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)
Tag: Frozen Pizza
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
Home Cookin’ – Gino’s East Frozen Thin Crust Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza
I’ve tested this one before, in my smackdown of local Chicago frozen pizzas. This time around, it’s the Sausage and Pepperoni combo. Gino’s East has some serious Chicago history behind it. A couple of Chicago taxi drivers, Sam Levine and Fred Bartoli, and a friend, George Loverde, opened Gino’s East just off the Magnificent Mile, or… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Gino’s East Frozen Thin Crust Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza
Home Cookin’ – Ovenworks Frozen Pizza
Ovenworks brand frozen pizza is a pie that hails from Eau Claire (“oh clare”), Wisconsin, and proudly brandishes a phrase on their packaging “featuring 100% Wisconsin real Wisconsin cheese and premium ingredients.” The company has been in business for over twenty-five years, and the pies are shipped out of a factory in tiny Glen Flora,… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Ovenworks Frozen Pizza
Home Cookin’ – Reggio’s Frozen Sausage Pizza – Personal Size
I’ve written about frozen pizzas specific to the Chicago area previously, and about this particular brand, Reggio’s. Reggio’s is one of my two favorite Chicago area frozen pies, and it’s a toss up for the number one spot. The personal sized sausage pizza clocks in at 8 ounces, with a half of a pie as… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Reggio’s Frozen Sausage Pizza – Personal Size
Home Cookin’ – Home Run Inn Frozen (6 inch) Pizza
I’ve written about Home Run Inn frozen pizzas previously; it’s the best-selling pie in the greater Chicagoland area. Today I sampled one of their individual-sized pies (what? Extra large is “individual-sized” for me!) These are generally at the grocery for around $3.69 each, of three for $10. They weigh 8.75 ounces, when their “regular” size… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Home Run Inn Frozen (6 inch) Pizza
Palermo’s Classic Frozen Pizza
If the frozen pizza industry has “class” or “segment” descriptions (like ‘value line’, ‘premium line’, ‘gourmet’), I’m not aware of it. Of course there are all manners of self-descriptive phrases used for marketing, whether it’s “pizzeria style” or “rising crust”. “Classic” has come to mean, by and large, I believe, the look, shape, feel, and… Continue reading Palermo’s Classic Frozen Pizza
Jewel Brand Take & Bake Pizza
Tried another Chicago area frozen pizza, tho this one wasn’t frozen, it was ‘fresh” in the deli section of the Jewel Grocery. Jewel is the Chicago area brand for SuperValu, which also owns Albertsons, Cub, Lucky, Save-a-Lot and others. SuperValu itself was the successor of a company started by Hugh Harrison, in 1870, as a… Continue reading Jewel Brand Take & Bake Pizza
Gino’s East Frozen Thin Crust Sausage Pizza
Last in a series of Chicago’s local frozen pizzas, up today is Gino’s East Thin Crust Sausage. Gino’s is well known for their Chicago deep dish, (recent review) but can they cut the cheese with a thin crust? We’ve previously looked at competing brands, Home Run Inn and Reggio’s, and Connie’s. At $4 bucks on… Continue reading Gino’s East Frozen Thin Crust Sausage Pizza
Connie’s “Naturals” – Another Chicago Frozen Pizza
Connie’s “Natural” is another frozen pie spawned from a Chicago pizzeria. Their hook is the product is “all natural”, which isn’t a selling point for me, personally, but it appears to make some people happy. In 1963, Jim Stolfe traded his 1962 Oldsmobile for a small pizza shop on Chicago’s south side. Over the past… Continue reading Connie’s “Naturals” – Another Chicago Frozen Pizza