Slice Pizza Blog From Serious Eats Review
OK…here is the long awaited review of Slice (in reference to pizza slices) from Serious Eats. The main reason for the procrastination is because this website has been around for a long time and has much depth to be reviewed.
I will start my review of Slice from its pizza history. To do that I would like to talk about Serious Eats. Serious Eats is the master website of Slice and was founded circa 2003 by famous food critic, Ed Levine. Levine has been a food critic since about 1992 and is famous for his pizza book: Pizza: A Slice From Heaven. This book was derived from Levine’s research from scouring the globe eating pizza. Supposedly he ate 1000 pizzas in a year (3 a day).
Ed Levine loved journalism but wanted to start his own company and break away from the rules that giant companies like The New York Times enforce on their editors. Thus, Serious Eats was born. Ed Levine started adding his articles from the beginning and building loyalty amongst his readers.
Serious Eats, one of the major food blogs on the internet, has several major subwebsites, which include: Slice, A Hamburger Today, Photograzing, and Serious Eats: New York. Each of these subwebsites focus on its own niche. Slice, the topic of this review, obviously focuses on pizza. A Hamburger today focuses on hamburgers. Photograzing is about various photographs of different kinds of foods. Serious Eats: New York appears to have anything to do with food in New York.
Ed Levine used to write often for Slice and occasionally pops in there. However, these days he seems to be focused on building Serious Eats: New York as he posts frequently to there. The main contributor to Slice is Adam Kuban, the founder and editor in chief.
A little about Kuban. Adam Kuban arrived in New York City in 2000. As he claims, he ate pizza almost every day for the first six months of his NYC experience (a feat similar to Levine). His love of pizza began in his hometown of Olathe, Kansas where he grew up testing pizza recipes with his family. Kuban’s pizza enthusiasm has led Slice, formed in 2003, to the popularity that it enjoys today.
Speaking of popularity, Slice has a page called “Press and Props” which archives all of their various mentionings by many different media outlets. Some of these outlets include The New York Times and The New York Post.
What features does Slice offer? Slice offers many different features that may at first be a bit overwhelming but that is only because there is so much depth and history to the site. Slice has various pizza maps of the many pizza places that have been reviewed. Slice also has pizza recipes, pizza videos, and pizza reviews. If you would like to search Slice, they have an easy drop down menu to browse pizza by location or you can browse their archives by date or category. This is very important for a website that has been around posting almost daily for about 6 years.
The main objective of Slice is to supply pizza information to its readers. This info comes from reviews and various sources all over the internet. Particularly they are fond of having a links page with various pizza highlights.
Ok... the fun stuff... I like my friends over at Serious Eats, particularly Slice. I think that the information that they provide is very helpful for readers searching for food information. Slice focuses on the most popular food in the world, pizza. The style of information that Slice produces is very unique. Kuban finds a way to merge all pizza information, whether relevant or not, to the overall theme of his site. They are indeed similar to a New York Times of Pizza (if such a thing existed).
My review is very positive of Slice, as their information is very useful to the pizza community. I wish their weblog the best of luck and look forward to working with them to improve and unify the pizza world.
This is Blog Pizza signing off!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Hero Pizza Delivery Man Story
Hero Pizza Delivery Man Story
I had to write a post about a hero pizza delivery man who rescued a woman in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee on Friday. This story is actually ironic compared to my experience on Friday of a pizza delivery man who ripped me off by asking for a tip on top of a hidden delivery charge that he denied. The following story proves that there are good pizza delivery people out there.
Chris Turner, a pizza delivery man for Capelli’s Pizza in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, delivered an extra large supreme pizza, hot wings, and soda to a cabin in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. What he found as he wife waited in the delivery van would make him a hero. He came to the door to find a woman gagged asking for him to call the police. He took the pizza money from the man at the cabin and pretended to not know what was going on. He then proceeded to the neighbor’s house to have them call the police. The neighbor put his truck in front of the suspicious cabin to ensure that nobody flees (clever) while waiting for the police.
When the cops finally arrived it turns out that the woman in the cabin was abducted and raped. David Joseph Hansen had kidnapped the victim from Atlanta and drove her almost 250 miles to the cabin in the Smoky Mountains. He then slipped her a mickey and raped her several times.
If not for the pizza delivery man tipping off the police than this woman’s future would have been unpredictable. She could have been killed after the rapist was done with her.
Folks, I interpret this story differently than many. Most people would see this as another hero story with a positive ending. I say that this is a story about different kinds of people. Friday night, my pizza delivery man had ripped me off and lied about not charging me for a delivery charge. This pizza place I have been going to off and on for at least 5 years. The delivery man’s actions on Friday had confirmed to me that I had been ripped off many other times by possibly the same man at this place.
I had several other incidents that I gave the benefit of the doubt to this man for being ripped off only because I am a nice person and I liked this pizzeria. One time, I had handed the man a fifty dollar bill for a meal worth fifteen dollars and he told me that I only gave him twenty dollars. I brushed it off as maybe he was right. No, he was not right. A liar and thief will keep stealing from you again and again. After Friday’s incident I realized that I am tired of being ripped off by pizza delivery people. It has always been a catch 22 situation though because I feel that if you don’t respect your delivery person than you may end up with a little surprise in your food.
The point that I am trying to make is that here I was about to label all pizza delivery people as “bad” because of my negative experiences. Then suddenly on the same day as that incident a pizza delivery man from Tennessee becomes a hero for going out of his way to save an innocent woman’s life. How crazy is the timing of all this. The moral of this story for me is “don’t judge all pizza delivery people the same.” Some may be heroes and some may be thieves. If you have a thief as your pizza delivery person then maybe it is time to start looking for another pizzeria for delivery (like I will be).
I had to write a post about a hero pizza delivery man who rescued a woman in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee on Friday. This story is actually ironic compared to my experience on Friday of a pizza delivery man who ripped me off by asking for a tip on top of a hidden delivery charge that he denied. The following story proves that there are good pizza delivery people out there.
Chris Turner, a pizza delivery man for Capelli’s Pizza in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, delivered an extra large supreme pizza, hot wings, and soda to a cabin in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. What he found as he wife waited in the delivery van would make him a hero. He came to the door to find a woman gagged asking for him to call the police. He took the pizza money from the man at the cabin and pretended to not know what was going on. He then proceeded to the neighbor’s house to have them call the police. The neighbor put his truck in front of the suspicious cabin to ensure that nobody flees (clever) while waiting for the police.
When the cops finally arrived it turns out that the woman in the cabin was abducted and raped. David Joseph Hansen had kidnapped the victim from Atlanta and drove her almost 250 miles to the cabin in the Smoky Mountains. He then slipped her a mickey and raped her several times.
If not for the pizza delivery man tipping off the police than this woman’s future would have been unpredictable. She could have been killed after the rapist was done with her.
Folks, I interpret this story differently than many. Most people would see this as another hero story with a positive ending. I say that this is a story about different kinds of people. Friday night, my pizza delivery man had ripped me off and lied about not charging me for a delivery charge. This pizza place I have been going to off and on for at least 5 years. The delivery man’s actions on Friday had confirmed to me that I had been ripped off many other times by possibly the same man at this place.
