Strip Mall Italian Joints

Judith, Gretchen, and James

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A food podcast discovering the best and worst Italian food restaurants located in strip malls.

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Cantina D'Italia

Welcome to Cantina D'Italia, a suburban Italian restaurant situated in the middle of a busy strip mall. For an amuse bouche, chef has carefully placed a gently used butter packet in between your serving dishes, a playful nod to our casual approach to hygiene. In the appetizer section of our meal, you can enjoy the finest frozen mozzarella sticks that Sysco sells in a bulk box. After enjoying a vodka and seawater martini, please dine on some boxed pasta, Kraft parm crumbles, and canned sauces. Th...

Oct 17, 2022•37 min•Ep. 2

Bellissimo!

Gretchen, Judith, and James review the restaurant Bellissimo while inventing a system to rate Italian restaurants that happen to be based on strip-malls. Our dog plays with a new toy in the background, and we debate if we will ever find a strip mall Italian restaurant that will saber open a bottle of Prosecco. Credits: "In the heart of dear old Italy" Victor Records, 1921. Public Domain via US Library Of Congress "Stay in Italy" by Irving Berlin, Columbia Records, 1911. Public Domain via US Libr...

Oct 02, 2022•43 min•Ep. 1

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