Maria's Lounge & Restaurant — Restaurant in Reading

Hey. My name is BigDaveIsFat and I am here to find out which “Greasy Spoon” in Reading, Pa has the best meatball sandwich. First up is Maria’s located on Penn Street. This is one of the oldest spoons in the City of Reading and today I ordered a meatball sub with extra cheese, on a toasted roll with a side of fries. The delivery didn’t take long and my food was hot upon delivery. I opened the fries first and was pleased to see that they had a nice golden texture. I grabbed one and ate it then added some Adobo. I then opened the container holding the sandwich to find one of the most prettiest sandwiches I’ve ever saw. It was toasted to perfection. All of the extra cheese was inside of the sandwich. The mozzarella cheese was neatly placed which gave the roll an opportunity to shine & folks, it did. Please view the video. Each meatball was sliced and placed throughout the entire roll. Believe it not, this separates good from bad when it comes to meatball subs. Many places put the meatballs in whole. So when you bite it, you pull the entire ball out of the sandwich. Having to stuff the meatball back in or act a fool & eat the entire meatball. Leaving a hole in the bread for your next bite. Finally, the amount of sauce on this sandwich could NOT have been better. It was not too much and my sandwich was NOT DRY! I’ve had many & those places are the reason why I hardly ever eat sandwiches that have red sauce, but in this case, I am very happy I did. The ratio between each ingredient used was “Spot On Perfect!” They fries were average at best. The meatball sandwich from Maria’s will be very hard to beat. In fact, I do not think anyone’s will. A perfect 5 out of 5 for this one. They call me BigDaveIsFat & my name says it all. “Get...

Oh my God I was in Reading PA visiting family for my hotel do you want me to go pick up pizza apparently this place doesn't deliver you only can pick up that's what I was told their pizza boxes very huge but the place is so sketchy and ghetto is too much going on there where were from I said you can't smoke in the facility it smell like nothing but cigarettes in this place it looks like a hole in the wall this definitely isn't a place I will be hanging out at the cook was rude when I got there I went the time they told me to pick up the pizza when I got there somehow they had to order wrong but I was patient I think he was overwhelmed because it was a weekend it was the Saturday before Easter Sunday he told me I had to wait send no problem but I went and waited in my car because this place doesn't look safe at home it's like a bar club in the back and the pizzeria in the front and a bunch of the lottery games / slot machines in the entrance and a bunch of bums outside ask...

I called in a XL Large pizza, half mushroom, half pepperoni. Was told it would take 25 mins. Normal. I paid nearly $30. Also, about normal. Now, the city of Reading, PA is a little farther for me to travel. Mama’s Pizza and Romeo’s Pizza are both in my neighborhood and both are excellent! But Maria’s has the hot and fresh with cheese that strings when you break apart the slices. The hot and fresh type that can be found on the board walk. I recommended this place to my mother who was excited for this pizza from Maria’s but when I got it home, it was horrible! It tasted and even looked like whoever “made” it, took a cheese pizza that was previously made and was on display for single slice walk in orders, put the toppings on, then reheated it. Horrible! And a real shame if this is a practice used. Needless to say, we were very...