LOL volcanogirl ~ where I grew up, a whole pizza was just "a pizza" and calling it a "pie" took quite some getting used to. I must really be a New Yorker by now, because I'd forgotten all about that distinction, and never think to call it anything else!

Does Angelo's have a reputation? I live just a few blocks away and have never heard that..???

Just happened on Eataly. Decided to go for the pizza and pasta. It's okay Neopolitan but so overpriced for what it was.

Seems like the place was more about sampling foods while trying wines more than eating. They obviously kind of copied how markets turn to a big wine bar at night in cities like Madrid.

gg, that does make you an official New Yorker. Do you fold your pizza in half when you eat it too?!

They obviously kind of copied how markets turn to a big wine bar at night in cities like Madrid.

Do you mean a tasca or tapas bar?

eks, I hadn't heard Angelo's having a rep either, but in the (albeit earlier) part of this "great pizza" thread, it was recommended...

volcanogirl, thanks! But no, I've never been part of the folded-pizza club. (And for that matter, never learned that clever way of folding a newspaper to read on a crowded subway...) I guess linguistics are easier to change than other habits!

How to fold the NY Times:

The key to folding the Times or any standard-sized newspaper is making sharp creases.

Take a section, not the entire paper.

Turn half of the section behind itself, so you are looking at half of a page.

Take two fingers and run it down the paper to make a sharp vertical crease.

Fold the paper again behind itself to make a quarter page, but do not make a crease.

To turn the page, open the paper to a half again and just turn that half of a page.

I found this illustation on-line
http://www.realsimple.com/home-organ...253/index.html

This is all easier to do and demonstrate in person.

Ah Aduchamp1, I should have known you would know how! And actually, your instructions make sense! I've (surreptitiously) watched people doing it on the train, including making the sharp crease. The part I could never figure out was how they could turn the pages so neatly - now I understand!

As for folding pizza, for me I think that's more about the way I like to taste my pizza - specifically all that glorious cheese! But of course eating it "open faced" means I burn the roof of my mouth more frequently than my pizza-folding boyfriend...

Now if I could just figure out how to read.

"Do you mean a tasca or tapas bar?"

No the main market in Madrid (off Plaza Mayor) on certain nights, maybe all nights, has a lot of wine and food tasting activities.

Traditionally it's open in the mornings to sell meats, produce, etc.

You are referring to Mercado San Miguel, I believe, which was recently rennovated and re-opened in 2009.

Eataly is modeled after the Italian versions including the one in Milan. And Mario Batali spent some of his youth in Spain when Mercado San Miguel was much different.