* This pizzeria changed its name to Stella Barra in May 2013 The final stop on my summer road trip down the west coast was Los Angeles. And while there are many foods that the city is known for, pizza ...
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During a west coast road trip back in July, my girlfriend and I made our way from Portland, OR to Los Angeles, CA. After great meals at Ken’s Artisan Pizza and Apizza Scholls in Portland, our next pizza destination was ...
Read More »Apizza Scholls: Filling Up Portlanders (And Tourists Alike)
As I wrote about last week, over the summer my girlfriend and I took a roadtrip from Portland, OR to Los Angeles, CA. After an excellent experience at Ken’s Artisan Pizza on my first night in Portland, I had particularly ...
Read More »Ken’s Artisan Pizza: A "Must-Visit" Stop In Portland, Oregon
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 ...
Read More »Baltimore’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 »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 »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 ...
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