Ginos East Frozen Pizza Review Gino’s East is a downtown Chicago restaurant that specializes in one of the versions of “Chicago Deep Dish.” They opened just off the magnificent mile in 1966. They subscribe to the version that is “crust, cheese, toppings, sauce.” Other versions in the same segment are more focused on the amount… Continue reading Ginos East Frozen Pizza Review
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Sluggers Pizza Review Silvis Illinois
Sluggers Pizza Review Silvis Illinois My heart is aching for mom and pop businesses during the 2020 pandemic. Most operate on very thin margins in ordinary circumstances, but do survive only on take out? Tough sledding. You probably haven’t heard of “Quad Cities Style” pizza, but it’s just as unique as “New York” or… Continue reading Sluggers Pizza Review Silvis Illinois
Bonci Pizza Review New Orleans LA
Bonci Pizza Review New Orleans LA Gabriele Bonci. He’s from Rome. Has a popular pizza place there. Set his sights on the US market, and curiously, the place he chose to debut his concept was Chicago, arguably a population that has very strong opinions about their pizza. He opened one, then another. Added New Orleans.… Continue reading Bonci Pizza Review New Orleans LA
Dinos Pizza Review – NW Suburban Chicago Illinois
Dinos Pizza Review – NW Suburban Chicago Illinois There still exists a “Little Italy” near downtown Chicago, but there’s not much Italian left to it, ‘cept or a once a year weekend festival. No, for me, Chicago’s “Little Italy” is more likely to be found around Harlem Avenue, south of I-90, in the NW suburbs… Continue reading Dinos Pizza Review – NW Suburban Chicago Illinois
Franks Quad Cities Style Pizza Review – Silvis, IL
Franks Quad Cities Style Pizza Review Frank’s Club Napoli Pizzeria, in Silvis, IL (part of Rock Island area) is purported to have created “Quad Cities Style” pizza. Never heard of it? Me neither, until a couple years ago, and I lived there for two years back in the day! What’s different about Quad Cities Style… Continue reading Franks Quad Cities Style Pizza Review – Silvis, IL
Bootleggers Pizza Review, Biloxi, MS
Bootleggers Pizza Review, Biloxi, MS Bootlegger’s Pizza in Biloxi, Mississippi touts themselves as the home of authentic Chicago thin-crust pizza. As I live in Chicago part time, naturally I had to check it out. The downstairs of the facility is for ‘family’ dine-in experiences from their full menu featuring pizza, pasta, wings, burgers and sammiches. … Continue reading Bootleggers Pizza Review, Biloxi, MS
Champion Frozen Pizza Review
Champion Frozen Pizza Review Champion Pizza is a frozen pizza line started in 1981 in the microdot town of Hebron (Illinois, not Palestine). Like many frozen pizzas in the Upper Midwest, they got their start supplying to restaurants and bars before landing shelf space in regional grocery stores. They also supply products for charitable… Continue reading Champion Frozen Pizza Review
La Pizza Via Review – Fox River Grove, IL
La Pizza Via Review Where else can you go that offers nearly every regional type of pizza from across the country??? La Pizza Via has NY/New Haven thin crust, Pan pizza with a thicker crust, baked in a square. Of course Chicago’s favorite, cracker thin, cut in squares (many people call it “tavern style).” And… Continue reading La Pizza Via Review – Fox River Grove, IL
Caradaro Club Pizza Review – Milwaukee WI
Arguably Milwaukee’s oldest pizzeria, the Caradaro Club was started in the mid 40s, as the popularity of pizza grew in the US due to returning European theater GI’s, who had experienced in while serving. Starting with a fully-proofed, very thin crust made with low gluten flour, the Caradaro is all about “tavern style” pizza, cracker… Continue reading Caradaro Club Pizza Review – Milwaukee WI
Vito and Nicks Pizza Review, Chicago, IL
Arguably the oldest pizzeria in Chicago, Vito and Nicks started as a tavern only in the 30s, before adding pizza a few years later. While most people in America associate “deep dish” pizza with Chicago, it didn’t really come along til a decade or more later. Til then, and even today, what we all “tavern… Continue reading Vito and Nicks Pizza Review, Chicago, IL