Category: Pizza
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Mercato Centrale Review – Florence, Italy
Mercato Centrale Review Mercato Centrale Review Mercato Centrale is the place to go in Florence for all of your food needs, whether you are going to pick up fresh produce or proteins to cook at home or in your Airbnb, or whether you want a quick meal from one of the dozen-plus vendors on the […]
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Giacobbinos Take Bake Pizza Review
Giacobbinos Take Bake Pizza Review Although I have seen these in Chicagoland groceries for some time, I’ve been reluctant to try Giacobbinos, at $13 I thought that was a little spendy for a take and bake pie. At last, the local Jewel-Osco chain had a BOGO on them last week, so greedy pizza monster that […]
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Basil’s Pizza Review – Northfield, MN
Basil’s Pizza Review I hate thinking about anything that I learned about “FIFTY YEARS AGO,” but here we are again, at Basil’s Pizza in Northfield, MN, our go-to pizza as students at St Olaf College. Back then, it was called “Bill’s Pizza.” My fellow students and I kept Bill’s busy, as did our rival college […]
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Jo Jo’s Pizza Review – Delavan, Wisconsin
Jo Jo’s Pizza Review I knew I had to be in this part of the state the other day, it’s the “lake country” of Southern Wisconsin. I had scoped out a couple of potential pie places to visit, both old-timey, been around forever, small-town kind of pizza. The only problem with my quest, is that […]
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Dinos Pizza and Italian Restaurant Chicago Review
The Norwood neighborhood of Chicago, just off I-90 about 12 miles west of the Loop, has become a Little Italy of sorts; I’ve counted around two dozen Italian-centric restaurants, delis, bakeries, markets. Once every couple months I make a run down there and hit two or three of my favorite establishments. Last Saturday was no […]
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Ginos East Frozen Pizza Review
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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]