Anthony’s Place: The Bob Salad – The Bite


by on Mar 24th, 2011

Welcome back to The Bite, Sheepshead Bites’ weekly column where we explore the foodstuffs of Sheepshead Bay. Each week we’ll check out a different offering from one of the many restaurants, delis, food carts, bakeries, butchers, fish mongers, or grocers in our neighborhood. If it’s edible, we’ll take a bite.

A “Bob Salad?” Whoever heard of such a thing? And at an Italian restaurant yet. “Mama’s Salad,” “Maria’s,” “Tony’s,” sure. But Bob? Fuggedaboutit!

A search on the internet didn’t help. A discussion with the waitress didn’t help. Even a talk with Anthony, the owner and chef, didn’t help. “C’mon Anthony, I’ve been coming here over 20 years. My family’s been coming since it was Pizza Bowl back in the 40′s. You can tell me. Why is it called a Bob Salad?” I pleaded.

“It just is,” Anthony replied.

And it’s only available in Sheepshead Bay.

Anthony’s Place’s “Bob Salad” ($10.00 at dinner, $9.50 at lunch) is a hand chopped salad of iceberg lettuce, red onion, white onion, celery, carrots, cucumber, red cabbage, roasted red peppers, croutons and Mozzarella cheese. All items are hand chopped very uniformly to about a 1/4-inch dice and topped with Anthony’s house dressing.

This is one big salad and can easily serve two for lunch, or one for a light dinner. The dressing accentuates the flavors of the vegetables and since the pieces are so small, it almost marinates them, but doesn’t overpower. The salad is served ice cold and crispy, which adds to its charm.

When we have leftovers of this, which we often do, they always get saved for the next day. When a Bob salad is left over night the dressing almost pickles the vegetables and creates a whole new flavor sensation and completely different dining experience. I say go for it.

A Bob Salad. It just is.

Anthony’s Place, 2110 Avenue X, (718) 743-8099

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  • Jal5503

    Anthonys Place/ aka pizza bowl….nothing but raves on anything they put on your table. MMMmmmmmmmm

  • linds

    it’s bob’s salad… as in bob the regular customer that sits in the table closest to the kitchen with his fam. he always ordered the salad and then they named it after him.

  • http://profiles.google.com/microshock Ilya Elberg

    I don’t see much charm in a 10 dollar salad.

    • Anonymous

      do you smoke?

      do you see the charm of a $11 dollar a pack of cigs?

      • KING CRIMSON

        If you in sheepsheadbay and you pay 11 bucs for a pack of cigs, you must be a dumbass, so many untaxed ciggarete peddler’s up in this bitch, yo

    • Anonymous

      Before I had this salad and only saw it on the menu, I’d agree with you. But the Bob salad is HUGE and probably weighs in at around 3lbs. My wife and I usually share it and rarely finish it at one sitting. Give it a try.

  • http://twitter.com/Microshock Microshock

    I don’t see much charm in a ten dollar salad. Don’t even try to tell me how big it is or the freshness of the ingredients, its a freaking ten dollar salad.

    • Anonymous

      do you smoke?

      do you see the charm of a $11 dollar a pack of cigs?

      • http://twitter.com/Microshock Microshock

        No I don’t smoke.

  • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Erica-Sherman-Photographer/156144554406226?ref=mf ES

    Something about the use of the words “new flavor sensation” almost always cracks me up.

  • Eitan

    Their food is really good. Very hearty and satisfying. And by the way, if a $10 salad is too much for you, McDonalds is just a few blocks away.

  • Ray Johnson

    That salad looks delicious!

  • Barkingspider7

    It looks messy, but is probably delicious.

  • Barkingspider7

    It looks messy, but is probably delicious.

  • Ron B

    This is one of the best Italian Restaurants in the entire city. The food is outrageous, the staff is great as well. And yes Bob is also a friend of mine lol.

  • Jtvoice

    Anthony’s Place= Tasty and fresh. Nice people in there too.

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  • https://www.facebook.com/media/albums/?id=138784722800286 CanBook

    I help run a foodie page on Facebook called “A Taste of Canarsie (& beyond)” & we have featured this excellent restaurant, Anthony’s Place (formerly called Pizza Bowl), at:  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=342349252443831&set=a.198277840184307.54605.138784722800286&type=1&theater&notif_t=photo_reply

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