J am thirty years old and in management and I can truthfully say that the work ethic of youth is slipping but that is a generalized comment and all people can not be grouped into one some yohnf people do work hard and are good workers however this is a FOOD bologna judge the food and stop judging people! The pizza was always great and still is and they make some really good sandwiches so if I go there it is usually for lunch. I also want to mention that Mazrianne has one of the biggest hearts. Join The Conversation On The KDKA Facebook Page. Im sure well be going back. leaving Bobby Jr. Delpizzo ( Dinos brother Bobby Sr. Delpizzo son ) without a penny. Stella's Italian Restaurant closed in August 2014 and reviews prior to closure were mostly positive. TT is a plant by the restaurant management. Shift No. That old saying must still hold true: Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see! It seems Robert Irvine was unable to convince you to look inward as he has managed to do with others, as you continue to blame everyone but yourself for the unpleasant experiences in your restaurant, on this blog and elsewhere. Since Im on a diet I limit going out to special occasions and when Im hosting someone, so Im dismayed that we cant seem to try anything new when our regular guests come to visit . You forgot to add just kidding after Piccolo Forno. I always said, while working there, that Dels could be a reality show all its own. And I dont intended to continue commenting back and forth on this blog, but I didnt like being called a liar by someone who says they work there now, either. And this current review doesnt encourage me or my husband to return. Enjoy! TT, We had dinner there tonight and when we had asked for the chicken Parmesan, our waiter asked if we had watched Restaurant Impossible. There are ways to get around it, as I and many Reps have found to do. You FOODIES out there can criticize the Food all you want. The waitress had to keep asking us to push in our chairs so she could get to the table next to us. I come from an old fashioned Italian family, and were from an old fashioned Italian neighborhood, and the old Dels sort of reminded me of the good old days. My father took myself and boyfriend to your restaurant for our birthday dinner at the beginning of October. I can tell you that after about a year that they have pretty much stuck with Chef Roberts changes. Stellas Italian Restaurant is owned by Michael who bought the restaurant 15 years ago. DINING. 2: Wednesday, March 9: 7 p.m.-2 a.m. | Pittsburgh - Yelp Yelp He was impossibly romantic, she told me. I dont know anything about restaurant impossible. ALL Italians are like that, by far is the worse), an employer should never insult a customer or employee with explicit language, at any time. By an extraordinary chance I had landed in the same factory studied by the great Chicago If you havent seen it, watch for the episode about Dodge City. (Theres enough of that out there on the net already.) I still send food from Angelos, Alexanders & Dels. If you failed once, youll fail again. We ate at Dels over the holidays, having been there last year at family gathering (as I said, something of family tradition.) The pizza was enh (stole my sons for breakfast next morning); my veal was pretty good but not stunning. As for the unhappy former employee, a business would not stand strong for over half a century if all the lip flapping were true. Its a free country & the 1st amendment states our Freedom of Speech, and the Internet has provided a new era of finger pointing, good and bad. The place lives on, she is still the owner. Additionally, I have been run out of some departments even WITH scheduled appointments when the wrong doctor showed up. The petite desserts were obviously from a freezer, probably from Sams club (I know, ive bought them for parties). Everyones fault but her own. The fact that you see no wrong in broadcasting your dated, narrow minded discrimination horrifies me. (They should probably HAVE a dessert menu!) The owner recently left a very very long and rambling review of her restuarant on urbanspoon. Chef Robert & his team have been a great wake up call. Chef, I was one of the folks waiting outside to see the taping but got tired of waiting. i cant comment or have a opinion at the moment but as for my opinion is that most people in pittsburgh know about as much about food as they do driving on the parkways and thats crap.so to that i would say pittsburgh keep your mouth shut unless your shoving cheese or fries in it! If you are going to critique a restaurant in a public forum I suggest that you get your facts strait. Marianne stopped to speak to us and she too was very friendly. The eggs, bacon & home fries were spot on! You are a big mouth and a bully. As the Owner of Dels Restaurant, I have taken on more then I can handle, trying to deal with 65 plus employees and their personal