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Venice bans kebab shops to ‘preserve decorum and traditions' of city

ecofarm said:
Wait, what?
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Wait, what what? Jew-town polish. A polish sausage sandwich (that's an encased meat link on a bun with mustard and grilled onions) and on the side the hottest sport peppers you'll ever find. $2 w/ fry. (use to cost that anyway, be sure to tell them to salt the fries)
 
VanceMack said:
You ought to go the full monty and try the Turkish version in Turkey. I found it was nothing at all like the German-Turkish version and absolutely not at all like the UK-Turkish kebabs (most ethnic cuisine outside of London was a stretch to be called 'authentic'). Then again...there are even different versions in Turkey (doner v Adana).
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Well said indeed.

More so as the Turks don't eat their original version "on the fly" (i.e. walking down the road with it and dripping) but take their time and sit down at a table like any other civilized being.

That said I didn't bother with it in Turkey all that much, the cuisine having so much more to offer.
 
Can anyone imagine if London only allowed English food? I'd rather starve.
 
Tanngrisnir said:
A 'Jew-town polish'? Really?
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Really. That's what they're called.

Now, the PC crowd would of course call them by the street name. Maxwell St. polish, but see, Halsted & Maxwell were the epicenter of a district for years known as "Jew-town". Named for the area where Jewish merchants sold their wares. All the shops within it were known for good bargains and the ability to haggle over prices.

Now there were two food stands at the corner of Maxwell and Halsted. With a taste and smell all their own, (and believe me you could be driving on the expressway and smell them literally a mile away.)a very distinct polish sausage sandwich was offered which has been endearingly dubbed a "Jew-town polish". This title giving it a distinction from all other polish sausages even one's sold throughout the city as "Maxwell polishes".

Now thanks to gentrification the old area is teeming with yuppies and they've been relocated to an area by the on ramp off Roosevelt Rd.

the smells are gone and they don't taste the same and the prices are higher, but they're still one good damn sandwich.
 
Frankly making food the proxy war theatre is much cheaper than regulating this

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Preserving city culture, my bloody foot.:roll:

Only time I'd advise anyone to visit Venice is when it's cold and foggy. IOW not later than April.
 
Chagos said:
Well said indeed.

More so as the Turks don't eat their original version "on the fly" (i.e. walking down the road with it and dripping) but take their time and sit down at a table like any other civilized being.

That said I didn't bother with it in Turkey all that much, the cuisine having so much more to offer.
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We used to go to a club that had a 13 course meal and a dinner show that was just incredible. Finger foods...nuts and dates..right down to an entry and deserts. The shows...amazing. One thing places like Turkey exposed me to is the difference in the things we call 'culture'. You can be in a club and a song will come on and you will find old and young singing together, tears streaming down their face...because it has meaning and value as a people.
 
Red_Dave said:
Would be interesting to see how many Burger Kings and Dunkin Donuts they have open
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IDK, my take away is that what's there is enough of them there already and this is an attempt to make sure the dominant culture remains the dominant cuisine.
 
Cisero said:
I'm trying to eat healthy these days. I do not need a thread talking about the heavenly kebabs.
They're also very popular here in Switzerland.
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I like them too, just don't need 100 different stands to choose from when I go to Venice.
 
Red_Dave said:
Would be interesting to see how many Burger Kings and Dunkin Donuts they have open
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My wife and I are very fortunate and we travel abroad about twice a year. We have been to much of Western Europe, some of Poland, and Russia via a cruise. I am always disappointed when I find a McDonalds, Burger King, et al, too soon in our foray away from whatever travel terminal that we arrive at. Not supposed to end sentence with 'at', I know.
 
Venice sucks. Horrible food and nothing but a bunch of tourists and locals who serve them. The most overrated city in Italy. I have no idea why people keep going there. Rome has got better sights, Bologna has got better food, Florence is better for walking around (and superb steaks), and Milan has the best shopping. If you go to Italy, dont bother to go to Venice.
 
