Marco Polo expanding to wine bar
Looks like the Marco Polo mini-empire on the corner of Court and Union Streets will soon grow soon to include a wine bar, according to a recent Craigslist ad looking for a manager.
Posted
: March 30th, 2009 at 9:57 am by Diana Rosenthal under Food.
Tags:court street, marco polo, union street, wine bar
Comments: 6
Comments
Comment from Capo
Time: March 30, 2009, 3:40 pm
The food is fine. Casa Rosa is better. So is Red Rose.
The owner is very connected. He was recently convicted of a crime that involved abetting the Mafia. Markowitz got him off with only a fine and probation by writing a letter to the DA.
Comment from lifer
Time: March 30, 2009, 6:18 pm
He was the guy who owned Gage and Tollner, where the actor Steven Segal was geting shook down by the Mafia movie producers.. I hear Marco Polo has a dish where the core out a wheel of parmagiano, and cook pasta in it, sounds pretty good. Red rose is great, so is Queen in the Heights
Comment from Phil McCrackin
Time: March 31, 2009, 10:28 am
Marco Polo does indeed do that dish, lifer. It’s a red wine fettucine that is cooked table-side, then dumped into the gigantic cheese wheel. It’s delicious!
On a side note, I went Fragole for the first time in quite a while recently and thought the pasta was awesome. We are lucky in this neighborhood to have these choices.
Comment from BD
Time: March 31, 2009, 11:03 am
Marco Polo ristorante has been here for ages. Wonderful food, atmosphere, pianist for entertainment- when working. Bridal showers, baby showers, birthdays, etc. You name it- they will cater to it. Wonderful room upstairs that holds alot of people. Food is great- they will work with your party -with food choices- abundanso- meaning alot. Your dollars will go along way. When you walk in-there is the restaurant, also the side view part of it- on Union Street.
Maitre D and waiters are all very friendly. Yes, the owner did own Gage and Tollners for a while. He has a wonderful smaller walkin sandwich shop, that has delicioso pizza, artichokes to die for, etc. So, its been successful and anything else that they open will do well.
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Comment from New to the hood
Time: March 30, 2009, 1:49 pm
Is Marco Polo any good?