lives which has affected my life and my business to extremes. Dels service is still bad and tomato sauce is still too sweet! The kitchen staff have a bad attitude and it is clear that Michael has no control of the staff. My wife and I enjoyed a very nice lunch mid-afternoon on Sat. This doesnt excuse the near constant abuse that I, and many others, went through during our time there as servers. I never understood why people liked Dels so much. They seem to leave out, their part of what REALLY Happened! Our waitress, Natalie, was friendly and prompt. The waitress came back later in tears and got a new order from them. I wonder why people leave their family businesses to their children without training them and educating them before the hand-over. Let someone else manage the business who knows what they are doingeven partnering with the Culinary Institute, and using students would be a better choice. Stella's Italian Restaurant was Restaurant Impossible season 4 episode 4 and aired on August 08 2012. Thanks for standing up for me. After reading Chef Chucks review, makes me more inclined to visit Dels myself. Then again, most of their patrons feel the same way. Why go to Dells when the Pleasure Bar (Damicos) is just up the street? 1 Restaurant, Cotton, Delta Biscuit Company, Trapps, JAC's Craft Smokehouse, The Fat Pelican, Mr. Peabody's, Milanos Italian Grill An example of this on a national scale would be people that refuse to shop at WalMart due to employee mistreatment. As for the unhappy employee, I absolutely believe what that commenter said. Hung around dels the night of the Restaurant Impossible grand opening, I over heard the TV crew outside in the parking lot say how shocked he was working in such an old building, how clean everything was. Shift No. I didnt mean to turn Chef Chucks page into a Marianne-bashing conversation. Since I watch Restaurant Impossible all the time, I was shocked that the restaurant seemed to look very much like I had remembered it an average Italian restaurant, including the food. Cod with Red Sauce. Im not sure this was the experience you had, but youre right they should have tiramisu on the dessert menu! TT you have no idea what you are talking about. Previous episode - Italian Village Can Robert save Marianne from herself and the restaurant from its imminent closing? This page seems to have a lot of former employees and pr plants bickering. See before-and-after snapshots of some of Roberts best-ever renovations: http://bit.ly/1fBxn4c. i have been in this business since the early 80`s .wish you well but sounds like your still in denying who really is responsible for the problems with your place. The Shrimp Scampi from Restaurant Impossible was very good according to my boyfriend, and his mother enjoyed the veal parmesan. It is a fact that the quality and work ethics of our newer generation has declined in every industry!!! Robert arrives and isnt impressed with the decor as the booths close off the restaurant and make it appear smaller. Glad you got to be a part of it! Regardless, Ill never again have food delivered to a UPMC facility. Like anyone who eats somewhere over and over you get sentimental about the food so I have gone back now and again. if You Really like working there, You should Think About replying to All of The craigslist Posts that Former Employees of the Restaurant have Made telling people Not to Support the restaurant! They were coming to town to do a complete makeover of the restaurant. I heard they went back to their old ways and back to the old menu. Petite desserts & breads were fresh! A lof of Fridays and Saturdays were spent there dining. Delicious! 40 years ago my parents did not have to deal with the work ethics that I am faced with today. Next, the pan should be de-glazed with veal stock, sweet marsala, and finished with butter, parsley, salt and pepper- NOTHING ELSE. And yes, I had Tiramisu for desert, and it was delicious. Grazie Mille, Good points Grazie, but were not in Italy, were in America, and people this country do expect these things . And yes everyone knows Marianne & her entertaining rants. My but arent we picky! Ive seen this before, folks that really want to do something they werent cut-out to do end-up crashing and burning. Sign up for the Trending Eats Newsletter Privacy Policy, Egg Prices Are Going Up Heres How You Can Make the Most ofThem, TikTok's Viral Pink Sauce Hits Walmart Shelves, Popeyes Kicks Off 2023 By Bringing Back a Spicy Fan Favorite, Man Snaps Record for Eating at Most Michelin-Starred Restaurants in a Day, 5 Best Juicers of 2023, Tested by Food Network Kitchen, 10 Valentines Day Food Bouquets That Are Way Better Than Flowers, 11 King Cakes You Can Buy Online for Mardi Gras, 8 Fruit Gifts Worthy of Any Lunar New Year Spread, 7 Best Air Fryers of 2023, Tested by Food Network Kitchen, Enter Twice Daily for Your Chance to Win HGTV Dream Home 2023, Enter Daily for Your