I had several other incidents that I gave the benefit of the doubt to this man for being ripped off only because I am a nice person and I liked this pizzeria. One time, I had handed the man a fifty dollar bill for a meal worth fifteen dollars and he told me that I only gave him twenty dollars. I brushed it off as maybe he was right. No, he was not right. A liar and thief will keep stealing from you again and again. After Friday’s incident I realized that I am tired of being ripped off by pizza delivery people. It has always been a catch 22 situation though because I feel that if you don’t respect your delivery person than you may end up with a little surprise in your food.
The point that I am trying to make is that here I was about to label all pizza delivery people as “bad” because of my negative experiences. Then suddenly on the same day as that incident a pizza delivery man from Tennessee becomes a hero for going out of his way to save an innocent woman’s life. How crazy is the timing of all this. The moral of this story for me is “don’t judge all pizza delivery people the same.” Some may be heroes and some may be thieves. If you have a thief as your pizza delivery person then maybe it is time to start looking for another pizzeria for delivery (like I will be).
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Pizza French Fries Review
Pizza French Fries Review
To follow up about my dinner last night I had forgotten to discuss the pizza French fries that I had ordered for dinner. You might say “What do we need to hear about pizza French fries that you ate for?” Well, as this is a pizza blog my goal is to cover every possible perspective of pizza and elaborate on it. Here is my opportunity to elaborate on pizza fries.
French fries are famous all over the world, particularly in Europe, North America, and wherever you can find a McDonald’s burger joint. French fries have many names including chips, frites or pommes frites. In America, we usually just shorten this to fries as in “Do you want fries with that.” Considering this is a pizza blog, let’s take the concept of French fries and integrate this with pizza. I can’t speak for the West Coast but here in the Northeast coast, particularly in Philadelphia and New York, pizza fries are well known and are made at any of your local pizza shops.
Pizza French fries are French fries with tomato sauce and cheese on the top. The effect is similar to a pizza except the fries substitute the crust. This result is usually very good as it takes two famous foods here in America and puts them together. You have got to love them hybrid foods! This one usually works well. Some variations of the French fry pizza are when the fries are made with sweet potatoes. This result is Sweet Potato Pizza French Fries. Interesting and tasty.
Last night my order of pizza French fries was not good at all. You should read yesterday’s post to see how else the pizza place went wrong. The pizzeria had put fries with minimal cheese and very minimal sauce. I think the key to successful pizza fries is to have a lot of sauce on top of the French fries. The second thing that makes the pizza French fries good is the quality of the Italian tomato sauce. If the tomato sauce tastes like it should be served at a good Italian restaurant than it should be ideal for ideal pizza fries. The third important step to having a good pizza fry’s recipe is the cheese that is used. I particularly believe that Mozzarella cheese is ideal for this meal. If you were to go to some famous places like Geno’s or Pat’s Steaks in Philadelphia, they use melted cheddar cheese on their fries. Cheddar can work as well but man...Wil you feel unhealthy after you eat that. Especially hot melted cheddar cheese.
All in all, pizza fries are a good supplement to a good pizza meal. If the region that you’re in doesn’t serve this, then you can try making them yourself with the tips that I gave you above. If you don’t know how to make Italian pizza sauce then that is a topic of another discussion. TaTa.
This concludes Blog Pizza on Pizza French Fries.
To follow up about my dinner last night I had forgotten to discuss the pizza French fries that I had ordered for dinner. You might say “What do we need to hear about pizza French fries that you ate for?” Well, as this is a pizza blog my goal is to cover every possible perspective of pizza and elaborate on it. Here is my opportunity to elaborate on pizza fries.
French fries are famous all over the world, particularly in Europe, North America, and wherever you can find a McDonald’s burger joint. French fries have many names including chips, frites or pommes frites. In America, we usually just shorten this to fries as in “Do you want fries with that.” Considering this is a pizza blog, let’s take the concept of French fries and integrate this with pizza. I can’t speak for the West Coast but here in the Northeast coast, particularly in Philadelphia and New York, pizza fries are well known and are made at any of your local pizza shops.
Pizza French fries are French fries with tomato sauce and cheese on the top. The effect is similar to a pizza except the fries substitute the crust. This result is usually very good as it takes two famous foods here in America and puts them together. You have got to love them hybrid foods! This one usually works well. Some variations of the French fry pizza are when the fries are made with sweet potatoes. This result is Sweet Potato Pizza French Fries. Interesting and tasty.
Last night my order of pizza French fries was not good at all. You should read yesterday’s post to see how else the pizza place went wrong. The pizzeria had put fries with minimal cheese and very minimal sauce. I think the key to successful pizza fries is to have a lot of sauce on top of the French fries. The second thing that makes the pizza French fries good is the quality of the Italian tomato sauce. If the tomato sauce tastes like it should be served at a good Italian restaurant than it should be ideal for ideal pizza fries. The third important step to having a good pizza fry’s recipe is the cheese that is used. I particularly believe that Mozzarella cheese is ideal for this meal. If you were to go to some famous places like Geno’s or Pat’s Steaks in Philadelphia, they use melted cheddar cheese on their fries. Cheddar can work as well but man...Wil you feel unhealthy after you eat that. Especially hot melted cheddar cheese.
All in all, pizza fries are a good supplement to a good pizza meal. If the region that you’re in doesn’t serve this, then you can try making them yourself with the tips that I gave you above. If you don’t know how to make Italian pizza sauce then that is a topic of another discussion. TaTa.
This concludes Blog Pizza on Pizza French Fries.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Vegetarian Pizza Delivery Order
Vegetarian Pizza Delivery Order
After a long week of eating frozen pizza for frozen pizza review it is nice to break away and order delivery for a real vegetarian pizza. This vegetarian pizza was a large 16 inch pie with many different toppings including: mushrooms, olives, peppers, broccoli, spinach, and onions. It had the works.
This particular pizzeria is one of my top three pizza places for delivery and I just can’t believe the experience that I had tonight. Several concerns. First, the pizzeria raised the prices on the menu that I was given last month. This has got to be the third time that the prices were raised this year. I can recall last month that I had ordered pizza here and when I questioned the high bill I was told to get a new copy of the pizza menu. How many times can a company keep changing the pizza menu on its customers? It is just not fair and this should have been analyzed in my previous discussions of a pizza menu and successful marketing plans. You can’t keep confusing the customers. If you want to change the menu then I would say do it at MAX twice a year. Anything more than this is not fair.
Anyway, I am a loyal customer to this place and I was disputing the pizza bill because I had “an old menu” that was not updated. I called and ask the lady at the pizza place to explain my bill for me because it seemed to high. With a quick answer she then said “I have to go” and hung up on me. Folks, it takes a long time to earn a customer’s respect and a quick moment to lose them. Let me continue.
This pizza place charges a automatic delivery charge of $2. When the pizza delivery man came he had his hand out for a tip. I asked him if there was a delivery charge and he said no. I gave him a few dollars. I then called back and found out about the delivery charge that I already knew they had (was just double-checking – maybe some more updates like the pizza menu). The end result is that I was lied to by the pizza delivery man. I don’t mind giving the pizza delivery man a tip. They work hard to make a living too. But when they lie to you – I just can’t stand that.
