* Dueling Pizza Joints *
* Dueling Pizza Joints *
Let me ask you guys something, does this make any sense to you?…
The brand new Delray Marketplace in Delray Beach…has TWO PIZZA JOINTS literally right across the street from one another…namely-the recently opened Terra Fiamma and the soon to open Bella Amici Pizzeria. Jeff Eats appreciates that Terra is a full service restaurant and that Bella is more of a self-serve/ type joint, but…
All I know, is that it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to Jeff Eats to have these two businesses so close to each other…but then again, I got no “skin” in either deal– so how they make-out business wise is of no real concern to me.
In the coming weeks, Jeff Eats will have reviews on both joints for you.
By the way, if you beat Jeff Eats “there” give me your thoughts on them.
Jeff,
Nothing surprises me about this ill conceived out door mall. Insurance agents mixed in with S Beach type boutiques. Fancy candy stores and olive oil stores with 2 buck a cup yogurt guys.
Amici is order at counter. The other is waiter service. They will fight over the same buck. Personally i like the Amici concept better.
Friends ate at Terra and thought that it stunk.
I plan on trying both and will let you know my take.
Very little about this shopping center makes any sense.
The Terra one has something like 40% of its seating outside.
Didnt they think of rain and heat.
Just have to wait and see how Amici opens.
This “enterprise” is a bad joke.
Aside from moronic planning
(and a 30 per cent vacancy rate)
there’s a chronic scarcity of
parking.
Publix has had to post a
tow warning and station a
cop car in its lot.
Terra is owned by the same woman who use to own the now closed Cucina Mio in Boca.
The food is fair at best.
You can’t live a positive life with a negative mind,,…give the new restaurant and their owners(who are small business people taking on all the risk) some respect until you try it.
I tried it and it stunk.
So there.
Some people see the beauty of our world other seek hate and resentment; you are the latter….. Congratulations!
No
Some people just call it like it is.
No, some people always complain and are never happy. You are one of those people; go back to New York
Pink,
Your NY crack tells me and everyone else that you are a freaking moron. You’re the miserable one here.
Take care you loser.
SWIFTMAN
I caught that NY line as you did.
This guy Pink is an obvious loser.
Talks all rosy stuff and then shows a bias.
Definitely a HUGE loser.
Did Pink hit a nerve with you TAT and Swiftman? If you can’t take the heat get out of the kitchen…..you losers
Orange:
Just had a chance to read your comments.
Just to level the playing field–since you and Pink seem to be very moral folks, that we tell TAT and Swiftman that Orange and Pink have the same IP Address.
Thanks for reading…
Orange,
Talk about being a loser.
See Ya!
You still a major loser TAT
My money is on Wendy ( Terra Fiamma) . Ate at her restaurant on Jog many times and always enjoyed it. Sometimes a great restauranteur closes their business because of personal issues and a landlord who is an A–hole.
Went to her new website, the menu looks incredible. Can’t wait for opening day.
BTW a quick glance at the menu would indicate that this is far from a PIZZA JOINT.
Some good hot weather and some good old fashioned rain should do her in very quickly.
Throw in a crappy location and you got disaster coming Wendy’s way.
Ralph F, I have a feeling your a glass half empty kind of guy….. I feel sorry for your family.
If a man is about to jump from the top of the Empire State Building, isn’t it better to try and stop him before he jumps or would you rather see if he survived after the jump.?
Two pizzas places. The owners can’t be the brightest bunch. No matter how different their respective menus maybe they both are still selling pizza and that makes them competitors. Throw Burt & Max’s which also has pizza into the mix and you got a big mess that’s going to soon develop.
This Amici pizza place is going to die a slow painful death.
Simply put, there aren’t enough people in the immediate area to support a business like this. During the week there will be very little lunch business and same for the nighttime. Maybe some action on the weekends but I just don’t see it working.
Got to disagree. It’s basically a fast food restaurant. It may find a big audience with loads of people who don’t want to pay extra for waiter service. Frankly it all depends if the pizza is any good.
The same guys who own the pizza also own the next door coffee place that’s getting ready to open. The guy is going for a fortune in rent for the two spots. Nice concepts WRONG location.
Time will tell but my gut tells me that it isn’t going to be pretty
Jeff
Was up there about a week or so ago and was thinking the exact samething. That being 2 pizza joints right across the street from each other. What were these guys thinking when they signed their leases? Apparently not too much.
Jeff,
I haven’t tried either restaurant yet. I have eaten in the new Burt & Max’s in the same center and really enjoyed it. In walking around I did look at both of these restaurants and although Bella isn’t opened it like the other one looks very modern and attractive.
In the coming week I’m going to give each of them a shot.
I agree being across from each other may not be a great move on their respective owner’s part, but only time will tell how this all works out.
Does anyone have any idea as to when Bella Amici is going to open? I read its website and the fast food aspect interests me. I am looking forward to trying it out.
Terra is lousy.
Hope the other guy is better.
Going to be a tough haul for both places.
This center stinks.
Jeff,
Do you have any info as to when Bella Amici is going to open?
Ive passed it a few times and it looks like it’s almost ready to open.
CARL:
Just had a chance to read your comments.
A few weeks ago, Jeff Eats sent an email to Bella’s owner inquiring about whether or not there would be a “Family & Friends” event prior to the formal opening. The owner’s reply email indicated that he wasn’t certain as to whether there would be one or not and requested info about http://www.jeffeats.com which was supplied.
To date, Jeff Eats has received no further communication from Bella.
So, for right now, Jeff Eats has absolutely no idea as to when Bella will open for business.