To me this is a move to force more people to use the very expensive sit down restaurants.
I was not that impressed with the street food in Venice, but found some good fried fish near one of the fish markets.
The difference between a sit down meal and street food is quite a bit, say $7 for a sandwich and a drink, vs $25 for a sit down meal.
I am only guessing which one the city makes more off of?
One year we drove around Italy, and took a car between Venice and Milan.
There was a gas station/restroom stop along the autostrada, that did not require exiting the toll road.
My wife and I were excited to see they had a Burger King there, because we had just spent several days eating in Venice!
 
ChezC3 said:
IDK, my take away is that what's there is enough of them there already and this is an attempt to make sure the dominant culture remains the dominant cuisine.
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Ironic for a city that was founded by refugees. Still this isnt about making sure the dominant culture remains dominant (Again if this is the case, why are Mcdonalds and the like not targeted?) This is about targeting one culture in particular.
 
Red_Dave said:
Ironic for a city that was founded by refugees. Still this isnt about making sure the dominant culture remains dominant (Again if this is the case, why are Mcdonalds and the like not targeted?) This is about targeting one culture in particular.
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Oh, come on now, every city was founded by refugees depending how you look at it.

Sure it is.

That's what some would have you think. What some want you to think.

As I've alluded, 5-10 kabob stands 3-5 McD's, couple chinese take outs, maybe a few taco stands, 1 or 2 dirty water hot dog carts (and let's not be ridiculous, DD doesn't stand a chance in Italy, Starbucks for chrissake just decided to dip their toe in the boot) in a sea of 100's or 1000's of trattorias, osterias, and ristorantes is what the vision is.

What's trying to be prevented is parity between them.

When in Italy, eat Italian.
 
ecofarm said:
If Sweden did this, particularly Skane, half the street corners would be empty. They're like McDonalds and BK combined here.

It's funny that people who would allow business owners to not serve blacks support telling business owners what they can serve.
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These are also the people who parade a story about a lemonade stand getting shut down as some sort of world-ending sob story.
 
PoS said:
Venice sucks. Horrible food and nothing but a bunch of tourists and locals who serve them. The most overrated city in Italy. I have no idea why people keep going there. Rome has got better sights, Bologna has got better food, Florence is better for walking around (and superb steaks), and Milan has the best shopping. If you go to Italy, dont bother to go to Venice.
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The tourism has ruined her a bit, victim of their own success but I'm going to assume you didn't know my nonni were from Vicenza e Caldogno :neutral:

Rome's got more graffiti too... Bologna, I'm not gonna necessarily argue, Florence is a no brainer, there's more land for christ sake! :lol: and Milan a fashion capital, of course.

That last sentence is flat out wrong, that should only be said of Naples.
 
ChezC3 said:
The tourism has ruined her a bit, victim of their own success but I'm going to assume you didn't know my nonni were from Vicenza e Caldogno :neutral:

Rome's got more graffiti too... Bologna, I'm not gonna necessarily argue, Florence is a no brainer, there's more land for christ sake! :lol: and Milan a fashion capital, of course.

That last sentence is flat out wrong, that should only be said of Naples.
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Naples has got good food. Napoli pizza is perfecto and there's an excellent kebab place near the main train station. It's also a gateway to the South and the wonderful sights like Sorrento, Pompeii and Herculaneum. If you stay by the waterfront its not too bad. Of course, the Comorra could be a problem, but they usually dont bother with tourists.

Venice is just tourists walking around and making asses of themselves. The canals are jampacked with overloaded gondolas (I didnt even bother with that). The food is just reheated too. Yeech.
 
The Italian city of Florence grabbed headlines last year when residents protested the planned opening of a new McDonald's near the city's iconic central cathedral, Il Duomo di Firenze.

Plans for the McDonald's were eventually scrapped, and the city has since introduced rules that prohibit the opening of new restaurants and convenience stores over the next three years.

Venice bans cheap takeout joints to keep city beautiful
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Florence also banned the opening of a new McDonald's near the city's iconic central cathedral.
 
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