Comments for young and foodish http://youngandfoodish.com eat great food. meet great people. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Best £2.10 Pizza Slice in London by Kiernan http://youngandfoodish.com/pizza/the-best-2-10-pizza-slice-in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-6774 Kiernan Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:25:56 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=9948#comment-6774 Must try this. Have you ever been to the pizzeria (Al Parco I think) at top of Highgate Rd, by the Heath? Would recommend it if you're still doing Pizza Tuesdays - or even if you're not. Would have to be the best pizza I've had in London Must try this.
Have you ever been to the pizzeria (Al Parco I think) at top of Highgate Rd, by the Heath?
Would recommend it if you’re still doing Pizza Tuesdays – or even if you’re not. Would have to be the best pizza I’ve had in London

]]> Comment on The Best £2.10 Pizza Slice in London by Daniel Young http://youngandfoodish.com/pizza/the-best-2-10-pizza-slice-in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-6773 Daniel Young Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:49:28 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=9948#comment-6773 Kirst - Very good comment, thanks. I hope the guys at Datte Foco read it. Yes, we pizza lovers will do our best to encourage more people to try it. But, as you suggest, they must take a hard look at the marketing, image and vibe and make changes if they are to fully benefit from word-of-mouth, speed the rotation of pizzas and thrive. Kirst – Very good comment, thanks. I hope the guys at Datte Foco read it. Yes, we pizza lovers will do our best to encourage more people to try it. But, as you suggest, they must take a hard look at the marketing, image and vibe and make changes if they are to fully benefit from word-of-mouth, speed the rotation of pizzas and thrive.

]]> Comment on The Best £2.10 Pizza Slice in London by Daniel Young http://youngandfoodish.com/pizza/the-best-2-10-pizza-slice-in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-6772 Daniel Young Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:43:43 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=9948#comment-6772 Iain - Thank you for your insightful comment. I fear the shortcomings of the website reflect other shortcomings in the way the business is branded and presented. It pains me because they are nice guys and, more importantly, the pizza is so good. Let's hope they wake up soon and smell the espresso Iain – Thank you for your insightful comment. I fear the shortcomings of the website reflect other shortcomings in the way the business is branded and presented. It pains me because they are nice guys and, more importantly, the pizza is so good. Let’s hope they wake up soon and smell the espresso

]]> Comment on Best Bagel in London by Rachel http://youngandfoodish.com/london/the-best-bagel-in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-6771 Rachel Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:44:01 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=2092#comment-6771 I wish De Gustibus would start making bagels, especially rye ones. They have a ton of rye bread already. They also have some pumpernickel bread! Anyone try the bagel bakery on Cricklewood Broadway? Still need to get to Happening Bagels.......... I wish De Gustibus would start making bagels, especially rye ones. They have a ton of rye bread already. They also have some pumpernickel bread! Anyone try the bagel bakery on Cricklewood Broadway?

Still need to get to Happening Bagels……….

]]> Comment on The Best £2.10 Pizza Slice in London by kirst http://youngandfoodish.com/pizza/the-best-2-10-pizza-slice-in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-6770 kirst Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:46 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=9948#comment-6770 Think you've hit the nail on the capo Daniel. Catch 22 - product and image suffers when they're not busy, but they'll never get busy because product and image suffers when they're not busy, but they'll never get busy..... I guess, like Iain says, they need to focus a bit more on marketing, image, vibe. I'd normally never encourage this if the product is right, but see above. Their fresh-made stuff, partic the salsiccia and broccoletti (which, incidentally, I found hooooooooot, and I'm no chili chicken) is great and I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE being able to choose my portion size, but I've also had slightly disappointing slices which I put down to the tray sitting there too long. It's funny, I was going to say service is a bit slow, but I used to live on Maletti's pizza on Noel St in Soho and I'd happily wait half my lunch hour for that, but then, they weren't slow, just really busy. Are we sensing a theme? All we can do is encourage more people to try it. I shall do so. Think you’ve hit the nail on the capo Daniel. Catch 22 – product and image suffers when they’re not busy, but they’ll never get busy because product and image suffers when they’re not busy, but they’ll never get busy…..

