Originally Posted By mousermerf So, Italy is adding a pizzeria.. finally. And it's on unused land (unless you count trees) and the project is pretty darn big. Sure, it might be tiny and the rest of the area graded for runoff or for used for restrooms or dressing rooms for the characters at the neighboring American Adventure, but right now on paper it's the biggest pizza place in the history of pizza places. Discuss.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Sounds good to me. Is it on the right side, past the shops and stuff? I've always thought it was a little weird how they didn't have anything there, since it just seems like they ran out of time or money (or both) when building the pavilion and just scrapped whatever they were putting there. It's also a good idea, IMO, for them to have a counter service location in Italy, since the food there is already quite popular. It's just a lot of hassle to eat at a sit down place (especially for lunch), and I'm sure a lot of people will eat there. Now, let's just hope that they serve Italian pizza, not the crap they have at the other pizza places across property. If they do that, it will be a smack in the face to the guests, the World Showcase, and Italy (the real one).
Originally Posted By mousermerf <<<< time or money (or both) when building the pavilion and just scrapped whatever they were putting there.>>>> That's exactly what happened to World Showcase. Mexico canceled whole show scenes, Germany stopped construction on their ride completely, Japan nixed their Carousel theater after building the main structure, Italy suddenly stopped at the fountain, and poor Africa never made it past the snack stand stage.
Originally Posted By magic0214 This is great, i have always loved there Food and Wine Festival pizza so this is wonderful!!!
Originally Posted By Labuda Very cool! I'll look forward to trying out the Italy pizza on a future trip. Tonight, though, I'm looking forward to a yummy Christmas dinner @ Bistro de Paris.
Originally Posted By ExpDave Very cool, it will be great to see something added there at last. Now if we could only get some new attractions in the world showcase too!
Originally Posted By jkayjs Given the prices @ the TS I'm sure this will be verrrry welcome(if it's good that is or maybe even if it isn't).
Originally Posted By jkayjs I hope all know I mean table service for TS. After I looked @ it I wasn't sure it made sense of couse it is very early & as I've said I have no buisness typing without my glasses or an awake mind.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Trees are already down, and the land is bare. Saw that last week.
Originally Posted By dshyates I am going to EPCOT tomorrow. I am having my birthday dinner at Les Chefs de France. Oddly enough I got my PS on Thursday. I thought it would be IMPOSSIBLE to get ANYTHING at the TS restaurants on a weekend during Christmas week 4 days out. But I lucked out. Anyway, I will take a few pics of the area where this new pizza place is going. I have also heard that Cantina de San Angel is going to be referbed. Well, what I heard is that it basically going to be rebuilt and include more covered seating with better views for Illuminations.
Originally Posted By jmuboy What I have heard is the outdoor cantina will become a new table service location with a multi level terrace facing the lagoon for better views and more seating. The San Angel Inn on the inside of the pavilion would become a signature dining location like the Ca Grill, Jikos, etc.
Originally Posted By Labuda I'd LOVE it if they did upgrade the inside dining in Mexico. While I'm not as big a fan of interior Mexican food as I am Tex-Mex, I still do like it, and what's in there now just doesn't quite cut it.
Originally Posted By The Duck I'm glad that some (relatively) inexpensive dining will be added to Italy. Two years ago I experienced some of the $40.00 lasagna in the main eatery. It was good but it wasn't THAT good.
Originally Posted By dshyates I was out at EPCOT tonight and couldn't find the spot, but it was getting dark. Is it between the American Pavilion and Italy or between Germany and I taly? I had dinner at Les Chef de France and it was pretty awesome. I started with the escargot. It was very good. For my entree I had the Duck and it was fantastic, For dessert I had the apple crepes with caramel sauce and it too was great.
Originally Posted By dshyates There are some pics of the construction of the new Pizzaria and at the Cantina de San Angel here: <a href="http://orlandoparksnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/epcot-update.html" target="_blank">http://orlandoparksnews.blogsp...ate.html</a>
Originally Posted By mousermerf Two thoughts from the pics.. A) Is Stanley tools sponsoring the refurb of the Cantina? B) Funny how they built a wall right there in Italy so many years ago - right they likely intended to build a restaurant or ride originally but ran out of money and time.
