Comments on: Maria Pellicci, cook

By: AnnCornish

AnnCornish — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 09:15:28 +0000

I really love reading these daily blogs…they are all SO interesting. Thank you

By: Kaaren Slawson

Kaaren Slawson — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 04:43:42 +0000

I just read this before preparing our dinner. I went to the E. Pellicci website. After looking at their menu, I wish we were eating there!

By: Susan Conta

Susan Conta — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:25:39 +0000

Adorable story about a lovely family and special food. Hope to dine there one day, as I am across the pond. Thanks for a great read and love the inclusion of the marquetry, how wonderful to see it too in a photo. That could be a story in itself I’d say. Enjoyed this so much.

By: Frank Johnson ( son )

Frank Johnson ( son ) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:39:52 +0000

I knew the Grandfather ( Peter ) many years ago.
Used to have a drink with him in the Hope Pub ( just accross the Road )
Pub is no longer their now. He always used to wear a big overcoat.
I was about 19 at the time, and i always used to think Peter was a ‘gangster ‘ He reminded me of a character from one of the Godfather films. !
To be honest, all the faimly were and are always really sweet people.

God Bless.

By: John Dixon

John Dixon — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:31:53 +0000

My wife and I had tea and bacon rolls in Peliccis the other day. Never been before, even though my wife was born and bred nearby (Bonner St.). It was so friendly and the food was good too. We were even given a free sample of homemade bread pudding!

By: Ann MacDonald

Ann MacDonald — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:38:15 +0000

My favourite read every morning. I love this blog and particularly enjoyed finding this piece about this cafe.

By: Chaim Ebanks

Chaim Ebanks — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:21:49 +0000

I remember visiting Peliccis cafe when I was a a young lad, and worked for J W Percival & Sons Ltd 148-154 Bethnal Green Road (Bob & Monty Percival). It was the highlight of the working day to have some lunch there. It is so good to know that this wonderful cafe has survived, as most of the other places I frequented no longer exist. They are either sari shops or Halal butchers. I used to drink in the Well & Bucket, The Blade Bone, The Green Gate, The Marquis of Cornwallis, Balls Brothers, The Gun and the Salmon & Ball. Most of them are now closed!
I am now 57 years old and took my wife to see all the sites of my youth. They were mainly all gone, apart from Peliccis and the pie & mash shop in Bethnal Green Road plus one or two others that have escaped.

By: Jon jarvis

Jon jarvis — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:59:08 +0000

Just been talking to someone from Bethnal Green who knows Pelliccis. I said my Mum is nearly 97 and from Bethnal Green. He said to me she will know Pelliccis. So I phoned her and she did. She remembers going there with her nan as a child and having ice cream and I think ‘oky poky’ (whatever that is?). Her nan used to sell vegetables from a cart near Pelliccis. I think my Mum said in Valence Road.
My Mum’s maiden name is Florence Rose Haslett but when she married my Dad (also from Bethnal Green) it changed to Jarvis.
Wouldn’t it be graet if I could get my Mum to Pelliccis for her birthday !
Jon Jarvis

By: Sue Weigand

Sue Weigand — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:12:03 +0000

I must say that I just love your blog and look forward to reading all of your stories. This story especially hit close to home coming from a long line of wonderful Italian women who sound just like Mama Maria.

By: mlleparadis

mlleparadis — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:02:24 +0000

As I am half-Italian (Piedmontese) I could not help but adore every little speck of this story, pictures included. Thanks for a lovely introduction to this family and their “home”.