I guess, like Iain says, they need to focus a bit more on marketing, image, vibe. I’d normally never encourage this if the product is right, but see above. Their fresh-made stuff, partic the salsiccia and broccoletti (which, incidentally, I found hooooooooot, and I’m no chili chicken) is great and I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE being able to choose my portion size, but I’ve also had slightly disappointing slices which I put down to the tray sitting there too long.

It’s funny, I was going to say service is a bit slow, but I used to live on Maletti’s pizza on Noel St in Soho and I’d happily wait half my lunch hour for that, but then, they weren’t slow, just really busy.

Are we sensing a theme? All we can do is encourage more people to try it. I shall do so.

]]> Comment on The Best £2.10 Pizza Slice in London by Iain Chambers http://youngandfoodish.com/pizza/the-best-2-10-pizza-slice-in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-6769 Iain Chambers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:13:58 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=9948#comment-6769 Just had another look at their website. It almost makes me angry Daniel. Look at your photo of their pizza slice above. Looks irresistible. Now look at their website. When you eventually find a picture of pizza it looks 'school dinner' awful! I could contact them myself and tell them. Only problem is, their contact page isn't formatted to make contact easy. Running a food business isn't just about what's on the plate. If you read this blog Datte Foco people (and you should be regularly googling yourselves for feedback), ask some people what they think of your website, then spend £500 -£1000 on a decent website (with photos taken by a pro) on your homepage. Just had another look at their website. It almost makes me angry Daniel. Look at your photo of their pizza slice above. Looks irresistible. Now look at their website. When you eventually find a picture of pizza it looks ‘school dinner’ awful!

I could contact them myself and tell them. Only problem is, their contact page isn’t formatted to make contact easy. Running a food business isn’t just about what’s on the plate.
If you read this blog Datte Foco people (and you should be regularly googling yourselves for feedback), ask some people what they think of your website, then spend £500 -£1000 on a decent website (with photos taken by a pro) on your homepage.

]]> Comment on The Best £2.10 Pizza Slice in London by Iain Chambers http://youngandfoodish.com/pizza/the-best-2-10-pizza-slice-in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-6768 Iain Chambers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:54:20 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=9948#comment-6768 I used to live on Stokey Church St. and as an independent cafe owner myself I wish them all the best. It is a pretty good location, and the customer base must be there for high quality pizza using fresh ingredients made with care and authenticity. If they are not busy enough, it suggests that maybe the marketing isn't all it might be. I have to say that I'm not keen on the website at all. Horrible white type on black background with far too much information. It looks like a 14 year old Goth has designed it. Show me the bloody pizza, tell me the phone number, make me a good offer for trying your wares, link to an independent review that loves the product! You can give me all the biography and reasons for starting the business and all the rest on some other pages. On the landing web page make me want to eat your pizza! Now! I used to live on Stokey Church St. and as an independent cafe owner myself I wish them all the best. It is a pretty good location, and the customer base must be there for high quality pizza using fresh ingredients made with care and authenticity.

If they are not busy enough, it suggests that maybe the marketing isn’t all it might be. I have to say that I’m not keen on the website at all. Horrible white type on black background with far too much information. It looks like a 14 year old Goth has designed it.

Show me the bloody pizza, tell me the phone number, make me a good offer for trying your wares, link to an independent review that loves the product! You can give me all the biography and reasons for starting the business and all the rest on some other pages. On the landing web page make me want to eat your pizza! Now!

]]> Comment on The Best £2.10 Pizza Slice in London by Daniel Young http://youngandfoodish.com/pizza/the-best-2-10-pizza-slice-in-london/comment-page-1/#comment-6767 Daniel Young Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:42:37 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=9948#comment-6767 Excellent comment, Jon. Hope many Londoners read and heed your advice. Excellent comment, Jon. Hope many Londoners read and heed your advice.

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