning a place. It isn't easy by any means, but that kind of debt has mis-management written all over it.

Plus they have dirty food

1/18/2008 5:37:55 PM

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"Piccolo Italia in CV is better... I still can't beleive that Brother's Pizza closed though..."

The one time I tried picolla italia, I was so spectacularly underwhelmed I never went back. Struck me as extremely bland and overpriced. To each their own, I suppose.

1/18/2008 5:38:40 PM

^^^lol
i use the term "buddy" loosely.
he comes to havanas alot too so we usually BS around when he's there

but yeah.. not the most responsible person i've ever met :/

[Edited on January 18, 2008 at 5:39 PM. Reason : .]

1/18/2008 5:39:24 PM

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"Mellow in Raleigh is for yuppies excuse me trade the H for the Y."

Huppies?

1/18/2008 6:01:44 PM

he obviously meant yippies

[Edited on January 18, 2008 at 6:28 PM. Reason : .]

1/18/2008 6:27:49 PM

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"<sigh> you guys don't deserve the campus traditions that were lost over the years enjoy your corporate campus!"

The problem is not that people stopped patronizing a "local institution" because we're spoiled and don't appreciate tradition. The problem is that the people who run places like Amedeo's and Brother's and Two Guys all seem to think that because they've "always" been around, they're somehow entitled to people's business and can rest back on their laurels, allowing the service and food quality to suffer. They forget that they still have to compete with the other local businesses, and they have all failed to grasp that waaaaaay more students have cars with them on campus than twenty years ago. As a result, now those restaurants have to compete with a much larger number of establishments that are in driving distance rather than walking distance like in the old days.

I'm sure Amedeo's and Brother's used to be excellent restaurants, but their troubles show that they are anachronisms that have failed to adapt to the changing demographics of the local populace. One cannot expect to continue to thrive based solely on atmosphere and a large collection of NCSU paraphernalia and kitsch. There are enough restaurants in the triangle area that small, family-run places have to earn someone's patronage every time they visit.

1/18/2008 6:46:06 PM

Amedeo's food is mediocre at best.

Its also a dump. Good riddance.

1/18/2008 6:48:32 PM

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"Then lets throw down G. Don't question my heritage, ever."

HAHAHAHA

"G"? I can make a few assumptions of what your heritage is, "G"

clearly Italian is not it!

1/18/2008 7:08:52 PM

Yea DiColandrea. Stop pretendin' like you're Italian.

1/18/2008 7:12:52 PM

yeah, G.

1/18/2008 7:18:39 PM

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"don't waste your time. its a shithole country. one trip to Rome is all i needed to understand why the Empire fell."

I have to agree, I didn't like italy at all. Tho, I do like italian food.

1/18/2008 10:26:20 PM

I'd rather eat Chef Boyardee than that slop they pathetically serve at amedeos

1/18/2008 10:34:35 PM

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"horrible food. horrible service. overpriced. shitty atmosphere."

I had some pasta there that was actually NOT as good as Kraft Mac and Cheese
and the lasagna relies too heavily on gobs of cheese to make it good... the sauce was fucking weak - tasted like it came out of a can

1/18/2008 10:34:55 PM

i need to take a shit

1/18/2008 10:48:19 PM

eating there's not gonna help

all that cheese is gonna bind you up

I almost seem to remember there being cheddar involved, too
wtf cheddar?

1/18/2008 10:52:16 PM

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"and good food for what it is"

hahaha, yeah, man. As far as shit that might be good enough for rodents, its top notch.

That place NEVER had good food.

1/18/2008 10:54:13 PM

Better call Chef Ramsay.

1/19/2008 1:27:16 AM

i have never given amedeos my money

1/19/2008 1:30:57 AM

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"ill just echo the obvious. horrible food. horrible service. overpriced. shitty atmosphere. shits like a couple mile drive and i still never even consider the place."

1/19/2008 1:38:39 AM

honestly it kinda looks like its on a flood plain like naw leans

1/19/2008 1:45:59 AM

best Italian=

Casa Carbone on Glenwood....

Check it out!!!

You can spend as little or as much as you want. Antipasta= 9.50 and it can feed 2 people easily.

Impress your girl!

1/19/2008 2:14:52 AM

haay

have you moved in yet?

do you guys still have a game?

1/19/2008 2:15:40 AM

Look what happens when Amato leaves town.

1/19/2008 7:22:33 AM

I didn't read the latter half of this thread. However, Amedeo's isn't that bad. There are certainly worse food places near State that I'm sure most of us have eaten at more than once or twice.

BTW, if Amedeo's ever does go under - or if you want a good Italian place - go to Vic's in City Market. BANGIN.

1/19/2008 8:15:28 AM

Amedeos basically microwaves stouffers lasagna and red baron pizzas then serves them. The food is no better than what I can make in my microwave, and the service sucks hole.

1/19/2008 11:17:59 AM

a college meal is Ideally <$4 the $8+ that you WILL spend at amedeo's after tip and such is 2 college meals. Then if you want to make the argument for dinner or something you're willing to pay more... well I'd rather go somewhere else and pay more.

I also felt ass raped paying there. The food was decent enough and the service wasn't bad, but I never felt that it was worth what I was paying. It's dark and dingy in there and yes they do have a lot of NCSU stuff but it'll all be auctioned off whenever it does eventually go under and the other local places can pick it up.

I just wasn't ever a fan of this place and I'm all about NCSU traditions and history, but when places get old and sucky it's just time to let them go and remember the good times. It's much the same as eventually you just have to stop going to undergrad keg parties b/c it's just past your time... remember the good times... and move on to new things.(hosting a keg party for your friends is still clearly an option, but that's vastly different from hanging out with people who were never in HS at the same time as you)

1/19/2008 11:43:01 AM

I ended up getting the shits every time I went there. Not all that good and way too greasy.

1/19/2008 12:27:10 PM

It sucks and there always packed so I don't see how there doing so bad.

1/19/2008 12:29:11 PM

Amedeo's sucks horribly.

THIS IS THE FREE MARKET AT WORK, PEOPLE.

1/19/2008 1:15:12 PM

they need to turn it into a cici's

1/19/2008 1:20:09 PM

man a cici's near campus would be AWESOME

1/19/2008 1:25:32 PM

if your guys are looking for some good italian stop by the gourmet factory which is 1 block down from amedeo's , great food great prices, romantic lady and the tramp feel to it.

1/19/2008 1:52:19 PM