So now this delivery guy gets a piece of the $2 delivery charge that was mandatory on my bill plus the several dollars that I gave him for being a nice person. This wasn’t the first time that I have been lied to by a pizza delivery person. Actually, it has happened quite a few times but I seem to just let it slide. But take this scenario and multiply the effect if this pizzeria does the same thing to every one of their customers. If they have 500 deliveries a night times at $2 extra charge then that is $1000 scam money a night. This is not fair.
Let me continue with my problem with this place (notice that I am not including their name here). When I received the pizza and the bill it was interesting that the bill only had a total on it. No breakdown of prices. Nothing. Just the total. This ties into the whole scam picture. The menu has silently had its prices increased; the delivery guy keeps a tip on top of a silent delivery charge, and now a bill with no information. Who do they think their fooling? It is a shame that they did me in like this because they could have had me as a customer infinitely. I have also referred all of my friends and family there which has probably had an exponential effect on their business over the years. Now they may have lost me. One more complaint.
If you have been reading my blog you will notice that one of the things that really bothers me is pizza placed on top of the box without any paper underneath. This paper keeps the pizza sanitary by not letting it touch the dirty pizza box that was sitting in the cellar of the pizzeria for months. The one thing that I always liked about this pizzeria is that they were clean. Their restaurant is clean and their delivered pizza is on top of a clean wax paper inside the box. Today, for the first time when I ordered from this place – guess what? There was no wax paper under the pizza – it was placed right on top of what was obviously a dirty box.
Wow! What is happening to this place? Is the owner a victim of the current economy and is trying to scam people out of money? I doubt it. This place makes tons of money regardless of the economy. Why are they doing this to their customers? The other issues mentioned above is worth giving them a second chance considering how long I have been there. But the wax paper thing? It is highly unlikely that I will be going back there for a while if at all.
Anyway… I started writing this blog about the vegetarian pizza that I had tonight and really got sidetracked here. I must have been more upset than I thought.
Vegetarian pizza is typically pizza with all vegetables. The key to being vegetarian is to have no meat, chicken, or poultry. Although this is highly debatable as there are many different extremes to being vegetarian. Vegans are vegetarians at the farthest extreme as they don’t even like dairy. Vegans would have a problem with the vegetarian pizza that I had tonight because I had a vegetarian cheese pizza. That is the way I like it healthy but tasty. If I really wanted to eat health food than I wouldn’t be eating pizza.
You didn’t think that you could get so much drama from a pizza blog? Blog Pizza has it all. So this concludes my vegetarian pizza delivery order journey tonight!
After a long week of eating frozen pizza for frozen pizza review it is nice to break away and order delivery for a real vegetarian pizza. This vegetarian pizza was a large 16 inch pie with many different toppings including: mushrooms, olives, peppers, broccoli, spinach, and onions. It had the works.
This particular pizzeria is one of my top three pizza places for delivery and I just can’t believe the experience that I had tonight. Several concerns. First, the pizzeria raised the prices on the menu that I was given last month. This has got to be the third time that the prices were raised this year. I can recall last month that I had ordered pizza here and when I questioned the high bill I was told to get a new copy of the pizza menu. How many times can a company keep changing the pizza menu on its customers? It is just not fair and this should have been analyzed in my previous discussions of a pizza menu and successful marketing plans. You can’t keep confusing the customers. If you want to change the menu then I would say do it at MAX twice a year. Anything more than this is not fair.
Anyway, I am a loyal customer to this place and I was disputing the pizza bill because I had “an old menu” that was not updated. I called and ask the lady at the pizza place to explain my bill for me because it seemed to high. With a quick answer she then said “I have to go” and hung up on me. Folks, it takes a long time to earn a customer’s respect and a quick moment to lose them. Let me continue.
This pizza place charges a automatic delivery charge of $2. When the pizza delivery man came he had his hand out for a tip. I asked him if there was a delivery charge and he said no. I gave him a few dollars. I then called back and found out about the delivery charge that I already knew they had (was just double-checking – maybe some more updates like the pizza menu). The end result is that I was lied to by the pizza delivery man. I don’t mind giving the pizza delivery man a tip. They work hard to make a living too. But when they lie to you – I just can’t stand that.
So now this delivery guy gets a piece of the $2 delivery charge that was mandatory on my bill plus the several dollars that I gave him for being a nice person. This wasn’t the first time that I have been lied to by a pizza delivery person. Actually, it has happened quite a few times but I seem to just let it slide. But take this scenario and multiply the effect if this pizzeria does the same thing to every one of their customers. If they have 500 deliveries a night times at $2 extra charge then that is $1000 scam money a night. This is not fair.
Let me continue with my problem with this place (notice that I am not including their name here). When I received the pizza and the bill it was interesting that the bill only had a total on it. No breakdown of prices. Nothing. Just the total. This ties into the whole scam picture. The menu has silently had its prices increased; the delivery guy keeps a tip on top of a silent delivery charge, and now a bill with no information. Who do they think their fooling? It is a shame that they did me in like this because they could have had me as a customer infinitely. I have also referred all of my friends and family there which has probably had an exponential effect on their business over the years. Now they may have lost me. One more complaint.
If you have been reading my blog you will notice that one of the things that really bothers me is pizza placed on top of the box without any paper underneath. This paper keeps the pizza sanitary by not letting it touch the dirty pizza box that was sitting in the cellar of the pizzeria for months. The one thing that I always liked about this pizzeria is that they were clean. Their restaurant is clean and their delivered pizza is on top of a clean wax paper inside the box. Today, for the first time when I ordered from this place – guess what? There was no wax paper under the pizza – it was placed right on top of what was obviously a dirty box.
Wow! What is happening to this place? Is the owner a victim of the current economy and is trying to scam people out of money? I doubt it. This place makes tons of money regardless of the economy. Why are they doing this to their customers? The other issues mentioned above is worth giving them a second chance considering how long I have been there. But the wax paper thing? It is highly unlikely that I will be going back there for a while if at all.
Anyway… I started writing this blog about the vegetarian pizza that I had tonight and really got sidetracked here. I must have been more upset than I thought.
Vegetarian pizza is typically pizza with all vegetables. The key to being vegetarian is to have no meat, chicken, or poultry. Although this is highly debatable as there are many different extremes to being vegetarian. Vegans are vegetarians at the farthest extreme as they don’t even like dairy. Vegans would have a problem with the vegetarian pizza that I had tonight because I had a vegetarian cheese pizza. That is the way I like it healthy but tasty. If I really wanted to eat health food than I wouldn’t be eating pizza.
You didn’t think that you could get so much drama from a pizza blog? Blog Pizza has it all. So this concludes my vegetarian pizza delivery order journey tonight!
Red Baron Cheese and Garlic French Bread Pizza Review
Red Baron Singles French Bread 5 Cheese and Garlic Pizza Review
My next review is about the Red Baron singles French bread five cheese and garlic pizza. This French bread style pizza is topped with a garlic spread, mozzarella, provolone, white and yellow cheddar, and parmesan cheeses. That is a lot of cheese! This is another 2009 Chefs Best award winner for best taste. American Culinary Chefsbest Chefsbest Award for best taste is awarded to the brand rated highest overall among leading brands by independent professional chef judged as award in 2008.