Thanks for reading…
Hey Jeff,
Why would any owner not keep you in the loop as far as opening and family/friends type openings? It would just seem to me that having you at these type events would give the new restaurant pretty good visability. I see that you recently attended one by PDQ and another by Shake Shack which are two big outfits. Obviously the real pros know that your site can only help get their stories out.
Sy G
I’ll bet you that Bella’s owner is a reail amateur. Look at its site. One place it’s Pizzeria another place it’s Pizzaria. If you can’t even proof read a website how the hell are you going to make great pizza? Throw in phony website pictures, wrong hours, no menu and you got a guy who is probably trying to learn on the job.
You know the man is a rookie!!!!!!!
The reason, a real pro would never have opened in such a crappy overpriced location.
I got a real heavy bad feeling that the owners of bella aren’t real restaurant people. not keeping an influencial blogger like jeff eats in the so called loop isn’t too sharp of a move.
looked at bella’s website.
Pictures aren’t of its food. They are just stock photos that you can upload to your site. Also the hours in one place say one thing and in another place say another thing. Website not too impressive and cheaply done. Hope when this one finally gets going the food is good and a better website is built.
Terra is terrible.
Ate at Terra yesterday.
Pizza was bad news.
Won’t see me again.
I ate at Terra on Wednesday night. Bugs outside and they were flying around all over the inside.
Won’t be back. Sorry.
Hey Jeff,
Looks like you are out of the loop.
Bella Amici opened today and had a Family & Friends last night.
I must have been one of their first customers today.
I shared a plain pizza with my wife and if this is NY Style Pizza I’m a monkey’s uncle.
I’ve had better pizza from Publix’s frozen food freezer.
Maybe it’s just first day jitters but the owner better get busy and get better pizza in there.
PizzamanJoe:
Just had a chance to read your comments.
This is real simple…if the owner of a restaurant doesn’t want to keep Jeff Eats in the “loop”—then that’s his/her call.
All I can tell you, is that if Jeff Eats had attended the “family & friends” event, I would have tried all of the food, gotten a good look at the décor and had a pretty good sense on service etc. Since Jeff Eats wasn’t invited, Bella Amici will now be placed on “my” list of restaurants that sometime in the future may get a Jeff Eats’ visit.
Look, I have no idea who the owner is and really could care-less as to his background etc. What I do know, is that Jeff Eats has thousand of readers and if Bella Amici’s owner doesn’t want exposure to them, that’s his call.
Thanks for reading…
jeff
it amazes me as to how stupid some people really are,
Stupid is putting it mildly.
Jeff
My guess is that Bella didn’t have you come to its pre opening because its food is crap. Sort of like no news is good news.
I’m just guessing because if it was good and I was the owner I would have picked you up in a cab to make sure you were there so that I would have a shot to get Jeff Eats to write up my restaurant.
Tooky,
Just had a chance to read your comments.
In a perverse way, your comments make sense.
Thanks for reading…
Jeff
If you are planning on trying Bella I would suggest doing ASAP because based on the location and the so so pizza I had tonight, Bella ain’t going to be around for very long.
Tried the pizza at Amici’s. Too thick.Not sweet enough.Looks like a frozen pizza that you buy in a supermarket. The cheese on ours wasnt fully melted.
One other thing, the stage area in the center has artwork as if it was in an elementary school. It looks really bad.
I ate at Amici last night.The garlic knots were very good. 5 for 2 bucks.The pizza isn’t the best.Also got iced coffee from the Grind next door. Way too expensive. They are owned by the same guy.
Both places have ok pizza but nothing great.
Open 2 days and from the pizza I had with my teenage son this joint is in for big trouble.
GoToGuy
We are on the same page.
The pizza isn’t very good.
Bella Amici’s pizza tasted like cardboard with sauce and cheese dumped on it.
Bella Amici finally opened yesterday.
My wife and I shared a plain pizza and enjoyed it.
I will tell you that there are a ton of pizza places in the area that make a better pie. Bella Amici needs to step up its game.
Good luck to the owner. Looks like he spent a nice bundle building this place.
Terra has loads of outdoor seating. In this brutally hot weather you really can’t sit outside. In addition there are gnats flying all over the place, so it’s very uncomfortable to eat outside. Inside the same gnats are flying all around. They are coming inside because the restaurant has all kinds of open windows. My wife and I tried eating inside the other night but the gnats were too hard on us, so we left without even ordering.
Hey Jeff: My wife and I were in the center last Saturday around 4pm. Not exactly crowded but there were a number of people walking around. Shula Burger had a nice crowd which seemed strange to us at such an odd hour, but no question it was busy. The candy store was empty as was the olive oil and yogurt stores. We noticed that Bella had opened and just walked in. It’s a nice look store and two tables were taken. We didn’t eat there we just looked around. By the way that ROK boutique looks great but was an absolute ghost town.
This is going to be a tough center to generate big business. Looking forward to see how it’s all doing this time next year.
the nicest thing I can say about bella is that the pizza was hot.
Bella Amici’s pizza was ok.
I ate pizza in both restaurants
Bella’s pizza was the better of the two.
Bella’s website stinks big time. No menu no prices no nothing.
terra isn’t very good. had pizza and it was soggy and under cooked.
Took out pizza last night. A plain old pie. If Bella Amici thinks that by any stretch of the imagination its pizza is first class they are sadly mistaken. Think Pizza Hut, Domino’s or Little Caesar and you’ll know what level this pizza place is playing on.
Bella has two kinds of pizza. NY and Chicago. Had a NY slice and it was very good.
Bella still has no takeout menus nor a menu on its website.
The guy who owns this joint is a real rookie.
Took out a pizza last night. Ok pizza.
Bella’s pizza is decent.
Had Bella pizza and its garbage. The guy will be out of business in 6 months.