Shazam! Mama Mia’s for a Perfect Anniversary
Like Jonashpdx – we celebrated our anniversary last week. For special treat ourselves night-out we headed downtown to Mama Mia’s Trattoria since we’d heard from my good friend’s New York Italian parents that it was the place that made them feel ‘at home’ when they moved to Portland recently. (That and the Jewish Albertsons in SW – but that’s a different blog post)
We started with yummy cocktails, Caprese Salad and fried zucchini. Now I don’t understand Caprese Salad, how can a pile of cheese and tomatoes be considered a salad? And I suppose the fact the I don’t like tomatoes probably has something to do with that – but man – that homemade mozzarella was amazing! And the zucchini had just enough batter to be crispy – but not be Battered.
We both went for PETA friendly dinners – me with the Veal Parmigiana and he with the Veal Scallopine Alla Marsala. And I was so totally impressed – not only was the food fantastic – but the chef, Lisa Schroeder, came out to check on our meal personally. That was impressive. They weren’t slammed – but it was a pretty steady crowd while we were there and all the employees were really nice, quick and helpful. No doubt the food was great – but exceptional customer service really does go a long way too.
We passed on the yummy looking desserts since we were stuffed to the gills, but did stop at Pix on the way home and picked up a Opera and a Shazam! for later in the evening after our meal had settled a bit.
Oh – and also learned that just because I have a parking pass for one lot owned by Parking Management Center – does not mean that you can park in their other lots.
I wonder, does Lisa Schroeder still favor lowering the minimum wage for servers? Do you, divebarwife?
Who cares? Food’s awesome and that ain’t no law yet so we can leave it alone.
And that Jewish Albertsons store is now known as “Albertsteins,” btw. Just adding some local flavor don’t you know…
Well, Nolando, I guess I care. I would imagine that most of the thousands of food servers that depend on a living wage in this town care as well. I’m not a server, but has the poetry of Niem√∂ller taught us nothing?
No, she doesn’t still favor lowering the minimum wage. She posted a mea culpa at BlueOregon last year.