Chance to Win $10,000. Your food has never been good, but it will be your poisonous, hateful, statements that will close the doors of Dels. It was always a food issue- never a problem with the waitstaff or service. After standing outside for an hour, we were famished and ready to eat. Robert plans to redistribute some of the daily tasks that Michael does to be able to lighten his load. As for West Penn, Ive seen the list of closeouts grow with respect to lunches and appointment protocols institutionalized among WPAHS offices, though not nearly as strict as some UPMC practices. December 2, 2011 / 12:08 AM / CBS Pittsburgh. The sauce also did not have the color like the one Chef Robert made, so I assume they went back to their old sauce as well. Date Of Creation: 13 December 2023. 2332 Arlington Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15210 (Map & Directions) (412) 481-5250. What I watched last night was sad, just sad. And make no mistake about it, Dels is not authentic Italian! These include a couple flavors of ice cream (there is nearly always Spumoni), a refrigerated cannoli mix that the servers squeeze from a bag into store-bought cannoli shells when ordered, and a couple of different types of cakes and pies. As a drug rep in the Oakland, Shadyside, Bloomfield area for 15 years, let me put my two cents in. A total waste of money! What once was, no longer is!!! old) Praise in Public, Criticize in Private. The food was alright, but I loved the decor and bright expansive windows. Being professional means you handle things appropriately behind the scenes not in front of wait staff or customers. I am extremely insulted by your sweeping generalizations about the younger generation and its work ethic. I am 27 years old so I guess I am part of this so called generation of people with poor work ethics even though I hold a steady job and mange a team of 17 technicians (whom I never yelled at in front of other employees let alone customers). When I bring visitors around Pittsburgh, I never recommend the place or take people there. The bottom line is you get back what you give out. I believe a friend of a friend of a friend (yeah, no one I know) bought the Pleasure Bar. The things you listed on both of your comments, that she yells about, are Common Sense Mistakes by the waitstaff. February 15, 2012. As for the service, it was fine and I have never experienced a Marianne Meltdown. Ill count myself among the lucky. My veal marsala was inauthentic. Im sorry, we dont have tiramisu, she shot back. As a lover of Pittsburgh and of Bloomfield, I want Dels to thrive and survive there another 60 years as a family owned business and Italian tradition. We met new people, had so much fun, we closed the place at 2 am! I only meant that after a few months of working there, I had more experience there than about half the staff. I am sorry to say that it was the worst meal we ever had. Activists in Houston want the shooter who killed a suspect robber inside a restaurant to face charges. There are a few workers there that have lasted a life time or a few years, some months, but the rest are a part of an ever revolving door of hiring and firing. No such person exits. Youve thrown yourself to the wolves now. I am hopeful that they will work on some of the dishes like the veal and osso bucco. I would like to leave you with a phrase I learned years ago (Im 62 yrs. / CBS Pittsburgh. But like any place there are good and bad things about it and food service is notoriously difficult and high stress for everyone. Why bother with Dels when there are excellent alternatives nearby such as Piccolo Forno? According to the reality food show tracker Food Network Gossip, by 2018 100 of 140 Restaurant: Impossible locations had closed. The premiere season in 2011 really put the "impossible" in Restaurant: Impossible all seven joints visited were out of business by 2015. According to my TV Guide, the Del's episode airs tonight at 10:00 pm. I would be very interested to hear your review of the restaurant now, almost three months after the film crew and Chef Robert have left. I usually dont order meatballs in restaurants because they dont live up to my standards, but I will eat Dels. Your email address will not be published. You must be 18 years or older to volunteer. That statement is absurd. It had become an iconic Italian dessert when in all actuality any Italian would never end a meal with dessert made with cream Honestly, if they were really doing well then she wouldnt be ranting online and excusing herself. Renesha feels disrespected by the staff and customers while Brandy's failure to lead or communicate is sinking them deeper into debt. The Dcor has changed, the Menu tweaked & best of all, a New Me!!! So as you all keep writing negative things, Dels is booming, place is packed. Meals and beverages will be provided to volunteers. 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