So let’s talk about the fun stuff. By the way, this is another follow up review as a part of the Red Baron Series. I had previously reviewed the French bread pepperoni and the mini deep dishes.
Red Baron singles French bread five cheese and garlic pizza comes in a box of two individually wrapped pizzas. You can microwave or oven bake the bread if you want. Since I am in microwave mode that is what I did for consistency. Making this pizza in the microwave was superfast – 2 minutes. This is unheard of in the microwave world. Ellio’s pizza is three minutes and some of the DiGiorno pizzas had taken me up to eight minutes to cook.
The microwave process to cook Red Baron singles French bread five cheese and garlic pizza was extremely easy. If you can recall from my review of Red Baron French bread pepperoni pizza how I raved about the microwave system and the easy pizza tray they invented then you will understand the following. This pizza tray was identical to the pepperoni pizza tray. There were the holes in the bottom and you only had to take the plastic off the top of the pizza. It saved extra steps unlike many other frozen pizza companies that you have to take a tray out and turn it upside down before putting the pizza on top. This pizza tray system is the best one out there. I am surprised that Red Baron did not use the same pizza tray for their mini deep dishes. Anything is better than the Ellio’s pizza tray that I experienced earlier. That tray needed a rocket scientist to figure it out (you didn’t know that I was a rocket scientist).
The five cheese and garlic flavor pizza was very tasty and Red Baron had put plenty of cheese on top. The cheese was very noticeable too. Although this pizza tasted very good, it is not healthy for you. The calories were 410 for each pizza but had almost 50% of calories from fat at 200. There was 40% saturated fat and only 7% dietary fiber. I wouldn’t eat this pizza if you are worried about your weight.
Overall, I dig Red Baron singles French bread five cheeses and garlic pizza. The taste is good, the microwave time is quick, and the microwave tray is the best one. The bad side is that it is not healthy but great tasting foods usually don’t have a high correlation with health. This Red Baron is starting to wear on me. I don’t know but they may be the brand that will make me convert to a frozen pizza lover (aside from DiGiorno pepperoni pizza).
This concludes Blog Pizza’s Red Baron singles French bread five cheese and garlic pizza review.
My next review is about the Red Baron singles French bread five cheese and garlic pizza. This French bread style pizza is topped with a garlic spread, mozzarella, provolone, white and yellow cheddar, and parmesan cheeses. That is a lot of cheese! This is another 2009 Chefs Best award winner for best taste. American Culinary Chefsbest Chefsbest Award for best taste is awarded to the brand rated highest overall among leading brands by independent professional chef judged as award in 2008.
So let’s talk about the fun stuff. By the way, this is another follow up review as a part of the Red Baron Series. I had previously reviewed the French bread pepperoni and the mini deep dishes.
Red Baron singles French bread five cheese and garlic pizza comes in a box of two individually wrapped pizzas. You can microwave or oven bake the bread if you want. Since I am in microwave mode that is what I did for consistency. Making this pizza in the microwave was superfast – 2 minutes. This is unheard of in the microwave world. Ellio’s pizza is three minutes and some of the DiGiorno pizzas had taken me up to eight minutes to cook.
The microwave process to cook Red Baron singles French bread five cheese and garlic pizza was extremely easy. If you can recall from my review of Red Baron French bread pepperoni pizza how I raved about the microwave system and the easy pizza tray they invented then you will understand the following. This pizza tray was identical to the pepperoni pizza tray. There were the holes in the bottom and you only had to take the plastic off the top of the pizza. It saved extra steps unlike many other frozen pizza companies that you have to take a tray out and turn it upside down before putting the pizza on top. This pizza tray system is the best one out there. I am surprised that Red Baron did not use the same pizza tray for their mini deep dishes. Anything is better than the Ellio’s pizza tray that I experienced earlier. That tray needed a rocket scientist to figure it out (you didn’t know that I was a rocket scientist).
The five cheese and garlic flavor pizza was very tasty and Red Baron had put plenty of cheese on top. The cheese was very noticeable too. Although this pizza tasted very good, it is not healthy for you. The calories were 410 for each pizza but had almost 50% of calories from fat at 200. There was 40% saturated fat and only 7% dietary fiber. I wouldn’t eat this pizza if you are worried about your weight.
Overall, I dig Red Baron singles French bread five cheeses and garlic pizza. The taste is good, the microwave time is quick, and the microwave tray is the best one. The bad side is that it is not healthy but great tasting foods usually don’t have a high correlation with health. This Red Baron is starting to wear on me. I don’t know but they may be the brand that will make me convert to a frozen pizza lover (aside from DiGiorno pepperoni pizza).
This concludes Blog Pizza’s Red Baron singles French bread five cheese and garlic pizza review.
Ellio's Microwave Cheese Pizza Review
Ellio’s Microwave Cheese Pizza Review
Blog Pizza is now in full frozen food mode with a new review of Ellio’s microwave frozen cheese pizza by McCain Foods. This is a single pizza for one made with one hundred percent real cheese and no preservatives or artificial flavors.
Before we start our review, I would like to step back and introduce Ellio’s history to you as this is our first review of Ellio’s pizza. Ellio’s pizza has been around in the frozen food category for a long time. Personally, growing up, Ellio’s pizza was the only frozen pizza that I ate as a kid and did not venture into any other frozen pizzas, either microwavable or toaster oven. This may have been due to lack of option as that was what was put into my freezer. So for me, this will be an interesting review as I have a deep history with this brand.
Ellio’s pizza history began in 1963 when it was founded in Great Neck, NY. Ellio’s slowly became more popular particularly as Americans became more infatuated with pizza and as the population grew. In 1967, the rectangular shape of Ellio’s pizza was introduced that most consumers associate that brand with. In 1988, Ellio’s hit big time and became a part of McCain Foods. Ellio’s pizza always focused on plain cheese pizza as this formula had worked for them. They finally diversified in 2004 by introducing Ellio’s pepperoni pizza. It is very interesting that they have never jumped on variety of toppings long before. I feel that they missed out on a giant opportunity as many consumers would love to switch things up a little and try other flavors.
Anyway, 2004 was Ellio’s variety wake up call. They must have seen success from the pepperoni pizza and decided to keep trying new things. Here comes the big part of their history. Finally, in 2006 Ellio’s microwave pizza (the topic of the review) was sold at stores. Could you imagine how much McCain Foods have disadvantaged themselves by waiting that long for microwavable pizza. They were the first or one of the first frozen pizzas in the industry and should have been at the forefront of the microwave revolution that began in about the mid 1990s with DiGiorno.
Wait! The story of Ellio’s is not over. In 2008, Ellio’s introduced two new flavors to the microwavable market: Italian sausage and pepperoni pizza and supreme pizza. Finally, they are starting to understand what the consumer is demanding. Paying attention to the customer’s needs will always help to keep a business afloat.
Now that we have presented my history with Ellio’s and the history of Ellio’s pizza we can move on to the pizza review. I have always liked Ellio’s growing up. It may have been that I was forced to eat this pizza as it was the only quick food that was always in my freezer. At a certain point, I remember that there was so much Ellio’s in my freezer that I started to get sick of looking at the boxes. This went on for years. This will not affect my review, however, because I haven’t been subjected to Ellio’s torture in a long time.
