Superior, WI – Shorty’s Pizza and Smoked Meat Review

It’s always difficult to find the true origin of a local favorite;  I don’t think anybody has ever established where the first Coney Island style hot dog was created….or the first pizza place in the U.S……who created the Jucy Lucy in Minneapolis, the Italian Beef in Chicago, or the muffaletta in New Orleans.  Lots of… Continue reading Superior, WI – Shorty’s Pizza and Smoked Meat Review

Duluth, MN – Gannucci’s Italian Market & Deli Review

Don’t you just love it when people take old family recipes and make a thriving, successful business from them? That’s the story behind Gannucci’s Italian Market & Deli in Duluth. On September 30, 1908, Vito Gannucci, his wife and children arrived in Minnesota from Italy. 104 years later, Vito’s relation Bill Kalligher  is sharing the… Continue reading Duluth, MN – Gannucci’s Italian Market & Deli Review