Articles for Giamela

Column: Our restaurants are failing. Why should food delivery apps thrive?
4 years, 7 months ago

Column: Our restaurants are failing. Why should food delivery apps thrive?

LA Times  

It was the invoice from hell. “You have to go along with it because everyone else is doing it, and you don’t want to inflate your prices,” said Giamela, who pays Uber Eats a 22% commission. Apps like Uber Eats will offer to let restaurants make up fees by increasing their prices, he said, “but you don’t do it because …

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Why do some Italian subs come with relish?
4 years, 9 months ago

Why do some Italian subs come with relish?

LA Times  

The Italian subs at Giamela’s come with chopped tomato, onion and pickle. In my survey for the best Italian subs in Los Angeles, I came across a handful of delis, all in the San Fernando Valley, where a chopped relish involving onions and tomatoes — and at some places pickles — supplants the more common thinly sliced tomato and onion …

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Where to find the best Italian sub sandwiches in Los Angeles
4 years, 9 months ago

Where to find the best Italian sub sandwiches in Los Angeles

LA Times  

Grinder, hoagie, hero, sub, torpedo. Here’s a list of places to get an Italian sub in and around Los Angeles, in alphabetical order, with my three favorites denoted with a star. 7111 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, 930-8989, allaboutthebread.com Angelo’s Italian Deli The Italian Torpedo made by Angelo’s Italian Deli owner Angelo Marciuliano in Belmont Shore, Long Beach. Claro’s Italian Market …

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