The Pigs lost today in a screamer of a game clocked at 2 hours and 2 minutes. The 1,111 fans in attendance must feel a little taken that the game went so fast.
Not much happened. I’m not a fan of Mazone.. he went 7 innings allowing 2 runs on 5 hits.
Rich Thompson extended his hitting streak to 9 games, an Ironpig season high for 2010.
Andy Tracy also had a hit raising his batting average to .229.
On another completely separate note.. off topic and since the game wasn’t too interesting I will hop up on my soapbox and share my dinner experience with you.
Yesterday, for those who frequent the Crest Plaza on Cedar Crest Blvd in Allentown, a new eatery opened next to Saladworks and Duncan Donuts. The place is called “Panino’s.” I thought I would give it a try. I went in to order at 5:25.
The place wasn’t too full.. maybe 10 people inside and in front of me was an elderly woman who asked at least two questions about every item on the menu, ultimately deciding not to order anything and left. The menu looked great. Cheesesteaks (claimed to be Philly style), italian hoagies and about 3 dozen other options both hot and cold.
At 5:33 I ordered a 12 inch cheesesteak, cost $9.21. A little pricey, but it might be a good product and I’m open to trying new foods. So I stand and wait. And wait. I notice about 8 of those customers in the place are also waiting. One by one the folks get called by name to pick up their order. About 5 minutes per sandwich. The apologetic staff kept thanking us for our patience on what they called “the busy time.”
I could go on and on with this experience but the bottom line was that I waited close to 45 minutes for a cheesesteak with only 10 people in the place. There were no platters or large orders clogging up the system nor a real sense of urgency to get the orders filled. I watched as one young woman stood happlessly over her box of aluminum foil.
The sandwich was ok. It had a nice roll and a good quantity of meat. The cheese could have been more. Tastewise.. well it could have been worse, but not much. The meat was tasteless and dry. I wonder if this company ever heard of salt and pepper…
It took 45 minutes to get a dry, tasteless cheesesteak.
Granted, it just opened a few days ago so I may try again in a few weeks.. but don’t count on it.
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is that all you ordered was a cheesesteak ? I’m guessing customer service in that place, leaves a lot to be desired.
About the game: I think the lone run for the ‘Pigs was scored due to an error in the 8th.
Good to see Thompson extending his streak, and Tracy’s average going up !!
I don’t believe side orders are available. There was a small rack of individual bags of some chips but that was it. Not a deep fryer in sight! 🙂
I’m glad you were the guniea pig for this place. I was hoping to go there, but I guess I won’t be.
To distinguish Philly-style steaks from the sauce-on-top kind more common to us, all I know about around here is Michael’s, in South New Street between 3rd and 4th, Bethlehem (http://www.michaelssteaksofbethlehem.com/)… for what you paid out there on Cedar Crest, Michael’ll give you double meat… my arteries are hardening just typing this! O_O
There are prolly others closer to you…
Good job on radio by Josh Ellis, once with Lakewood (two slots below, and shares an owner with, the Pigs), now with Kannapolis in the same league (Sally)… Matty wishes he could find folks like these in all the road parks…
That shopping plaza is in my old neck of the woods. Haven’t been there in awhile but if u had 2 wait 45 min for a cheesesteake in that place, as Matt would say “Forget about it!” Maybe after they work out the kinks.
On another note, I know it’s early but what do u think about starting a campaign to vote for Rich Thompson to the IL All-Star team?!! I know at first he hasn’t played much but he’s making the most out of his opportunities. He’s been very professional about his status. Everytime he’s in the lineup he makes things happen!! How bout it vote for Rich!!