Restaurant Review – Dolce Vita

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Bob and Pat Fogal of East Norriton are the big winners of our 10/11 Season Restaurant Raffle. They will be enjoying a “Dinner for Two” to each of our 10 restaurant sponsors and have been kind enough to share their delicious experiences with us all. 

Dolce Vita, Bridgeport – November 2011

516 DeKalb Street, Bridgeport, PA 19405

610.279.1795, www.DolceVitaRest.com

On a rainy evening when everything feels dank and chill, there’s nothing quite like good, stick-to-the-ribs Italian comfort food. So on one such night Bob and Pat decided to head over to Bridgeport’s Dolce Vita restaurant with Bob’s sister Mary Jane and brother-in-law Gene. Even though the evening was dark and dreary, the restaurant was easy to find due to the large, colorful mural painted on the side wall. In more clement weather we would have enjoyed dining on the terrace, but the rain drove us indoors into the homey décor of the house-turned-restaurant. Soft guitar music added to the coziness of the atmosphere.

For appetizers we shared nicely piccante crab stuffed mushrooms, along with warm Italian bread served with butter and roasted red peppers. Pat’s entrée was three large macaroni shells stuffed with five cheeses and covered with marinara sauce. Bob, always one to enjoy what he calls “fun food,” ordered veal parmagiana, which came with a garden salad dressed in a classic Italian vinaigrette. Gene ordered chicken cacciatore with a side of spaghetti. Mary Jane had the veal scallopini, which was accompanied by carrots and green beans cooked nicely al dente. The entrees were exceedingly generous and came piping hot right out of the oven.

Amazingly enough, we had room for desert and happily shared amply portioned servings of tiramisu, bread pudding with vanilla ice cream, and cannellonis. Not exactly diet food, but well worth the indulgence.

Dolce Vita is clearly a family-oriented, neighborhood restaurant with hearty food at reasonable prices. In addition to its signature Italian menu, it also does catering, private parties, and on weekends expands its menu to include authentic Mexican cuisine. We definitely intend to go back to sample the Mexican specialties.

- Pat and Bob Fogal

Past Reviews

Hyatt at the Bellevue – September 2011

Creed’s, King of Prussia – August 2011

Radice, Blue Bell – July 2011

Stella Blu, West Conshohocken – June 2011

Theatre Horizon To Announce Plans for New Home at Holiday Opening Night Performance

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nonprofit awarded grant to join Norristown’s economic revitalization movement

Norristown, PA (Dec 6, 2011) – Theatre Horizon, Norristown’s professional nonprofit theatre company, will announce plans for the construction and grand opening of a new theatre slated for the Fall 2012. Company Co-Founders Erin Reilly and Matthew Decker will lead the formal announcement and rendering preview to the public at the Voices of Christmas opening night performance on December 16 at 7:45pm.

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Notes from Rehearsal

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(This week’s post is by Asst Director/Dramaturg Erin Read who gives us an inside look at how Voices of Christmas came to be.)

In November, Nordstrom let customers know they wouldn’ t see Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving because the store likes to celebrate “one holiday at a time”. Normally, I agree wholeheartedly with that sentiment. This year however, we here at Theatre Horizon have been thinking of Christmas for months. The Voices of Christmas cast is now in their third week of rehearsal, working through material that the creative team has been gathering since August.

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Good Storytelling

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The memories continue with this one from Board Member Steve Heumann. Share your stories at Facebook.com/TheatreHorizon!
“My ‘introduction’ to Theatre Horizon was via first meeting Matt in August, 2006 while he was AD for Arden [Theatre]‘s A Prayer for Owen Meany and I was the ‘outsider’ attending every rehearsal of that production and writing a blog for the Arden’s web site about the rehearsal process … from the perspective of an outsider.  He had never worked for Arden.  I had never blogged.  Two peas in a pod!  At some point, Matt mentioned he and a friend had co-founded a theatre company in Montgomery County a couple of years before.  It was only one of our many passing conversations in the midst of the long days and nights of rehearsals.  I remember saying that I’d like to catch one of his productions.  He mentioned Erin’s name at the time, who I think I’d heard of from her acting gigs.
In any event, later that season I saw my first Theatre Horizon production, Once on This Island.  I was very taken by this very polished production in the unusual space of the UM junior high or middle school.  I thought they were on to something.  I wanted to follow up.
Next, I saw Working, an even more accomplished piece that was both touching and showed the capacity of TH for good story telling.
During that time I met Erin and became more familiar with both she and Matt, their backgrounds and their shared vision.  I was sold on their drive, talent and enthusiasm to create theatre in the suburbs with same or better quality than what is available in the city.  I offered to volunteer in any way my experience could help.  Jane and I attended a fund raiser and it was there that we met the earliest supporters and staff.
Theatre Horizon is fulfilling that early promise.  The future holds even more.  Jane and I have been proud Honorary Producers for several productions and I’m delighted to volunteer my time for the organization.
Happy 7th Birthday!!!”