Ellio’s microwave cheese pizza is the lowest calorie frozen pizza that I have ate yet. At 380 calories and 90 calories from fat, it topples most of the competition. There is also 14% fiber in it which helps the stools to run well. Another good point about Ellio’s microwavable cheese pizza is that the pizza tastes very similar (I said similar not the same) as the toaster oven version. So McCain Foods was able to create consistency in the dough, cheese, and sauce. This was circular pizza that had just enough cheese on it. Ellio’s pizza is usually a very thin pizza as opposed to DiGiorno heavier style thick pizza.
Here comes the bad parts. First, let me say again that I can’t believe that it took this long for Ellio’s to come out with a microwavable version of pizza. What is wrong with McCain foods? They need to be all over that market considering their history in the frozen pizza business. They should be blowing the competition away.
I do NOT like the pizza tray system of Ellio’s pizza one bit. Actually, their pizza tray was the worst pizza tray design that I have experienced so far in all of my frozen pizza reviews. There is a three step system that is so confusing that it turns out to be like ten steps. On your own, the customer has to figure out that you have to cut around the perforations of the entire box to fold the lid back and then sit the pizza on the top of the box. It is not even a pizza tray, you are heating the pizza on top of the same box that the pizza comes in. If McCain Foods is reading this, please redo your boxes to look like Red Baron’s French bread pizza tray with the holes in it. That is the best system so far. McCain: benchmark your competition!
Overall, the taste of Ellios cheese pizza was what I had expected as it is similar to the toaster over version. It did cook in 3 minutes so it was very fast. Ellio’s pizza is a rather bland pizza taste but it works if you are in a hurry. McCain just needs to do something about the pizza tray!
This concludes Blog Pizza’s Review of Ellio’s Microwave Cheese Pizza!
Blog Pizza is now in full frozen food mode with a new review of Ellio’s microwave frozen cheese pizza by McCain Foods. This is a single pizza for one made with one hundred percent real cheese and no preservatives or artificial flavors.
Before we start our review, I would like to step back and introduce Ellio’s history to you as this is our first review of Ellio’s pizza. Ellio’s pizza has been around in the frozen food category for a long time. Personally, growing up, Ellio’s pizza was the only frozen pizza that I ate as a kid and did not venture into any other frozen pizzas, either microwavable or toaster oven. This may have been due to lack of option as that was what was put into my freezer. So for me, this will be an interesting review as I have a deep history with this brand.
Ellio’s pizza history began in 1963 when it was founded in Great Neck, NY. Ellio’s slowly became more popular particularly as Americans became more infatuated with pizza and as the population grew. In 1967, the rectangular shape of Ellio’s pizza was introduced that most consumers associate that brand with. In 1988, Ellio’s hit big time and became a part of McCain Foods. Ellio’s pizza always focused on plain cheese pizza as this formula had worked for them. They finally diversified in 2004 by introducing Ellio’s pepperoni pizza. It is very interesting that they have never jumped on variety of toppings long before. I feel that they missed out on a giant opportunity as many consumers would love to switch things up a little and try other flavors.
Anyway, 2004 was Ellio’s variety wake up call. They must have seen success from the pepperoni pizza and decided to keep trying new things. Here comes the big part of their history. Finally, in 2006 Ellio’s microwave pizza (the topic of the review) was sold at stores. Could you imagine how much McCain Foods have disadvantaged themselves by waiting that long for microwavable pizza. They were the first or one of the first frozen pizzas in the industry and should have been at the forefront of the microwave revolution that began in about the mid 1990s with DiGiorno.
Wait! The story of Ellio’s is not over. In 2008, Ellio’s introduced two new flavors to the microwavable market: Italian sausage and pepperoni pizza and supreme pizza. Finally, they are starting to understand what the consumer is demanding. Paying attention to the customer’s needs will always help to keep a business afloat.
Now that we have presented my history with Ellio’s and the history of Ellio’s pizza we can move on to the pizza review. I have always liked Ellio’s growing up. It may have been that I was forced to eat this pizza as it was the only quick food that was always in my freezer. At a certain point, I remember that there was so much Ellio’s in my freezer that I started to get sick of looking at the boxes. This went on for years. This will not affect my review, however, because I haven’t been subjected to Ellio’s torture in a long time.
Ellio’s microwave cheese pizza is the lowest calorie frozen pizza that I have ate yet. At 380 calories and 90 calories from fat, it topples most of the competition. There is also 14% fiber in it which helps the stools to run well. Another good point about Ellio’s microwavable cheese pizza is that the pizza tastes very similar (I said similar not the same) as the toaster oven version. So McCain Foods was able to create consistency in the dough, cheese, and sauce. This was circular pizza that had just enough cheese on it. Ellio’s pizza is usually a very thin pizza as opposed to DiGiorno heavier style thick pizza.
Here comes the bad parts. First, let me say again that I can’t believe that it took this long for Ellio’s to come out with a microwavable version of pizza. What is wrong with McCain foods? They need to be all over that market considering their history in the frozen pizza business. They should be blowing the competition away.
I do NOT like the pizza tray system of Ellio’s pizza one bit. Actually, their pizza tray was the worst pizza tray design that I have experienced so far in all of my frozen pizza reviews. There is a three step system that is so confusing that it turns out to be like ten steps. On your own, the customer has to figure out that you have to cut around the perforations of the entire box to fold the lid back and then sit the pizza on the top of the box. It is not even a pizza tray, you are heating the pizza on top of the same box that the pizza comes in. If McCain Foods is reading this, please redo your boxes to look like Red Baron’s French bread pizza tray with the holes in it. That is the best system so far. McCain: benchmark your competition!
Overall, the taste of Ellios cheese pizza was what I had expected as it is similar to the toaster over version. It did cook in 3 minutes so it was very fast. Ellio’s pizza is a rather bland pizza taste but it works if you are in a hurry. McCain just needs to do something about the pizza tray!
This concludes Blog Pizza’s Review of Ellio’s Microwave Cheese Pizza!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Red Baron Deep Dish Pizza Review
Red Baron Singles Mini Deep Dish Cheese Pizza Review
This article is a review of Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza. This is another frozen pizza saga of Red Baron. Early today I had tried the Red Baron French bread pepperoni and now I am back for more. I think that I like asking for trouble.
Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza promotes itself on its box as:
I thought that the taste was good for a frozen pizza. The cheese was melted nice, the tomato sauce underneath was average, and the crust was decent. This biggest thing that I liked about these pizzas were that they were fun. I can see them being mouth poppers while watching a movie at home instead of eating popcorn. The health value was about average.
There were several things that I didn’t like about Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza. First, keep in mind that although it says deep dish pizza it is a microwave version of deep dish. A microwave cannot replicate the taste of an authentic deep dish pizza cooked at a pizzeria. Actually, this deep dish pizza did not come close to the taste of a real deep dish pizza. The crust was something to be identified with microwave food.
I didn’t like that these mini cheese pizzas had to be cooked on top of a pizza tray that had to be flipped around. I just ate the Red Baron French bread today and this had the best system for cooking frozen pizza. It was a tray that the pizza sits in with holes in the bottom. Microwaving that pizza was a two step process. Take off the plastic and stick it in the microwave.
