Comments on: Papa Perrone Will Put Any Hero You Want on Garlic Bread

By: ilananaomi

ilananaomi — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:48:17 +0000

I justhad the eggplant parm on garlic bread, holly sh*t it was good. with a Stewart’s cream soda, wow amazing. Also have tried the Calzone with chicken instead of meatball though I think the ham would be good with it too. It was like heaven, the freshness of the ricotta, was superb. I was taken back to Italy for lunch time, and dinner..had the other half at dinner it was so rich.

By: An Inside Look at Papa Perrone’s Grease Truck Special - Midtown Lunch

An Inside Look at Papa Perrone’s Grease Truck Special - Midtown Lunch — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:30:56 +0000

[...] The only thing I would disagree with was the fries. Mine were pretty soggy (as you can imagine) and kind of mealy (the way you would expect frozen crinkle cut fries would be.) I would have also liked a higher mozzarella stick to rest-of-the-ingredients ratio. (What can I say? I love my mozzarella sticks.) If he put it on garlic bread it would definitely send it up another level… and I’m pretty sure all you would have to do is ask- now that he is willing to put any sandwich he serves on garlic bread (for an extra charge.) [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:00:18 +0000

@Nina and Zach
Complement Zach on that sandwich creation as it IS patterned after the rutgers sandwich. Im just trying to drum up some interest to get JP to do it (and fulfill Zacks sandwich challenge dream) so lets keep requesting it until JP does it (no pressure JP)!

By: sam

sam — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:39:40 +0000

this truck is in front of my office. we once ordered a square pie and it was absolutely horrible…crackers with ragu sauce and grated cheese.

so, am i missing something not having these sandwiches? which is the best one to try?

By: Zach@MidtownLunch

Zach@MidtownLunch — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:05:11 +0000

@Nina – That’s exactly what I want! And I’ve been begging for one ever since I started this stupid sandwich challenge thing. As soon as I get it, I’m shutting the whole thing down- and calling it a complete success! :-)

By: nina

nina — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:00:04 +0000

omg..basically you guys want a rutgers-style sandwich..mmm

By: wayne

wayne — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:14:20 +0000

Mamacita Laws:

Wilted & Slippery = Bad

Turgid & Slippery = Good

By: Mamacita

Mamacita — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:05:49 +0000

^^ Kevin
The mozz, chicken finger mix sounds great, but I would probably want to leave out the lettuce (it would wilt and just be slippery) and maybe add pickled jalapenos for some spice to cut the taste of all the grease.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:15:42 +0000

As a Papa Perrone regular, I usually try to be JP’s Guinea Pig/Lemming on some of his newest creations for the midtown lunch special. so heres the verdict. It was good. Anybody who wants to be put into a food coma stupor I strongly recommend getting it. My only minor complaint was I found the Baked Ziti (BTW delicious on its own) was slightly overpowering the Eggplant. Regardless if you want a hardy (and might I add a vegetarian) sandwich definitely give it a whirl.

On a side note JP and Zach were trading barbs about a sandwich that would be something like Fried Chicken fingers, Mozz sticks, French frieds, Tomato & Lettuce w/ marinara on a Garlic bread. Lets put some ML peer pressure and get this on the menu!

By: niu yorker

niu yorker — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:15:43 +0000

@mamacita: yes, i am, but i’d rather eat an in-n-out burger than read a book about in-n-out burger!