A few years ago, my sister e-mailed me the link to a website of a pizza place she’d come across called Tacconelli’s in Philadelphia. It reminded her of Di Fara and upon reading about the restaurant online, I thought the ...
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Earlier this year, when I was speaking with a friend from Chicago about deep dish pizza there, she raved about a place called Pequod’s (2207 North Clybourn Avenue). When I had visited Chicago last summer, I ate excellent pizza at ...
Read More »Fratelli La Bufala: Miami’s Underwhelming Tourist Trap
I recently spent a weekend down in Miami, Florida and wanted to hit up at least one pizza place while down there. After a bit of research (including the Miami Herald’s Pie In The Sky and Slice’s The United States ...
Read More »Virginia’s Pizzeria Orso: Sub-Par Pizza & Sub-Par Service
When a beverage is the highlight of your dinner at a pizza place, that typically means either one of two things: (a) their pizza wasn’t that great or (b) they had really amazing drinks! At Pizzeria Orso (400 S. Maple ...
Read More »Classic Thin Crust Pies At Federici’s In Freehold, NJ
I spent the first part of Thanksgiving weekend in Marlboro, New Jersey. And after having such a great experience eating pizza in Jersey over the summer (A Mano in Ridgewood, Ah’ Pizz in Montclair, Star Tavern in Orange, and Santillo’s ...
Read More »Pizzeria Stella: Stellar Pizza In Philly
I recently spent a weekend in Philadelphia for a wedding. Number one on my to-do list: try some Philly pizza. Although the city is only two hours south of New York (and two hours north of where I grew up ...
Read More »A Delicious "A Piece Of The Strip" In Pittsburgh
The final leg of my recent road trip through the Midwest brought me and my friends to Pittsburgh for one night. I had no plans of eating pizza there. Believe it or not, I’d had just about enough pizza throughout ...
Read More »Spacca Napoli: Suprisingly Great Neapolitan Pizza In Chicago
When planning my recent road trip, I knew I wanted to hit three pizza places in Chicago. One was Lou Malnati’s (for a classic deep dish pie), and another was Great Lake (which has garnered national media attention and accolades). ...
Read More »Great Lake: Trailblazing Its Way Through The Chicago Pizza Scene (CLOSED)
When I was mapping out a recent roadtrip to the Midwest, there was one activity around which I planned our entire itinerary: dinner at Great Lake in Chicago. Since the shop — located in the Andersonville neighborhood — is only ...
Read More »Lou Malnati’s: A Chicago Classic Deep Dish Joint
As you probably know, I recently returned from a road trip through the Midwest. Although pizza wasn’t the purpose of the trip, it was definitely an integral part of it. After uninspiring stops at We, The Pizza in Washington DC ...
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