855 South Broad Street, The Burg
Once upon a time this was Frank S. and Jennie Limone's
Tomato Pie Restaurant:)
UPDATE: SJ Bill adds..
Frank's Tomato Pie restaurant was another of our regular places.
It was a door or two from Deutz Jewelers. Frank owned a beautiful
old Rock Ola juke box that played 78 platters, not 45s. The
colored tubes on the side bubbled like old style Christmas
ornaments. The sound? Not so good, but who cared!
Beside the cooking station was a mural of Vesuvio, from
Frank's home in Napoli region of Italy.
Compared to Sam's, a block up S. Broad St., or Schusters,
at Whittaker and Roebling, Frank used one of the ealier gas ovens
for his baking, where Sam's and Schusters used coal or coke fired.
I'm not sure if gas ovens made for a better tasting tomato pie,
as they did not impart a taste into the crust that you get from
coal, coke or a wood fired oven. The bottom of the crust was never
as browned-off as they were at Sam's. But still, it tasted great!
Frank used good ingredients. I think he was one to grind a little
oregano into the mozarella topping, which gave it a nice herby
Italian flavor.
Frnak Limone was another of the "nice guy" businessmen of the
Broad Street Business area.
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Frank's Tomato Pie restaurant was another of our regular places. It was a door or two from Deutz Jewelers. Frank owned a beautiful old Rock Ola juke box that played 78 platters, not 45s. The colored tubes on the side bubbled like old style Christmas ornaments. The sound? Not so good, but who cared!
Beside the cooking station was a mural of Vesuvio, from Frank's home in Napoli region of Italy.
Compared to Sam's, a block up S. Broad St., or Schusters, at Whittaker and Roebling, Frank used one of the ealier gas ovens for his baking, where Sam's and Schusters used coal or coke fired. I'm not sure if gas ovens made for a better tasting tomato pie, as they did not impart a taste into the crust that you get from coal, coke or a wood fired oven. The bottom of the crust was never as browned-off as they were at Sam's. But still, it tasted great!
Frank used good ingredients. I think he was one to grind a little oregano into the mozarella topping, which gave it a nice herby Italian flavor.
Frnak Limone was another of the "nice guy" businessmen of the Broad Street Business area.
Hi SJ:)
Thank you so much for this comment which I will add to the post.
Its great when Burg area places are
describes by folks who knew them.
Sort of a tip of the cap to them
which is what we are all about here:)
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