I've been eating at the "Pheas" since I was a kid in the 50s. I have an emotional attachment to the place. When Mama Palmadessi was alive, the food was heavenly. Each succeeding generation has looked for ways to cut costs resulting in lowering food quality and raising prices. Their signature dish the Garlic Steak Sandwich is a prime example. The quality of the meat has declined precipitously over the years and now they have changed the kind of bread they've used for generations due to the bakery going out of business. Instead of finding a quality substitute they went for big, doughy Muzio buns...horrible. They skimp on the garlic butter that makes the sandwich tasty. Another example is the salad bowl which used to be full of delightful things like salami, olives, peppers, beets and garbanzos. Now they throw in a garbanzo or two, a beet slice and that's it. There is no quality control whatsoever. Some nights are pretty good and others awful. I'm in deep mourning and I hope that the current owner Patty Palmadessi reads the bad reviews and realizes how off course the service/food quality/price ratio is. Even longtime patrons admit the place has gone down hill.
Cons: low quality/high price
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