Celeb News: Resto of Gaga's parents slammed by Daily News

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Restaurant Review: Joanne Trattoria
Italian spot owned by Lady Gaga's parents is an incomprehensible imitation of a restaurant

Rating: 1/5 stars

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When a wan Caprese salad with mealy tomatoes and cloying balsamic costs $18, should a server quip that cheese is sourced from “whoever gets it to us cheapest” — especially when the viscous mozzarella seems to bear that out?

When a restaurant charges $18 for fried calamari, should the dish arrive so sloppily plated that it looks like the kitchen threw it back in the bowl after dropping it? Should the appetizer glow with grease or boast more breadcrumbs than squid? And should the accompanying marinara sauce taste like a powdered mix?

The most edible appetizer, baked stuffed mushrooms ($14), still wouldn’t pass muster in a diner. Eight caps are stuffed with breadcrumbs and shoved onto a tiny iron skillet, whose surface glistens with oil. The dominant note of this icky, mushy octet is salt. Seven of them are left abandoned on the serving platter.

Entrees get even more egregious. Eggplant parmesan ($24) arrives a gloppy, sloppy, flavorless mess whose net effect is the culinary equivalent of old cars in a massive pileup. A skin of barely melted cheese only worsens the pain.

A dry lemon chicken ($28) did have a discernible taste, but only in its zesty skin. The meat itself came closer to those supermarket birds in foil bags. And people: That $28 doesn’t include sides. The only adornment is a shriveled lemon segment perched atop the meat. Sauteed spinach or rosemary fingerling potatoes will set you back $9. Gaga may blame her recent weight gain on her father's "freaking delicious" cooking, but you're more likely to leave here hungry.

“Born This Way” is a nice sentiment in one of Gaga’s greatest hits. But it doesn’t apply to restaurants. Joanne’s one of those cases where you can actually blame the parents.

IN SHORT: Lady Gaga’s parents’ eatery strays far from “The Edge of Glory.”

DON'T MISS: None of the dishes we sampled qualify as a “don’t miss.”

PASS ON: Everything.

SUGGESTION: Bring a nutrition bar. You’ll need it.

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Remixed

It seems like they reviewed it only because Gaga mentioned that eating their made her gain the weight.

And then they used that to slam the restaurant. Pathetic. Daily News is so transparent

BadKidBrodie

One bad review.

Bey'Knight

If i rmbr correctly, it got bad reviews too when it was first commissioned. Ah well, i dont live in the states so

Lover

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But any goodwill you muster will go out the window when you notice “Expresso” — yes, with an “x” — for $5 on Joanne’s menu.
It’s more like concentrated Sanka, but you’ll need it to avoid choking on a tiramisu cake ($14) whose desiccated base holds gelatinous cream tasting vaguely of plastic.

Haven

Well, damn.

Deydda

LADY GAGA HATER REVIEW.

Xalric

They went INNN

KRL

who cares?

SupremeGoddess

toanythingtaboo

Celebrity related restaurants are always going to get stuff like this. It's so easy to trash it for attention and out of spite.

I haven't been, so I have no opinion on the food, but when the review goes on about Gaga and her parents but not the chef Art Smith, aka the guy in charge of the food, you know somethings up.

martikaisback

Concentrated Sanka.
Plastic Taramisu cake.

katyperryismylife

Mess

cheers09

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Originally posted by toanythingtaboo

Celebrity related restaurants are always going to get stuff like this. It's so easy to trash it for attention and out of spite.

I haven't been, so I have no opinion on the food, but when the review goes on about Gaga and her parents but not the chef Art Smith, aka the guy in charge of the food, you know somethings up.

there was a little bit about art smith, but they just featured him, not really saying much about him but totally emphasizing on Gaga

alkralkra

I forgot it was called "Joanne."

stoopidjenna

Those prices are pretty high, even for the city.

Phoenixstar

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Originally posted by Deydda

LADY GAGA HATER REVIEW.

Lover

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Originally posted by Remixed

It seems like they reviewed it only because Gaga mentioned that eating their made her gain the weight.

And then they used that to slam the restaurant. Pathetic. Daily News is so transparent

no. it was reviewed before.

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'You'll gag on the food at Gaga's': Restaurant owned by star's parents panned by top critic on opening night

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ing-night.html

JayRockafella

Gui Blackout

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Gaga may blame her recent weight gain on her father's "freaking delicious" cooking, but you're more likely to leave here hungry.

omg.