I think it was characterized as maintenance issues, but there seems to be some speculation they aren't reopening. Looks like Bulldog Lanes did too.
Damn.. Ole Venice closed?
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Never ate there, but saw where CJ's pizza is closing next week. Restaurant business is a tough gig.
no way, shape, or form anything like
the old venice in starkville. My only trip to the one in h'burg left me feeling like I had paid extra for someone to cook me up a totino's pizza from walmart.
nevermind. I'm thinking of bianchi's. No old Venice in h'burg.
the old venice in starkville. My only trip to the one in h'burg left me feeling like I had paid extra for someone to cook me up a totino's pizza from walmart.
nevermind. I'm thinking of bianchi's. No old Venice in h'burg.
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We went to Old Venice the last time we were in Starkville. I thought it was very good and I liked the atmosphere (old building, etc.), and the service was great. The place was packed too. Of course, that was a FB weekend.
I ate at the one in Tupelo while passing through there last week. I think the original Ole Venice in Oxford is still open too. I like their pastas.
No OVPC in Hattiesburg. You're thinking old Athens. It's Greek and good. Same guy that owns half the mugshots
We live less than 5 minutes from the one in Tupelo. Loved it when they first opened, but they intentionally changed up their recipes a few years ago and it hasn't been the same since. About 3 of our last 4 or 5 visits have been terrible and we won't go back for dinner. Got a pizza to go last year - I didn't check it until I got home. The cheese was literally burnt to a crisp. How do you put something like that in a box and give it to a customer?
They do have a good lunch buffet if you're on that side of Tupelo looking for something.
They do have a good lunch buffet if you're on that side of Tupelo looking for something.
They had one in Hernando for a little while. The service was horrible and it closed about a year later. It's now a Windy City Grille like the one in Como.
Bill Norris passed? What from? Spent many a day taking advantage of the lunch-n-bowl special there.
They might have had the worst location in Starkvilke the way they were hidden. I always wondered how much more business they'd do if they faced 12 and weren't tucked in the corner of a crappy strip mall.
ETA- doesn't change the fact that the best pizza (and Italian food in general) is served at city bagel wed-fri night.
There is a pizza place downtown h'burg called bianchi's. Old Athens is the Greek/gyro place across hwy 49 from usm. They changed the name of it to Glory Bound Gyro Co. about a year and a half ago. And yes, the guy that opened it is one of the original mugshots guys. He also has one in Tuscaloosa. Good stuff.
