Word: dicenso
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...usage: It was Chinese deli night at the dining hall so around midnight I went noching (rhymes with toking). Noch's features a variety of subs and pasta in addition to pizza, but the real attraction is the square-cut, thick-doughed Sicilian-style slices. According to Manager Adam DiCenso, Sicilian slices of pepperoni have been the most popular item for years, but the newer tomato basil topping (my personal choice) is also doing well. Plain pizza is $1.50, Sicilian...
According to DiCenso, the attraction for students is the food. "It's good food, it's fast and it's cheap," said DiCenso. But students frequently come to socialize as well as to enjoy the cuisine, and at almost any hour until their closing time, 1:00 a.m. weeknights and 1:30 a.m. weekends, you can find students crowded around the small tables and relaxing. "After about 8 at night it's 98 percent students," said DiCenso. "We get a lot of the working people during...
...decor at Noch's is kind of funky Italian. As DiCenso says, "the owners are pretty proud of their heritage," and it shows in the many posters plastered around the small restaurant. Live vines are twined about the ceiling. On one wall is a rather trippy mural that shows Pinocchio eating a slice of pizza and fleeing a whale. "The story of Pinocchio originated in Italy," explained DiCenso...
...atmosphere is bright and busy but not too loud. "Knock on wood but we've had very little trouble with rowdy crowds," DiCenso said. "We know most of the students here so it never really gets out of hand...
...effect on businesses, I don't know what to expect," Dicenso said...