This deep dish pizza, even though it is made from the same company and is the same brand, has an extra couple of steps. When it comes to microwave food the system must be built around impatient people. People who cook with a microwave don’t have time to wait or complete extra steps. They want their food now or else they would cook it in the oven. I think that is where this deep dish pizza went wrong. Red Baron obviously already have a great microwave system for the French bread pizza. So why can’t they duplicate that system consistently for all of their other varieties of pizza? Make it easier for the consumer and they will come.
To conclude, I like Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza just like the French bread pepperoni that I had today. Red Baron seems to produce quality frozen pizzas and with a quick microwave time. The deep dish minis are a unique twist on your normal frozen pizza and I interpret them as “fun pizza.” The biggest issue that I had with the deep dish pizzas was the inconsistency in the microwave trays that were used. This created an extra two steps for the consumer that the French bread pizza seemed to eliminate. I can’t determine why it would be so complicated to create a microwave tray similar to the French bread pizza with holes in the bottom. The other negative was that the deep dish taste of this pizza did not resemble real deep dish pizzeria style pizzas.
Thanks for reading our review on Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza!
This article is a review of Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza. This is another frozen pizza saga of Red Baron. Early today I had tried the Red Baron French bread pepperoni and now I am back for more. I think that I like asking for trouble.
Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza promotes itself on its box as:
“The great taste of Red Baron pizza in a convenient bite sized pizza. RedI thought that Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza was a good break from the usual frozen pizza. These mini pizzas are served four in a packet with two packets or eight pizzas total. About three to four bites and each one of these baby pizzas are terminated.
Baron singles deep dish mini pizzas lets you enjoy full pizza taste. With
all the finest ingredients, Red Baron singles deep dish mini pizzas are perfect
at lunch or dinner, or as a wholesome snack on the go.”
I thought that the taste was good for a frozen pizza. The cheese was melted nice, the tomato sauce underneath was average, and the crust was decent. This biggest thing that I liked about these pizzas were that they were fun. I can see them being mouth poppers while watching a movie at home instead of eating popcorn. The health value was about average.
There were several things that I didn’t like about Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza. First, keep in mind that although it says deep dish pizza it is a microwave version of deep dish. A microwave cannot replicate the taste of an authentic deep dish pizza cooked at a pizzeria. Actually, this deep dish pizza did not come close to the taste of a real deep dish pizza. The crust was something to be identified with microwave food.
I didn’t like that these mini cheese pizzas had to be cooked on top of a pizza tray that had to be flipped around. I just ate the Red Baron French bread today and this had the best system for cooking frozen pizza. It was a tray that the pizza sits in with holes in the bottom. Microwaving that pizza was a two step process. Take off the plastic and stick it in the microwave.
This deep dish pizza, even though it is made from the same company and is the same brand, has an extra couple of steps. When it comes to microwave food the system must be built around impatient people. People who cook with a microwave don’t have time to wait or complete extra steps. They want their food now or else they would cook it in the oven. I think that is where this deep dish pizza went wrong. Red Baron obviously already have a great microwave system for the French bread pizza. So why can’t they duplicate that system consistently for all of their other varieties of pizza? Make it easier for the consumer and they will come.
To conclude, I like Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza just like the French bread pepperoni that I had today. Red Baron seems to produce quality frozen pizzas and with a quick microwave time. The deep dish minis are a unique twist on your normal frozen pizza and I interpret them as “fun pizza.” The biggest issue that I had with the deep dish pizzas was the inconsistency in the microwave trays that were used. This created an extra two steps for the consumer that the French bread pizza seemed to eliminate. I can’t determine why it would be so complicated to create a microwave tray similar to the French bread pizza with holes in the bottom. The other negative was that the deep dish taste of this pizza did not resemble real deep dish pizzeria style pizzas.
Thanks for reading our review on Red Baron singles mini deep dish cheese pizza!
Red Baron Pizza Review
Red Baron Singles French Bread Pepperoni Pizza Review
This review is about Red Baron French bread pepperoni pizza. The box of Red Baron’s pizza comes with two individually wrapped single pizzas. The French bread is topped with pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese (made with 100% real cheese), and pepperoni.
The Red Baron Pizza is a product of the Schwan Food Company. This pizza brand tastes much better than Tony’s Pizza, which is another Schwan Food Company product. Tony’s best thing that it had going for it was the price that was incomparable to any of the frozen pizzas that I have done a review for so far.
The Red Baron French bread pepperoni pizza was good for several reasons. First, I liked the French bread concept in a microwave. Microwave heating cooks from the outside first and then works its way towards the center. The size and shape of the pizza in this form seems to work well with microwave heating.
The Red Baron French bread pepperoni pizza was also good because of the proper amount of toppings on the French bread. That is, this pizza had just the right amount of mozzarella cheese and pepperoni on it. The size of the pepperoni slices was also acceptable and the taste after it was cooked allowed just enough pepperoni juice to slide down the length of the bread. Nice!
I also liked this Red Baron pepperoni pizza because it was fully cooked in 3 minutes and 30 seconds. This is super fast considering the size of the pizza. This pizza is longer than most of the other frozen pizza brands and styles that I have eaten and it blew out the competition by over a minute and a half cook time. It may have something to do with the bread pizza not being circular but I don’t think so.
Another thing that I liked amount this Red Baron pizza was the microwave plate that it came in. More than any other brand or style, this pizza had a box tray underneath it with holes along the sides to let heat in and out. This supposedly cooks it better. I believe that this pizza tray design is where all frozen pizzas should be. Other frozen pizza companies need to figure out the science of this tray. I think the other options to cook frozen pizza are annoying. I am not being lazy but I would rather not take a pizza out of the plastic, flip over a tray, and then put the pizza on top while trying to catch the cheese that is falling off. Red Baron’s French bread pizza gave me no trouble at all. I simply removed the plastic and slid the pizza and the tray it is in straight inside the microwave. Ingenious! Why can’t they all be this easy?
The nutritional benefits of Red Baron's pizza were about average. Each slice was 360 calories and 130 calories from fat. There is a good amount of sodium in here though at 1070 mg or 45% of the daily recommended value.
Red Baron’s pepperoni pizza was awarded a 2009 Chefs Best Award for best taste. The ChefsBest Award for best taste is awarded to the brand rated highest overall among leading brands by independent professional chefs judged as award in 2008. It appears that I wasn’t the only one with a good review of this pizza.
My usual readers may be confused because I don’t really have anything bad to say about this pizza. Am I converting to being a frozen pizza lover? I hope not but I sure am eating an extraordinary amount these days.
This concludes Blog Pizza’s Red Baron Singles French Bread Pepperoni Pizza Review!
This review is about Red Baron French bread pepperoni pizza. The box of Red Baron’s pizza comes with two individually wrapped single pizzas. The French bread is topped with pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese (made with 100% real cheese), and pepperoni.
The Red Baron Pizza is a product of the Schwan Food Company. This pizza brand tastes much better than Tony’s Pizza, which is another Schwan Food Company product. Tony’s best thing that it had going for it was the price that was incomparable to any of the frozen pizzas that I have done a review for so far.
