It’s been over a year since I have ordered from Papa John’s; the last one I had was before I was 86ed from Portland, it was one of my ‘go-to’ delivery choices, though I discovered late in my tenure there that my fave local pizza was from an obscure corner market called Uncle John’s. (No… Continue reading Nationwide – Papa Johns Review
Category: Pizza
Little Caesars Deep Dish Review
Friday evenings were “movie night” at the BurgerDogBoy household in Iowa, back in the day. Me, Burgerdogdaughter, and her mother would congregate in the basement of our house, in front of my silly extravagance of a 72″ Sony, pop in a rented VHS, welcome our friends Barry, Maureen, and baby boy, who was the same… Continue reading Little Caesars Deep Dish Review
Lake In the Hills, IL – Moretti’s Ristorante Pizza Review
Review of Moretti’s Ristorante, NW Suburban Chicago location.
Home Cookin’ – Connie’s Sausage and Uncured Pepperoni Frozen Pizza Reviews
I’ve previously tried a Connie’s, an “all natural” line out of Chicago. Today I spotted one with “uncured pepperoni” so I thought I would give that a world. In any increasingly (pseudo) health-conscious world, “uncured” meats are all the rage. What exactly are uncured meats? You see the label on bacon and other pork products… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Connie’s Sausage and Uncured Pepperoni Frozen Pizza Reviews
Home Cookin’ – Pastorelli Products Home Pizza Recipe
Beginning in Italy around 1850, the Pastorelli family took a deliberate route into the Italian food products business, making olive oil, and eventually tomato sauce of some repute. Several companies were successfully built and sold, on both sides of the Atlantic, until the birth of the Chicago company, producing red sauce, olive oil, and now,… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Pastorelli Products Home Pizza Recipe
Algonquin, IL – Sals Pizza Company
(August 2015 Update. Sal’s has opened a second location in the former Luigi’s Pizza on the square in Huntley. Dine in, full bar). Behind a very unassuming store front, in back of a 7-Eleven off Algonquin Road, you’ll find a beehive of pizza activity. On a Friday night, I counted three adults, and a dozen… Continue reading Algonquin, IL – Sals Pizza Company
Wisconsin State Fair Food Stand Pictorial
Whereas some State Fairs focus on the agricultural aspects of a state, displaying animals and farm implements galore, the Wisconsin State Fair seems to exist solely for mile after mile of food stands for the pleasure of roaming cheese heads. You’ll get no complaint from me. Sure, there were the usual animal farms, cows, sheep,… Continue reading Wisconsin State Fair Food Stand Pictorial
Screamin Sicilian Frozen Pizza (new product)
The Screamin’ Sicilian is so new, even the website ain’t working yet. It’s so new, that even a Google or Bing search of the terms brings you nowhere figuring out what the deal on this pie is. (2014 Update: site and search now operable). There’s a clue on the box, though, this new effort springs… Continue reading Screamin Sicilian Frozen Pizza (new product)
Home Cookin’ – Vito and Nicks II Frozen Pizza
Last in a series of testing out the various local brands of frozen pizza in Chicago. Vito and Nicks II is an offshoot of a 70 year old business, that started as Vito’s Tavern on the far south side of Chicago. They toiled hard, added a few food items, and son Nick joined Vito Barraco… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Vito and Nicks II Frozen Pizza
Algonquin, IL – Riverview Tavern
“Since 1936” the sign out front says. This is a big endorsement for me, usually, if a place has been around that long, they must be doing something right. Right? Used to be I chose restaurants based solely on another sign criteria: “most credit cards accepted.” But these days my standards are different. The Riverview… Continue reading Algonquin, IL – Riverview Tavern