2 Weeks Left At Swim Club
2 Weeks Left At Swim Club
(August 20, 2013)
Our food stand is not your ordinary swim club snackbar. Sorry, no chicken nuggets here...
From our opening day of the Johnny Meatballs-Frankie Antipasto Food Stand at the Hasbrouck Heights Swim Club at the start of summer 2013, we haven’t tried to be “different,” we have just been ourselves—which, in the context of operating a food concession at a swim club immediately made us different. Sure, we have items on our menu like nacho chips and hot dogs (which, by the way are the best of the best - Sabretts), but we have been very careful to stay true to what we do—and that’s serving the best old-school Italian-American food made like you would make it in your home!
While the majority of poolside fare falls into the category of chicken nuggets and French fries, we’ve not done any such foods and don’t plan to. We were hired for what we do—our signature specialties of meatballs and antipasto. We use quality ingredients, get our coldcuts and meats not from a grocery store but from a Italian butcher and not just turkey and ham but soppressata and mortadella with pistachios to name a few. We have the freshest fruit from farmers markets, our bread is picked up fresh each day from the bakery, we do coffee drinks better than those chain stores, carry the best cookies and fresh popped kettle corn, we’ve sold sfogliatelle and cannolis…we have our own basil plants on premises we pick and use the leaves in our tomato sauce…our weekly specials have included chicken parmigiano and sausage and peppers, hand-made miniature pizza pies—not those frozen ones…plus of course Italian ice, nope not from any supermarket but from a pastry shop—what other pool has this kind of stuff????
I’m not trying to brag I just want to convey the message that we go the extra mile because that’s what we’re all about. And if you haven’t visited us yet, come on down. A recent special was pulled pork sandwiches and corn on the cob from the farm. We're planning a big BBQ for the Labor Day season send-off. Again I ask, what other swim club in the area has these offerings???
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS SWIM CLUB
OLDFIELD AVENUE / NEXT TO FOOTBALL FIELD
HOURS OF FOOD STAND 11AM TO 5PM, 7 DAYS A WEEK
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I really wish that the
I really wish that the people leaving the negative comments would learn how to spell, use punctuation and use proper grammar. Where did you learn how to spell and form sentences? Grow up, get a life and stop acting like cafoni e se non ti conviene vaffanculo a te e chi ti ha messo sulla faccia della terra.
sausage, pasta, broccoli
sausage, pasta, broccoli rabe, 3 of the most easiest things to make. O and what did you drop that eggplant parm on the floor before you took a picture of it? Looks freakin gross.
lot of haters
i have known johnny and megin for 5 years and they are the hardest working and kindest people i know and catered several parties for me. johnny even performed his meatball song with my kids and made them so happy. they love their kids more than anything and are people of strong moral and ethical character. why would anyone want to bash two people who are hustling and trying to build a business together and dont say a bad word about anybody? i take it the haters are people who are jealous because the meatball family were once stars of a vh1 reality show and the haters are jealous that they will never get a taste of fame. i know the true johnny and meg apart from how they were portrayed on tv and as i said they are wonderful people and i applaud them both for being smart and capitalizing on their tv experience to spin that into a successful food and entertainment brand.
Hes a phony.
Hes a phony.
Johnny Meatballs
I find Johnny Meatballs to be a very enterprising young man with a wonderful personality, a simple idea and a lot of ambition. That's all you need to be successful in the world. I wish him the best of luck. As for the two people that made the comments below, Larry & Moe, we're still waiting for Curly to post his rude comment and we will have heard from all 3 Stooges.
Sincerely, Jack Ninivaggi
Shut it down
Haha Johnny meatbl?!?!? Us thus your real name? And do you rally make balls and eggplant parm with Megan. Saw the eggplant pic if the eggplant and I wanted to puke. All your makes we want to puke in the heights pool.
Ill take an Italian combo with cspisico, mortadella, and orovone baby.
Come on are you for real? Street vending takes balls. Ill take 100 bss and some fries - going to up hike all over your fake beard.
Megan work it with north and move to San Fernando valley.
DeCarlo is his moms maiden
DeCarlo is his moms maiden name. Ask him his real last name, you'll be shocked.
Come on now
From the deepest regions if northern jersey comes the self proclaimed meatball king of the heights, the meatball with the street game like no other! And I'm not talking about JM, I'm talking about Louie Meatloaf! This guys has been hassling the streets of south jersey for years, selling at the AC swim club, farmers markets at LBI, and at the best street fairs this side of red bank. Then comes mestball king over here and Im supposed be impressed? Forgataboutit.....ohhhhhhhhh.
Comes on the balls are harder than a bad street fair run by 20th generations Greek Americans. I'll take a zeppole and chuck it at the cart! Oh yeah forgetaboutitttttr capidolculu!,,, oh, stunoato, ohhh linguine with clam sauce. Peace out.