The Red Baron French bread pepperoni pizza was good for several reasons. First, I liked the French bread concept in a microwave. Microwave heating cooks from the outside first and then works its way towards the center. The size and shape of the pizza in this form seems to work well with microwave heating.
The Red Baron French bread pepperoni pizza was also good because of the proper amount of toppings on the French bread. That is, this pizza had just the right amount of mozzarella cheese and pepperoni on it. The size of the pepperoni slices was also acceptable and the taste after it was cooked allowed just enough pepperoni juice to slide down the length of the bread. Nice!
I also liked this Red Baron pepperoni pizza because it was fully cooked in 3 minutes and 30 seconds. This is super fast considering the size of the pizza. This pizza is longer than most of the other frozen pizza brands and styles that I have eaten and it blew out the competition by over a minute and a half cook time. It may have something to do with the bread pizza not being circular but I don’t think so.
Another thing that I liked amount this Red Baron pizza was the microwave plate that it came in. More than any other brand or style, this pizza had a box tray underneath it with holes along the sides to let heat in and out. This supposedly cooks it better. I believe that this pizza tray design is where all frozen pizzas should be. Other frozen pizza companies need to figure out the science of this tray. I think the other options to cook frozen pizza are annoying. I am not being lazy but I would rather not take a pizza out of the plastic, flip over a tray, and then put the pizza on top while trying to catch the cheese that is falling off. Red Baron’s French bread pizza gave me no trouble at all. I simply removed the plastic and slid the pizza and the tray it is in straight inside the microwave. Ingenious! Why can’t they all be this easy?
The nutritional benefits of Red Baron's pizza were about average. Each slice was 360 calories and 130 calories from fat. There is a good amount of sodium in here though at 1070 mg or 45% of the daily recommended value.
Red Baron’s pepperoni pizza was awarded a 2009 Chefs Best Award for best taste. The ChefsBest Award for best taste is awarded to the brand rated highest overall among leading brands by independent professional chefs judged as award in 2008. It appears that I wasn’t the only one with a good review of this pizza.
My usual readers may be confused because I don’t really have anything bad to say about this pizza. Am I converting to being a frozen pizza lover? I hope not but I sure am eating an extraordinary amount these days.
This concludes Blog Pizza’s Red Baron Singles French Bread Pepperoni Pizza Review!
Pizza Menu Delivery Options
Pizza Menu Delivery Options
There are many methods to deliver a pizza restaurant’s pizza menu into the hands of its customers. A pizza menu can be left at the counter of the pizzeria, delivered by its customers, delivered via pizza delivery man, delivered by an outsourced company, or delivered via a pizza company’s online website.
This post is a follow up post to yesterday’s overview of a pizza menu. In that article we had discussed the significance of a pizza menu; what categories to put on a pizza menu; its relationship to a pizza company’s mission statement and goals; prices of pizza; and various other related topics. The discussion today will focus strictly on methods of delivery for the pizza menu. In other words, we will focus on how to get the pizza menu into the hands of the customer.
The first way to distribute pizza menus is to leave a stack of them on the counter or display table at the pizzeria or pizza restaurant. It should be somewhere extremely visible usually near the cashier. This will be easy to grab for customers in a variety of situations. People coming into the restaurant whether they are staying or not should be able to take a pizza menu. Also, people who are leaving the pizzeria are good candidates for the menu because they can take it home and ponder over their next visit or if they need a pizza delivery.
The goal is to get a pizza menu into the hands of every person (not just customers) who walks through the door. Every person that has a pizza menu has the ability to spread the word of your business exponentially at the minimal cost of a cheap pizza menu. This is the marketing power of a pizza menu that we had discussed yesterday. A pizza menu is a representation of a company’s food products that are for sale currently. Without a menu a company may never be able to expand to its fullest potential.
Another way to distribute a pizza menu is via a pizza customer. This concept is interrelated to the marketing power of a pizza menu. If a customer really enjoys the pizza at a particular pizzeria then they will want to tell all of their friends and family. They will probably grab a stack of menus from your store and then go on a personal mission to help market your business for free. They will hand them out to everyone they care about in hope of making them as happy as they were when they ate your pizza. People tend to want to be given credit by their friends and family as being the person who introduced a new food or restaurant to everyone. It makes them feel a sense of worth. This is how a successful pizzeria will get their customers to do their legwork for them.
Think about it. If a pizza customer went and told 10 people about your pizza business and then each one of them told ten people…hey..you are now in business. But this marketing phenomenon does not stop there. These customers will continue to spread the word until your business is flourishing out of control. Just be prepared for this growth or else your business may suffer. As the old restaurant adage goes “Every happy customer will tell 2 or 3 of their friends but every unhappy customer will tell all of their friends.” Be cautious of growing bigger than can be handled.
Another method to deliver the pizza menu is via the pizza delivery man or woman. The pizza man has a key role other than delivering pizza. To many, he (or she) is the face that is representing the whole business. When the pizza delivery man delivers a pizza he should be handing out at least one menu to every customer. That is, the pizza delivery person has an opportunity to market your business a little further every time a pizza is delivered. If a pizzeria has a really aggressive marketing campaign then I would recommend handing out about three to five menus to every household. This will allow a cushion to help your pizza customer spread the word for you. They may take the menus and distribute them to their friends, family, or even coworkers. These will put the cycle into full gear. The pizza delivery man can also give brochures, magnetic business cards, or some other marketing material to the customer in addition to the pizza menu. This is advertising at its best.
An outsourced third party company can deliver pizza menus to customers and/ or potential customers. There are many different companies that provide services where they will deliver your marketing materials to a target market that you specify. This option can be expensive but will get cheaper on the amount of volume that you want to deliver. For example, you may want to deliver 15,000 menus to a particular zip code and this may cost around $1,500 each occurrence. It may seem expensive but it is an advertising cost that has to be weighed by the amount of sales that can be produced. If that $1,500 investment will increase your sales by $1,500 a week permanently that it is a no brainer.
The cheapest way to deliver your menu to your pizza customers would be via an online pizza website. Statistics from several of the big pizza chains are demonstrating that an online pizza menu is increasingly become more popular for customers. If a customer is in a jam and needs a menu pronto then they could easily go straight to that company’s website, download the menu, and print it out all in the matter of seconds.
Having a pizza menu online is a significant advantage for an Italian pizza business. It is another opportunity to make the sales process easier for its customers. Think about that customer who needed a menu now and doesn’t have one. When they go on the internet and your website doesn’t have a menu then they may move on to check the menu out of the website from the pizzeria on the next block. This all could have been avoided with a simple scanned in copy of a pizza menu added straight to your website.
Pizza menus are unquestionably a significant tool for a pizza business to become successful. There are many ways to deliver a pizza menu into the hands of customers and prospects. As outlined above, some of these ways include displaying the menu at the place of business; having customers distribute menus, the pizza delivery man; an outsourced distribution company; and an online pizza menu. This list is not exclusive as there are plenty of more creative ways to hand out a pizza menu. However, it is a very good starting point for a pizza business looking for ideas.
What pizza menu distribution method is the best? That answer really depends on the nature of the pizza business. If advertisement funding is not an issue than I would recommend to use as many distribution options as possible. If costs are limited, then I would recommend not being too generous with the pizza menus. On the other hand, if a pizza business is too cheap with the menus than it could hurt the business. Remember, it takes money to make money.
