Two views of the 340 Club as it exists today in 2008
Today being a holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I took a drive to Lancaster ... visited Phil & Cisco at 48 Seymour, briefly toured the City, walked the 300 block West King Street, had lunch at Alley Cat, and completed - quite sucessfully - negotiations with the Knights of Columbus for the June 7th reunion.
It was my first meeting with Cisco and, lets just say, he is a nice puppy.
The City - Lancaster - looked to me like it has a long way to go. Phil insisted, however, that during the day - particularily at lunch time - it is a happening place. We both agreed that one the Convention Center is complete the area between the Square and the ballpark will boom with regard to resturaunts, bars etc. If the City has a long way to go - the 300 block of West King Street has much further to go. As we walked the block it was hard to miss the "No Tresspassing", "Beware of Dog", "Private Property" and "Keep Out" signs. What a difference twenty years make. After I left Philip - he took 50 pictures which will pop up on the blog from time to time - at his home and proceeded back up town to the Alley Cat for some Zangari Pizza. Currently, the best Zangari Pizza can be found at the 7th WArd Republican Club prepared by Phil himself. According to Phil, I assume, the 2nd through 99th best Zangari Pizza exists only in private homes or in a new shop I'm not aware of but .... truth be told ex-Z South cook Alice Rittenhouse does make a fairly good imitation of (as they call it) "famous pizza".
AS THIS POST IS GETTING TOO LONG, SEE A Day in the Life: 2008 (Part Two)
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