Over the summer, my girlfriend and I headed out west for a roadtrip of epic proportions. During the course of 12 days we drove more than 1,600 miles — from Portland, Oregon down to Los Angeles, California. Although this was ...
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Feed SubscriptionBaltimore’s Joe Squared: Great Space, Average Pizza
This summer, I was driving from New York to Maryland and decided to stop in Baltimore for some pizza on the way. Although I grew up 45 minutes south of Baltimore in Potomac, Maryland — I’ve limited my regional pizza ...
Read More »Tacconelli’s: Philly Staple Doesn’t Live Up To Hype
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 ...
Read More »New Park Pizza: A Howard Beach Institution
Some pizza places are made to look like they’ve been around for decades. Others actually have been. New Park Pizza (156-71 Cross Bay Boulevard) opened in Howard Beach, Queens in 1956. Although I can’t imagine the pizza has changed much ...
Read More »Pizza Barn: Cutting Edge Organic Slices (Way Off The Beaten Path)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED Earlier this summer, I took my girlfriend to upstate New York for our one year anniversary. Although she seems to enjoy pizza, I figured I’d spare her from venturing to any pizza ...
Read More »Saraghina: Flying Under The Radar In Bed-Stuy
Earlier this year, Google’s blog network — Blogger — crashed. When this occurred many blogs lost content including I Dream Of Pizza. Among the postings that were lost was my review of Saraghina. After dozens of repeated attempts to contact ...
Read More »900 Degrees: Firing Up The West Village
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED 900 Degrees (29 7th Avenue South) opened in the West Village this spring. And although it might not look like anything special from the outside, step into this pizza mecca and you’ll ...
Read More »Artichoke Basille’s Pizza: A Downhill Battle
There are a couple of things you should know about my love/hate relationship with Artichoke Basille’s Pizza (simply known as Artichoke to most New Yorkers). First off, I’ve eaten pizza from Artichoke more often than anywhere else in the city ...
Read More »Pequod’s Pizza: Authentic Deep Dish Pies In Chicago
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 »Giuseppe Pizza: Superb Slices In Tel Aviv’s Florentine Neighborhood
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about my recent experiences at two pizza places in Israel: Green Door Pizza Bakery in Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter (at which an elderly man makes pies from a hole in the ground) and Gusto ...
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