Custino's

[metro]

Yep, and they've been in Bethany off and on for about 20 years so obviously it's good enough to last which can't be said for the others.

[Steve]

It's been quite interesting to watch how quickly Falcones has fallen apart....

[Skyline]

It's been quite interesting to watch how quickly Falcones has fallen apart....

Interesting yes ..... Surprising No.

[Okiezmom]

My co-worker and I ordered lunch at Falcone's a couple of months ago. By 5:00 that afternoon we were both down with a bad case of food poisoning. We haven't been back.

[ctchandler]

Has anyone been to the Angelo's in Jones? I went to Angelo's web page and they have three locations including one in Jones which is 9 miles from my home. That may sound like a long way, but it's fairly close for me and certainly closer than Bethany or 1st and Rockwell, their other location.
C. T.

[RadicalModerate]

There was a GREAT little pizza place in Jones a few years ago (a real gem) but the owner had an accident or something and it was forced to close. I've been to the Angelo's in Bethany (prior to the last closing/re-opening) and if the place in Jones is related to the place in Bethany it has FABULOUS pizza.

[ctchandler]

RadicalModerate,
I will have to try it. I have really enjoyed the three times I have eaten at Venezia's (recommended on this site) and I suspect I will enjoy the Angelo's in Jones. I had eaten the pizza in the first place and it was pretty good. I wondered why they closed.
C. T.

There was a GREAT little pizza place in Jones a few years ago (a real gem) but the owner had an accident or something and it was forced to close. I've been to the Angelo's in Bethany (prior to the last closing/re-opening) and if the place in Jones is related to the place in Bethany it has FABULOUS pizza.

[Bellaboo]

This isn't very important, I was just curious as to why I couldn't remember it, but it appears most of us have limited memories of his places. OH well, I'm sure his food was good. Time will tell (since memory obviously doesn't).
C. T.

CT,

You need to give yourself a little more credit now, I remember you as a sharp programmer a few years back.

[ctchandler]

Bellaboo,
Your comment just tells me that your memory isn't quite what it used to be! But thanks, I know you mean well.
C. T.

CT,

You need to give yourself a little more credit now, I remember you as a sharp programmer a few years back.

[Kurtis1022]

Custino's Italian Kitchen is coming soon on May and Britton, 2724 West Britton Road. Custino's original lasagna has returned. Be sure to go by www.custinos.com or www.facebook.com/custinos and click the "Like" button to stay informed on everything for Custino's Italian Kitchen.

[RadicalModerate]

Sure hope that the ghosts of KC Blues BBQ and ETs BBQ don't cause the place to close before we have a chance to try it. =)
Really. It would be nice to have a good Italian restaurant that close to home!
(and if they opt out of Gelato as a dessert option, there's always [that place next door] that is within walking distance.)

[bluedogok]

Sure hope that the ghosts of KC Blues BBQ and ETs BBQ don't cause the place to close before we have a chance to try it. =)

I remember when it was still a Long John Silver's before it was another Jack's BBQ location.

[bluedogok]

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[Corndog1]

Where is this converted house in nicoma park, im in that area all the time. I have never seen any pizza places around there. As far as Venezia, it is very good but never busy. Im always worried that the next time i go will be the last time i get to go.

[Drake]

Where is this converted house in nicoma park, im in that area all the time. I have never seen any pizza places around there. As far as Venezia, it is very good but never busy. Im always worried that the next time i go will be the last time i get to go.

I have no idea other than was place (La Pizza??) in a converted house on NE 23, but seriously that place has been shut down since around 1983. 1983!

I believe they also had in Heritage Park Mall when it was hopping, long before Sbarro.

I know of no other pizza place in years in that area.

[Romulack]

I remember watching the TV commercials for Custino's back in the 1980's or maybe early 90's. At the end of the ad a large Italian guy (Custino?) would sing a song about eating there -- I don't remember the lyrics except for the last line where he sang "and stuffa you face!" I also remember they had great lasagna.

[RadicalModerate]

Drake is right: "La Pizza" was in a converted house on the N. side of 23rd just east of Westminster and they also had a location in Heritage Park Mall. They served EXCELLENT New York Style pizza at both places. I think the owner was real involved with the Cerebral Palsy Foundation (or whatever the group is). At some point I think he decided to move back to New York.

Before it was a pizza place it was a decent restaurant--"The Front Porch"--that only lasted a year or two.
I haven't been down around Nicoma Park for so long that I don't know if the house is even still there.
I just took a little Google Trip Down Memory Lane and it looks like the house is long gone.
I think it was where that Cabinet/Millwork shop went in.

[LuccaBrasi]

Someone can verify this, (maybe Steve) but I seem to recall not long ago there was an artilce in the paper about Custino and Danny Falcone joining forces for something, but I don't recall what. I assume that did not pan out.

There is a sign on Britton Road that says Custinos is coming soon. I believe it is where the old Braums used to be, or more recently KC BBQ I think, but not certain.

There was also a pretty decent place for a couple of years in Casady Square facing Britton, forget the name, but a lady ran it and I knew several poeple that liked some of her food like the pizza or pepperoni bread sticks. I quit going to Falcones on May after trying her pizza, bit I never saw more than a few people in there at a time. She eloquently told me one time withour being provoked, that her pizza was better NY style than the other guy in town, and she had never been to jail. I thought that was a pretty chippy aimed at Danny Falcone, but that was no concern of mine, I just wanted some good pizza and calzone!

[ctchandler]

Someone can verify this, (maybe Steve) but I seem to recall not long ago there was an artilce in the paper about Custino and Danny Falcone joining forces for something, but I don't recall what. I assume that did not pan out.

LuccaBrasi,
See my first post (the reason I started this thread) about Custino and Falcone. As for the pizza and bread sticks at Casady Square, it was really good. I don't know what happened.
C. T.

[RadicalModerate]

The name of the place in Casady Square was Perri's.
They really did have excellent pizza.
It seemed a bit "pricey" compared to some other options, but the quality was all there.
I think there were several factors involved in its closing . . . (a sad day indeed).

I'm very much looking forward to the openings of both Custino's (very close by) and Gabriella's (at the old Oklahoma Co. Line BBQ). (All things considered, I think Italian is my favorite cuisine).

[Tydude]

what i am hearing is that Custinos opening today

[SoonerQueen]

what i am hearing is that Custinos opening today

We ate at Custino's opening night. By the time we got there they had sold out of everything but lasagna and pizza. So we had the lasagna and a salad, and it was totally delicious. They even threw in a dessert because they had run out of garlic bread. We saw Phil Custino and it was great to see him again. My husband missed out on opening night so we went back Thursday night about 7:30 and they had run out of everything. Although disappointed, it's nice to see them doing well. We'll try earlier on Friday night. I think when the newness wears off a little, we won't have to worry about them not having food.

[Corndog1]

does pap angelos still have a place in Jones, or is it closed?

[soonerguru]

As a quasi-expert on NY pizza, Falcone's was anything but.

[OKCRT]

As a quasi-expert on NY pizza, Falcone's was anything but.

OK Mr NY Pizza Expert,so where does one go to get the best NY Pizza in the city?