{"id":15968,"date":"2016-04-18T10:45:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T15:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=15968"},"modified":"2016-04-18T10:45:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T15:45:54","slug":"jj-twigs-pizza-review-palatine-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=15968","title":{"rendered":"JJ Twigs Pizza Review, Palatine, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JJ<\/a>We first started going to JJ Twigs shortly after we moved to the Chicago suburbs in the 80s, and my kid was just a sprout.<\/p>\n

They had peanuts on the table, and she got a huge kick out being able to throw the shells on the floor…. being messy on purpose!<\/p>\n

I liked the thin crust pizza (OK, and the peanuts, too), the\u00a0restaurant uses\u00a0fresh made Italian sausage, and whole milk mozzarella, which gives the cheese a nice stretchiness quality. They had a smattering of herbs which I find pleasing, as well.<\/p>\n

The original location was overlooking serene Lake Zurich, IL<\/a>, but that location burned down in 2004. They moved up the road inside the arcade building at a mini golf, and I stopped in there once or twice over the years, but only for take out.<\/p>\n

Finally they moved to their present location, on Highway 14 in Palatine, into s cozy building that was previously another pizzeria, which I can’t \"JJ<\/a>remember the name of. It’s smaller than the original location, but a warmer decor, and they offer their entire lengthy menu of pizza, sandwiches, and entrees, along with a full bar.<\/p>\n

JJ Twigs is known for their unique “double decker” pizza, which is two fully topped thin crust pizzas, one atop the other, sealed together with a thick hand-turned outer crust. \u00a0I’ve never tried it.<\/p>\n

I had my “usual,” a thin crust sausage with green olive, and double cheese. And it was fabulous. Chased it down with an Italian beef, (and a shot of insulin) but took most of both home, of course. The pie is every bit as good as I remembered, and I’d stop by more often, but it’s quite a hike for me.<\/p>\n

They have quite a few TVs as well as a separate room, JJ Twigs would be a fun place to have a small party or catch the game.<\/p>\n

There are four additional locations, one in Wauconda, IL<\/a>, and three in St. Louis<\/a>. Same menus, recipes. Here’s the local pizza menu<\/a>. JJ Twigs menu is competitively priced for the area.<\/p>\n

 
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We first started going to JJ Twigs shortly after we moved to the Chicago suburbs in the 80s, and my kid was just a sprout. They had peanuts on the table, and she got a huge kick out being able to throw the shells on the floor…. being messy on purpose! I liked the thin… Continue reading JJ Twigs Pizza Review, Palatine, IL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,22,26],"tags":[355,947,948],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15968"}],"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=15968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}