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June 13, 2008
Talayna's Pizzeria and Chicago Deep Dish, Mmm, Mmm!
The other day I went to Talayna's for the second time, this time with my father. While deciding what we were wanting to have, the owner, Mike, came over and brought us samples of the house salad (rich, but very tasty) and both New York and St. Louis style pizzas. Both were good, but I easily liked the Chicago style we ordered the best, with its thick crust, cheese and meat on the bottom, with thick slab sausage with anise, and the tomatoes on top.
I like the food at Talayna's and the decor, with its oversized, framed posters of Italian scenes and stained glass and statuary. However, I like the fact that both the wait staff and servers and the clientele are diverse, with a mix of African Americans and white Americans. Now you may be thinking, oh how PC of you, Neil. And yet I am often dismayed that at some restaurants all or most of the servers are white and the kitchen staff black, with a largely white clientele, or the entire staff and most of clientele are white (I love me some Ted Drewes, but the place is as white as its custard). And every time I go to the stadium I have not seen one groundsperson of color in the high profile crew that comes out to grade the infield, not one. Now, I seriously am not much one for telling people that they have to diversify, and yet it is so refreshing when it occurs. I have no idea of the relations of people at Talayna's to one another, but the overall impression is heartening to me.
Well, without further commentary, here are the shots.
| By jackdas | 1:52 AM
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That pizza looks wonderful. Mmmmm lunch time.
Posted by: Heidi Vincent at June 13, 2008 11:56 AM
