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This Restaurant Is Charging $100 for One Meatball
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | Thursday, February 22, 2018 | Gina Salamone

Posted on 02/23/2018 9:17:19 PM PST by nickcarraway

That’s a pricey meatball.

A Midtown restaurant will be serving up a swanky version of the Italian classic for a whopping $100, which includes just one meatball paired with a glass of wine, for one day only.

On National Meatball Day, March 9, Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse will offer an upgraded take on its Kobe beef meatballs that normally sell for just $13.

The boosted ball will be made with wagyu beef and winter truffles and stuffed with truffle caciocavallo cheese and foie gras. It’s topped with a creamy shallot and champagne sauce.

Odell Beckham Jr. shares Super Bowl meatball recipe in new ad “Our Davio’s American Kobe Meatballs are already so popular that we wanted to create a spin on them and have some fun for National Meatball Day,” Juan Tourn, executive chef at Davio’s, tells the Daily News.

“We wanted to utilize some of the finest ingredients available to provide our guests with a decadent and unique tasting experience available for one day only.”

Spaghetti and meatballs is one of those classic, timeless dishes, and even though it has some serious Italian influences, it’s arguably as much as an American classic as apple pie. Not nearly as many restaurants serve the dish these days as in the past, however, so it can be tricky to track down a truly great plate of spaghetti and meatballs. But at these 10 restaurants, the spaghetti and meatballs is better than at anywhere else in America.

For a Benjamin, plus tax and gratuity, guests will also get a glass of 2012 Prunotto Barolo, a red wine produced in the northern Italian region of Piedmont.

“The structure and body of this Barolo make it an ideal match for meat and game dishes and for cheese,” Tourn says.

If you’re into opulent, overpriced dishes, be sure to make a reservation to secure one of these succulent spheres.

Davio’s (447 Lexington Ave.) is asking that reservations be made at least 24 hours prior to your March 9 visit. That day, the mega-meatballs will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 10 p.m.


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On National Meatball Day, Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse in Midtown will be serving up a swanky version of the Italian classic for a whopping $100. (DAVIO'S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHO)

1 posted on 02/23/2018 9:17:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Must be one heck of a meatball.


2 posted on 02/23/2018 9:18:07 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: nickcarraway
That'sa spicy pricey meatball.
3 posted on 02/23/2018 9:18:45 PM PST by BipolarBob (At one time I held the world record as the worlds youngest person on the planet.)
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To: nickcarraway

And in 24 hours, give or take, it’ll be a turd being flushed down the toilet.


4 posted on 02/23/2018 9:20:11 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: nickcarraway

Oh, it’s a boosted ball. Normally that calls for a truss or something. But it looks fabulous!


5 posted on 02/23/2018 9:22:14 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: TBP

Size-wise, it basically is a persnoal meatloaf.


6 posted on 02/23/2018 9:22:45 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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I’m supposed to pay $100 for a meat loaf?


7 posted on 02/23/2018 9:23:37 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: nickcarraway

You have to be a meat ball to consider paying that kind of money. A fool and his money...


8 posted on 02/23/2018 9:25:03 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: nickcarraway
Whenever the economy is on the upswing, there are stories like this.

Back during the dot com boom, there was some restaurant in NYC that was selling ice cream covered with gold leaf, IIRC. It was $100 a serving, or something like that.

9 posted on 02/23/2018 9:27:35 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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Hope nobody sneezes.

that’s a lot of money to roll off the table and onto the floor


10 posted on 02/23/2018 9:29:42 PM PST by digger48
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To: nickcarraway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5uVgWQCUPI


11 posted on 02/23/2018 9:36:05 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing! Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a doctor and I won't touch that thing)
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“Hope nobody sneezes. that’s a lot of money to roll off the table and onto the floor”

No sneeze is going to knock that meatball off!


12 posted on 02/23/2018 9:38:13 PM PST by TexasGator (Z)
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To: nickcarraway

I would totally pay for one of those


13 posted on 02/23/2018 9:40:17 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.cwom/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M5)
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To: American in Israel

If I were a multimillionaire, I might try it. It is bacifally a meal.


14 posted on 02/23/2018 9:47:16 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: TexasGator

If it was on top of spaghetti and all covered with cheese, it might


15 posted on 02/23/2018 9:50:32 PM PST by digger48
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To: napscoordinator

And it does look damn good


16 posted on 02/23/2018 9:51:37 PM PST by digger48
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To: nickcarraway

I think I’ll stick to the spaghetti-sauce covered meatballs in my spaghetti.


17 posted on 02/23/2018 10:10:08 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: nickcarraway

It is foolish to grind Kobe beef.

If you made a hamburger out of ground Kobe it wouldn’t taste any better than a hamburger made out of ground supermarket chuck roast.

Making it into a meatball or meatloaf with all the other ingredients and spices is truly a waste of Kobe beef.

A fool and his money . . .


18 posted on 02/23/2018 10:24:51 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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at these 10 restaurants, the spaghetti and meatballs is better than at anywhere else in America.

Except for at a million Italian-American homes.

19 posted on 02/23/2018 10:26:50 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Good music for this thread!

Here's some more music that follows the same theme (more or less).



20 posted on 02/23/2018 10:36:47 PM PST by Songcraft ("Pray without ceasing." 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
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