Mama Leones
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Re: Mama Leones January 30, 2009 04:06PM |
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Re: Mama Leones February 08, 2009 12:36PM |
I went to Mama Leones several times in the 80's...lived upstate NY at that time.
What fun!..the strolling accordianist...I was asked to sing...got a standing ovation by patrons...So I always say I played just Off Broadway...
I now take my grandson to a musical every time I go back upstate, from Fl. now, wanted to take him to Mamas....Was shocked...he will miss this experience... Things change too much...He would have remembered this his entire life.
What fun!..the strolling accordianist...I was asked to sing...got a standing ovation by patrons...So I always say I played just Off Broadway...
I now take my grandson to a musical every time I go back upstate, from Fl. now, wanted to take him to Mamas....Was shocked...he will miss this experience... Things change too much...He would have remembered this his entire life.
Re: Mama Leones February 13, 2009 04:00AM |
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Re: Mama Leones March 09, 2009 09:45PM |
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Re: Mama LeonesJuly 11, 2009 11:41PM |
I ate there in the mid-60's during a NYC family weekend. I was about 10 years old and remember getting a bunch of courses to eat. It all seemed boring to me until the main course arrived and I got to taste the pasta that I had been waiting for.
I wish I could go there now and appreciate all the other courses that did not appeal to me as a kid.
Too bad they are no longer open.
I wish I could go there now and appreciate all the other courses that did not appeal to me as a kid.
Too bad they are no longer open.
Re: Mama Leones September 11, 2009 08:21PM |
I am the great nephew of Maria Leone, the original owner of MAMA Leone, of NYC.the restaurant was sold many years ago.The MAMA leones restaurants you find in other states are not affiliated to the original restaurant in NYC.As far as the cook book of my great aunts I am not aware of its existense.I was told by my grandmother who was her niece that she highly doubts it was from her aunt.the place was sold to a jewish family and who knows after that.the original place was a very good place to eat,from what i was told.I am sorry but I cannot give you a time line of all these events,as my grandmother and all her siblings have passed away.I know that the restaurant was sold pre 1970 but exactly when I dont know.It has been nice to read the comments of those of you who knew of and eat there though.thanks
Re: Mama Leones September 27, 2009 01:35PM |
one of my fav references to mama leone's was when "they" introduced the cleaning product janitor in a drum. the advert showed trays of food tipping and flying, food crashing and splashing to the floor, and pots and pans spilling in the kitchen. the voice over said "here at mama leone's were they spill more food than any resturant would hope to serve they clean up with janitor in a drum.
during the eighties mama leone's as well as many other sucesssful restaurants were acquired by ARA. It was during the same time regional and local breweries were being acquired by large corporations. the products were changed to suit corporate objectives and all those products and businesses failed and disapeared.
hmmmmmmmm - sorta just happened to some banks didn't it.
during the eighties mama leone's as well as many other sucesssful restaurants were acquired by ARA. It was during the same time regional and local breweries were being acquired by large corporations. the products were changed to suit corporate objectives and all those products and businesses failed and disapeared.
hmmmmmmmm - sorta just happened to some banks didn't it.
Re: Mama Leon's September 29, 2009 06:29PM |
Re: Mama Leones October 01, 2009 06:44PM |
Wow! to Mama Leone's descendants, it is such a loss to the city of N.Y.; plan to go there some time sooner than later & the one place I kept menu from, a place unknown to me, lost in the rain, finding refuge to such warmth in the late 60's, what with an opera singer and warm loaf of bread, brick of cheese & antipasto, all before I even ordered anything, what more can one say? welcome to NY! it was magical, sopping wet, we relished in the warmwest atmosphere and delightful cuisine..so VERY sad to hear it's gone. Anyone know of a similar place, if that's possible?
Re: Mama Leones October 21, 2009 04:36PM |
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