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mariacarmen
Mar 3, 2012 08:26 PM
very, extremely meh. almost flavorless meat sauce, teensy meatballs were nothing to write home about, bland minestrone, not enough goat cheese and beets in the beet salad (mostly arugula), piccata was super lemony but lacked salt. one of us ordered the chicken parmesan - she liked it, i thought it was awful. i'm amazed people call this place a gem. $100 for 4 of us, and you order at the counter. Caffe Venezia for sure next time.
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re: mariacarmen
Robert Lauriston
Mar 4, 2012 09:59 AM
Give Divino a try. Prices like Luca but the food's as good or better than Venezia (though neither does chicken parmigiana).
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re: Robert Lauriston
mariacarmen
Mar 5, 2012 08:00 AM
we would have gone to Divino, i did see that thread, but my 83-year-old father doesn't think it's italian unless they serve spaghetti and meatballs, and that's what he was craving. so, another time when he's not dining with us.
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Just went to the new Berkeley branch for lunch. My chicken parm was not crispy and didn't seem to have a lot of cheese, but overall it was quite the tasty sandwich. It appeared that I had an entire small half breast. The sauce had some zip to it and the bread stood up to the sauce but was not hard. In all the times I went to NYC, I never had a sub there. So not sure what to expect, but Uncle Dougie's was good enough that I will definitely go back. The amount of chicken made this sandwich a good deal.
Also sampled the Italian meatloaf and the eggplant parm. I think I liked the Italian meatloaf best of all. Uncle said it was really meatball cooked as a loaf. I'll have that next time. I never eat eggplant parm, but I thought that the sauce overwhelmed it.
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Uncle Dougie's
2328 Bowditch St, Berkeley, CA 94704›10 Replies-
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re: majordanby
I'm bumping this question up because it was never answered and I have been completely flummoxed in my attempts to catch this place when it's open or even to understand the hours posted in the window, which seem to list two different closing times for every day of the week. Are they lunch only? Is that the deal?
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re: chompy
Somewhat hilariously, it had not even occurred to me to call. I just did, so I can answer my own question: 11-7.
I was so out of practice with using the phone that I forgot to ask which days this applied to. I thought I'd been there around 6:30 and found it closed. I'll try again.
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re: Constant Velocity
Robert Lauriston
Jan 31, 2012 03:06 PM
I wouldn't be surprised if they closed early or took some days off when UC was on break.
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re: Constant Velocity
For those that want to try the Uncle Dougie's chix parm hero and save some cash: http://munchonme.com/dish/425
Those pictures would benefit from melted cheese :-
)Note: unlike other groupon-esque sites, the valid-til date tends to be less generous.
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