{"id":15812,"date":"2016-03-23T13:47:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T18:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=15812"},"modified":"2016-03-23T13:47:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T18:47:03","slug":"eastside-cafe-pizza-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=15812","title":{"rendered":"Eastside Cafe Pizza Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160323_100643.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15816\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15816\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160323_100643-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"Eastside Cafe Pizza Review\" width=\"171\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>One of my local grocery stores is huge. I get exhausted going there. \u00a0But the upside is they have really deep selections of product, including frozen pizza &#8211; \u00a0they have four 30 foot long coolers of different brands, and in a separate vertical cooler, organic, vegan, and gluten free offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Any time I go in there, there are new brands, or at least ones I haven&#8217;t seen.<\/p>\n<p>This week it was &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidecafepizza.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastside Cafe<\/a>,&#8221; from a small manufacturer outside of Chicago &#8211; it looks like they are primarily in the contract manufacturing business for groceries and other outlets &#8211; both fresh and frozen pies.<\/p>\n<p>Their mission statement: <em>&#8220;We are manufacturers of fresh frozen pizzas serving many retail and recreational bussinesses within the United States. Eastside Caf\u00e9\u00a0was established in 1992, and we pride ourselves on providing customers with high-quality products and personal service. Our office is conveniently located in Warrenville, Illinois&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nI picked up an individual size meat lovers, sausage, pepperoni and bacon.<\/p>\n<p>Now these guys tried it and loved it.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QJFyzr9kIzw\" width=\"420\" height=\"275\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Me? Not so much.<\/p>\n<p>The cheese is good, note on the photo of the unbaked pie that the cheese is in &#8216;gobs&#8217; instead of &#8216;shreds&#8217; as most frozen pies come.That move apparently makes for a nicer melt, judging from the finished product.<\/p>\n<p>The sauce was really pedantic. Ordinary. The crust was ok, from the thickness I would have thought it would have been crispier, but it was chewy, not crispy. Pepperoni, good flavor and texture. Sausage, no apparently seasoning. Bacon? Couldn&#8217;t really tell there was any on board.<\/p>\n<p>So this one brand won&#8217;t be on my regular buy rotation. You, however, may find it&#8217;s your new favorite! \u00a0You can check them out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Eastside-Cafe-Pizza-127814943903224\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company is located in Warrenville, IL, in the office park pictured below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15817\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160323_100756.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15817\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15817\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160323_100756-400x301.jpg\" alt=\"Eastside Cafe Pizza Review\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>\u00a0Unbaked<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15814\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160323_104057.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15814\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15814\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20160323_104057-400x312.jpg\" alt=\"Eastside Cafe Pizza Review\" width=\"400\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Baked, top shelf, 400, 13 minutes<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15815\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/eastside.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15815\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15815 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/eastside-400x212.jpg\" alt=\"Eastside Cafe Pizza Review\" width=\"400\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Eastside Cafe Headquarters<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eastside Cafe Pizza Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my local grocery stores is huge. I get exhausted going there. \u00a0But the upside is they have really deep selections of product, including frozen pizza &#8211; \u00a0they have four 30 foot long coolers of different brands, and in a separate vertical cooler, organic, vegan, and gluten free offerings. Any time I go in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=15812\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eastside Cafe Pizza Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,16,22],"tags":[934,1500],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15812"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}