"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/31/2016 at 09:25 • Filed to: Cannolitesla
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"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/31/2016 at 09:25 • Filed to: Cannolitesla | 7
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It’s gonna be for a cannoli. Carlo’s bakery opened in Dallas to huge lines because of the cable show Cake Boss. I had the day off, and my family and I went down to get the first decent Italian pastry I’ve found in Texas since I moved here. I may not have come away with an IOU for an electric car, but I did have powdered sugar on my hands, and I didn’t have to pay thousands for it. Win for me!
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CalzoneGolem
> Chariotoflove
03/31/2016 at 09:29 |
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I had a cannoli from the original Carlo’s. I did not find it worth waiting that long for.
Johnnyazz
> Chariotoflove
03/31/2016 at 09:35 |
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Please don’t. Cake boss is the Guy Fieri of deserts. tons of sugar, tons of fat, portions way to large. if you were blackout drunk on a sunday morning you could stumble into any deli in Brooklyn and find better pastries.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Chariotoflove
03/31/2016 at 09:35 |
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Leave the car, wait for the cannoli?
Slant6
> Chariotoflove
03/31/2016 at 09:35 |
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Eh. I went to the Hoboken one a few years ago. Not that great. I know some way better bakeries in Clifton and Manhattan. I’m sure there’s many more.
And most of the show cakes are just rice kryspies and fandant.
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Chariotoflove
> CalzoneGolem
03/31/2016 at 10:14 |
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It's context. If I'm in Bridgeport, I'm not waiting for that. But in Dallas, it's the only game in town.
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Chariotoflove
> Johnnyazz
03/31/2016 at 10:19 |
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Yeah, but I’m not in Brooklyn. I’m in Dallas. If I want a sfogliatelle, this is the only place I can go. They may not be the best I’ve had (and tbh they are not bad), but in context, they’re the best there is.
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Chariotoflove
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/31/2016 at 10:21 |
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Priorities!
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CalzoneGolem
> Chariotoflove
03/31/2016 at 10:21 |
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Only cannoli is best cannoli.
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Chariotoflove
> Slant6
03/31/2016 at 10:25 |
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Yeah, but in Dallas, they're all there is for an Italian bakery. I've been here 15 years, and I've always wondered why we have every kind of food chain, retail outlet, and scores of fantastic restaurants, but I can't buy a sfogliatelle. Until now. If I'm back in CT, I'll throw a stone and go into the first bakery I hit without a wait (and maybe get better), but here I'm glad to wait in line on a sunny day.
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Chariotoflove
> CalzoneGolem
03/31/2016 at 10:26 |
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Exactly!
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Slant6
> Chariotoflove
03/31/2016 at 10:31 |
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I understand. I’m in NC, but I was born in New Jersey and raised by New Jersey-Italian parents (although our New Jersey Italian is a little different, my great grandmother was from Italy and only came to the states in 1946, so isolated from the traditional Jersey-Italian, ours is more Italian than Jersey, but still Jersey).
Although the Raleigh region is home to tons of northern transplants like myself, so we have a few good bakeries.
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Chariotoflove
> Slant6
03/31/2016 at 10:40 |
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Yeah, and my Bridgeport-derived Italian is probably no different. I wouldn’t try to say anything Italian in Italy for fear of being deported. But my vocabulary works well enough at family reunions (to be fair, I only remember a few words, and they're all to do with food).
for Michigan
> Chariotoflove
03/31/2016 at 14:54 |
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No one in this part of Ohio even knows what a cannoli is. It’s depressing. Last time I had one, I had to go to Detroit to get it. And people around here wonder why I miss Detroit…
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Chariotoflove
> for Michigan
03/31/2016 at 15:31 |
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And all the time I lived in Ann Arbor, I never even got a whiff of a good cannoli. The midwest is pretty bleak for Italian pastry, except possibly Chicago (although I cannot confirm). There is a huge untapped market, which I guess Carlo’s is exploiting in Dallas and elsewhere. They don’t have to be the best; they’re still raking in the $$ because people like you and me are starved for the good stuff.
Chasaboo
> Chariotoflove
04/01/2016 at 03:19 |
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Cannolis in America are crap, except for one place. Boston, North End. Deal with it.
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Chariotoflove
> Chasaboo
04/01/2016 at 08:39 |
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Road trip!