Originally Posted By tashajilek I didnt eat at the restaurant but i bought a drink from inside. It really is a beautiful restaurant. GSS was posted at a 45min wait the first day it opened and i rode it the next day with a whoping 10min wait. The ride was pretty much the same and the props didnt really make it any more exciting. It was cute hearing Goofy's voice in the queue but thats about it.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS <I certainly know what bruschetta is (in Italy as we speak), but I have never heard of brucetta. Apparently the definition is: typo.> Really? Sorry I mispelled it. Wow.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby New outdoor area is really beautiful - outdoor bandstand, sunken seating. All seating is outdoors - no seating inside old POMM building. That building now looks like the Plaza Inn of DCA. Very nice. The live music and seating arrangement block out GSS (and PPH) almost completely. Our new favorite place to eat at DCA. Whole environment over there is wonderful now.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf <<Really? Sorry I mispelled it. Wow.>> Sorry, I didn't mean it the way it sounded. It was an honest question, I thought brucetta might have been something entirely unrelated to bruschetta. But apparently you meant to write bruschetta so it was just a misunderstanding.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Cheesybaby the photos I've seen of the area look beautiful. There's some really nice detail throughout the area and I'd forgotten that a bandstand was part of the plan. Miceage posted a few evening shots of the new area: <a href="http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x356/micechat/Dateline%20Disneyland/2011/07-04-11/IMG_9887.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1177.photobucket.com/a...9887.jpg</a> <a href="http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x356/micechat/Dateline%20Disneyland/2011/07-04-11/IMG_9896.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1177.photobucket.com/a...9896.jpg</a> <a href="http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x356/micechat/Dateline%20Disneyland/2011/07-04-11/IMG_9893.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1177.photobucket.com/a...9893.jpg</a> <a href="http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x356/micechat/Dateline%20Disneyland/2011/07-04-11/IMG_9890.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1177.photobucket.com/a...9890.jpg</a> They also have some very nice images of the interior of Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta. Nice job Disney!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb The whole area looks really nice. I look forward to checking it out personally in a couple weeks!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I'm not completely crazy about the colors they chose for the shelters (above the tables), but the area without the shelters with lots of trees and planters looks just fantastic. The only reason I wouldn't eat there is that I've never had good theme park pizza or pasta. But maybe the grill has decent food. Anyone??
Originally Posted By DlandDug The pasta dishes look and smell great. I haven't been able to eat there... yet.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 They'd have to be considerably better than the stuff at RRPP to make me take a bite.
Originally Posted By TP2000 >>"Kind of meh. Could be worse I guess."<< Okay Yookeroo, I'll bite, out of curiosity. If you were the President of Disneyland what six beers would you put on tap at this new beer stand?
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>They'd have to be considerably better than the stuff at RRPP to make me take a bite.<< Not even the same league.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Well, good! I admit to being a pizza/pasta snob - living in a highly Italian nabe in Brooklyn has made me that way. But every time I've tried pizza or pasta in ANY theme park large-capacity restaurant (including Uni, any SF or CF or BG park I've been to, and very much including RRPP), I've just found it almost unpalatable. Had some good pasta at the Trattoria. But that's full-service, lower capacity - you know what I'm saying. If this new place has somehow managed to make high-volume pizza/pasta GOOD, I'll be very pleased indeed.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Okay Yookeroo, I'll bite, out of curiosity. If you were the President of Disneyland what six beers would you put on tap at this new beer stand?" I'd love for them to be serving local beers. Something like Arrogant Bastard from Stone and Lil Devil from Alesmith. Left Coast Asylum. Stuff like that. I suppose that that would be way too niche for a park that needs to sell stuff with broad appeal. Under those constraints, it's not a bad selection. Still, it would be way cool to be able to enjoy a La Fin Du Monde while relaxing in the new "biergarten".
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I seem to remember them having one during the California Food and Wine Festival. Since they cancelled it for 2011 and 2012, it will be a while before they bring it back (if ever, since it doesn't seem to fit the new toon-centric direction the park is headed). I do hope that the Festival returns after Carsland and Buena Vista Street open, but I suspect that 2010 will have been its final year. I really don't like the taste of beer at all, so the concept of non-alcoholic beer is just crazy to me. What's the point of it then? : /
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Being a cocktail person growing to appreciate beer was a real learning process for me.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Hans, me too! I've only just begun experimenting with different beers, but I often fall back on my favorite classic cocktails. Or a glass of good wine with a steak or fancy meal. However, there is still something just a tad too Bohemian for my tastes with some of these super-cool beer offerings. I mean, really, it's beer. Not that it doesn't have its place on a pizza night. But seriously guys, it's just beer. I do like the Karl Strauss seasonal offerings, however. Those are almost always enjoyable in the proper setting.
Originally Posted By Ocilac @eighthdwarf- Brucetta is the tomato, basil, garlic mixture that the ravioli is topped with.
Originally Posted By Sparrow We tried the Italian place last weekend. I have to say the pesto ravioli was pretty dang good! I was impressed. BF got the five cheese chicken thing and it was a little bland to me but still good. The salads looked wonderful but we didn't partake. Love the huge seating area.
