Marco & Luca now serving at Seminole Square
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Hooray! Now you can get em’ on Route 29!
PHOTO BY DAVE MCNAIR
They’ve conquered the Mall and the Corner (and even have their own theme song), and now Marco & Luca’s dumplings have landed in the Seminole Square Shopping Center on Route 29.
Located in the former Aesthetic Associates day spa space at 176 Zan Road, it will be the biggest of their three locations, and according to Dragana Katalina-Sun— one half of the husband and wife team whose children’s names have become synonymous with cheap, tasty, and piping hot dumplings— her husband, Sun Da, has plans to add a little musical entertainment to the mix and perhaps even some Dim Sum. Yum!
For now, says Katalina-Sun, the place is open on a sparse schedule as they iron a few things out, but as soon as the new year begins, they’ll be on a regular schedule.
Dim sum, please. Please.
Hooray!
Now, where’s Seminole Square?
It’s a Christmas miracle!
I rove dumprings!!!!
Seminole Square is up 29 North. Turn Right at Chili’s. Also can turn in at Cheeseburger in Paradise.
Great news…I work up that way and love Marco and Luca’s. Theirs is a great business model…work your way forward rather than buy your way forward. Smart people.
Hey forget about Jimmy whatever-his-name-is. These guys are the real food article in Cville. They make great food and want a reasonable price in return. Isn’t that what it’s about?
Hmmmmm, do people still not realize that they don’t make these dumplings fresh?? It’s all frozen and they just boil them and sell them. If you go to that asian store located near burger king you buy a bag of frozen dumpling for about 4 bucks. You get like 30 dumplings and thats what they do to. It’s a great business plan though. They sell what like 6 dumplings for like the price of a frozen bag. So they can make a killing on those. It’s just funny people say how great the food is when it’s just frozen dumplings and spaghetii noodles.
Yes, but you have to include the ambiance of that little hole in the wall “walk up” service area on the DTM where they started out. That along with their hard-scrabble emigrant story is the real business model.
Ray,
Ah, don’t all restaurants buy food in bulk for cheaper, some of it frozen for certain restaurants, and sell it for more in their restaurant? Isn’t that the whole idea of a restaurant business? Plus, they prepare the food for you, and I know Maro & Luca’s creates a sauce for the dumplings. Same for their noodle dish. Yes, I can go to the grocery store and buy spaghetii noodles, steak, and chicken for cheaper, but that’s not the point. What’s yours?
Merry Christmas, Ray!
Agree with Ray. If they’re known for one thing they should at least make it. That’s his point.
Oh Ray you’ve crushed my enthusiasm. Dang those frozen dumplings are good though and there’s no insufferable “we are demi-gods because we cook” nonsense to endure.
Yeah, my point was a lot of people thought they made all the dumplings themselves. Just wanted to point that out and nothing else. I mean people are going go go ga ga over frozen dumplings and just imagine how they would be if it was actually the good hand made stuff. Oragasm galore