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3 spots in Pasadena:

Greco's - On the east side of south Fair Oaks, 2 blocks south of
California.  It's in a red clay and glass brick building the owner,
Ross Greco, modified himself.  Go for the pizza bianca (parmesan,
garlic, olive oil) or the tomato and basil pie.  

Market City Cafe - On the west side of south Fair Oaks, 1/2 block
south of Colorado.  Wood, glass, and brick exterior with a life-size
model of a Jersey cow in the window.  Wood-fired pizza, excellent
pasta dishes, good capuccino, and the anti-pasto bar of the gods.
Order the pasta and get the antipasto for a few extra bux.

Mi Piace - North side of Colorado, 1/2 block east of Fair Oaks.
Exterior is iron (I think) with large glass windows, making this the
place to see and been seen.  Yuppie joint with tasty, whimsically
designed desserts baked on the premesis by a master pastry chef.
Try the fish.

These places are within walking distance of each other.  They haven't
windows where you can see the chef twirling pizza -- the only place I
remember seeing that is on Hollywood Blvd.

Buon gusto,

:kg

In article <ataylor.721500493@uclagsm> ataylor@agsm.ucla.edu (Al Taylor) writes:
>
>I hope this isn't to far off the subject matter of this group, but
>I was hoping to get some suggestions on Italian restaurants and
>Pizza places. I'm not so much interested in the food, but what
>the exterior of the place looks like, especially at night. I'm 
>doing this for a photography assignment. I'm also interested in
>any place that as a window looking in that allows you to see them
>preparing the food, especially if they are tossing pizzas. Any
>suggestions would be appreciated and if you mention the food also I 
>certainly wouldn't mind.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>
>
>al			ataylor@agsm.ucla.edu


Bruno's on Centinela and Venice Blvd. near the 405 Fwy. has a Brick/stone
facade with ivy growing around it and iron railings. In the lobby, they have
a large picture window looking into the pizza preparation area and port 
of the kitchen. 

They have a full menu, typical Italian.


Al

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On 11 Nov 92 08:52:40 PST, ataylor@agsm.ucla.edu (Al Taylor) said:
> I hope this isn't to far off the subject matter of this group, but
> I was hoping to get some suggestions on Italian restaurants and
> Pizza places. I'm not so much interested in the food, but what
> the exterior of the place looks like, especially at night. I'm 
> doing this for a photography assignment. I'm also interested in
> any place that as a window looking in that allows you to see them
> preparing the food, especially if they are tossing pizzas. Any
> suggestions would be appreciated and if you mention the food also I 
> certainly wouldn't mind.

Mario's Cooking For Friends - on Beverly Blvd between Fairfax and La
Brea.  There is a deli on one end of the building, and a full-service
restaurant with very good southern italian food (wonderful pastas) at
the other end.  I seem to recall the building is somewhat interesting,
with some kind of covered walkway coming out from the deli.

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In article <1992Nov11.212631.19789@convex.com> budriuna@convex.com (AL Budriunas) writes:

>Bruno's on Centinela and Venice Blvd. near the 405 Fwy. has a Brick/stone
>facade with ivy growing around it and iron railings. In the lobby, they have
>a large picture window looking into the pizza preparation area and port 
>of the kitchen. 

	Unless things have changed recently Bruno's is closed.  It has
been closed, except as a fequently used movie set, for about two
years, the parking lots - empty.  When did you eat there last?

	It was opulent, huge, with several dining areas, the large
central room was thirty feet tall with stained glass windows, marble
columns, and a large granite bar.  The food varied from good to
superb, was inexpensively priced, they had their own pastry chef, and
reportedly had the second best cellar in southern California.  They
had a wine book not a wine list, easily 200 choices, priced at near
cost, and they would sell it to good customers by the case.  This I
know.  I ate there once a week for years.  Often, there would be
singers Saturday nights, such as an opera soloist accompanied on piano.

	Unfortunately, I am told that the owner died and that the wife
didn't want to manage the place and so it was closed.  The restaurant
was a personal crusade of the owner.  It's too bad that he's gone.
For the last year or two that it was open, food became more spotty.
Some days they were on top of things, some days not.  The cellar size
began to shrink.  Clearly the keen supervision that once characterized
the place was missing.
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