This has been another fine article presented by Blog Pizza on Part Two of Pizza Menus: Pizza Menu Delivery Options.
There are many methods to deliver a pizza restaurant’s pizza menu into the hands of its customers. A pizza menu can be left at the counter of the pizzeria, delivered by its customers, delivered via pizza delivery man, delivered by an outsourced company, or delivered via a pizza company’s online website.
This post is a follow up post to yesterday’s overview of a pizza menu. In that article we had discussed the significance of a pizza menu; what categories to put on a pizza menu; its relationship to a pizza company’s mission statement and goals; prices of pizza; and various other related topics. The discussion today will focus strictly on methods of delivery for the pizza menu. In other words, we will focus on how to get the pizza menu into the hands of the customer.
The first way to distribute pizza menus is to leave a stack of them on the counter or display table at the pizzeria or pizza restaurant. It should be somewhere extremely visible usually near the cashier. This will be easy to grab for customers in a variety of situations. People coming into the restaurant whether they are staying or not should be able to take a pizza menu. Also, people who are leaving the pizzeria are good candidates for the menu because they can take it home and ponder over their next visit or if they need a pizza delivery.
The goal is to get a pizza menu into the hands of every person (not just customers) who walks through the door. Every person that has a pizza menu has the ability to spread the word of your business exponentially at the minimal cost of a cheap pizza menu. This is the marketing power of a pizza menu that we had discussed yesterday. A pizza menu is a representation of a company’s food products that are for sale currently. Without a menu a company may never be able to expand to its fullest potential.
Another way to distribute a pizza menu is via a pizza customer. This concept is interrelated to the marketing power of a pizza menu. If a customer really enjoys the pizza at a particular pizzeria then they will want to tell all of their friends and family. They will probably grab a stack of menus from your store and then go on a personal mission to help market your business for free. They will hand them out to everyone they care about in hope of making them as happy as they were when they ate your pizza. People tend to want to be given credit by their friends and family as being the person who introduced a new food or restaurant to everyone. It makes them feel a sense of worth. This is how a successful pizzeria will get their customers to do their legwork for them.
Think about it. If a pizza customer went and told 10 people about your pizza business and then each one of them told ten people…hey..you are now in business. But this marketing phenomenon does not stop there. These customers will continue to spread the word until your business is flourishing out of control. Just be prepared for this growth or else your business may suffer. As the old restaurant adage goes “Every happy customer will tell 2 or 3 of their friends but every unhappy customer will tell all of their friends.” Be cautious of growing bigger than can be handled.
Another method to deliver the pizza menu is via the pizza delivery man or woman. The pizza man has a key role other than delivering pizza. To many, he (or she) is the face that is representing the whole business. When the pizza delivery man delivers a pizza he should be handing out at least one menu to every customer. That is, the pizza delivery person has an opportunity to market your business a little further every time a pizza is delivered. If a pizzeria has a really aggressive marketing campaign then I would recommend handing out about three to five menus to every household. This will allow a cushion to help your pizza customer spread the word for you. They may take the menus and distribute them to their friends, family, or even coworkers. These will put the cycle into full gear. The pizza delivery man can also give brochures, magnetic business cards, or some other marketing material to the customer in addition to the pizza menu. This is advertising at its best.
An outsourced third party company can deliver pizza menus to customers and/ or potential customers. There are many different companies that provide services where they will deliver your marketing materials to a target market that you specify. This option can be expensive but will get cheaper on the amount of volume that you want to deliver. For example, you may want to deliver 15,000 menus to a particular zip code and this may cost around $1,500 each occurrence. It may seem expensive but it is an advertising cost that has to be weighed by the amount of sales that can be produced. If that $1,500 investment will increase your sales by $1,500 a week permanently that it is a no brainer.
The cheapest way to deliver your menu to your pizza customers would be via an online pizza website. Statistics from several of the big pizza chains are demonstrating that an online pizza menu is increasingly become more popular for customers. If a customer is in a jam and needs a menu pronto then they could easily go straight to that company’s website, download the menu, and print it out all in the matter of seconds.
Having a pizza menu online is a significant advantage for an Italian pizza business. It is another opportunity to make the sales process easier for its customers. Think about that customer who needed a menu now and doesn’t have one. When they go on the internet and your website doesn’t have a menu then they may move on to check the menu out of the website from the pizzeria on the next block. This all could have been avoided with a simple scanned in copy of a pizza menu added straight to your website.
Pizza menus are unquestionably a significant tool for a pizza business to become successful. There are many ways to deliver a pizza menu into the hands of customers and prospects. As outlined above, some of these ways include displaying the menu at the place of business; having customers distribute menus, the pizza delivery man; an outsourced distribution company; and an online pizza menu. This list is not exclusive as there are plenty of more creative ways to hand out a pizza menu. However, it is a very good starting point for a pizza business looking for ideas.
What pizza menu distribution method is the best? That answer really depends on the nature of the pizza business. If advertisement funding is not an issue than I would recommend to use as many distribution options as possible. If costs are limited, then I would recommend not being too generous with the pizza menus. On the other hand, if a pizza business is too cheap with the menus than it could hurt the business. Remember, it takes money to make money.
This has been another fine article presented by Blog Pizza on Part Two of Pizza Menus: Pizza Menu Delivery Options.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
California Pizza Kitchen | Frozen BBQ Chicken Pizza
California Pizza Kitchen Frozen BBQ Recipe Chicken Pizza For One Review
This post is a review of California Pizza Kitchen barbecue recipe chicken frozen pizza for one. This BBQ pizza is topped with BBQ sauce, white meat chicken, reduced fat mozzarella cheese, smoked Gouda cheese, red onions, and cilantro.
To start our frozen pizza review I would like to back up a moment to explain who California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) is. California Pizza Kitchen was started in 1985 by two lawyers, Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax. These two lawyers threw in the towel for legal practicing to tend to their restaurant dreams. The concept behind CPK was to create a restaurant that serves pizza that are specialty dishes that everyone loves to eat. They have a large variety of pizza dishes incorporating cuisines from around the world.
California Pizza Kitchen is now an extremely popular pizza restaurant chain with 250 different restaurants in their network. Over 200 of those restaurants are company owned and about 50 are franchised. CPK also offers soups, salads, sandwiches, and pasta at their restaurants. CPK also made an agreement with Kraft Pizza Company, a subsidiary of Kraft Foods Inc., to deliver frozen pizzas to various supermarkets and retail outlets. This is where this review kicks in.
The interesting part about shopping for frozen pizza last week was my discovery of California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizza. I did not even know that they produced this line of food. There was only one little section for their frozen pizzas out of a whole isle. This means that they still have a long way to go in order to penetrate this market. So here comes my review.
Tonight I ate the barbecue chicken pizza for one. I would say that it was very good for a frozen pizza. The flavor was there from the crust to the cheese to the barbecue sauce that was hidden underneath. California Pizza Kitchen put a good amount of chicken on the pie. The crust was also above average for frozen pizza.
California Pizza Kitchen barbecue chicken pizza also had a very efficient microwave system similar to DiGiorno pizza. There was a tray that came in the box that had to be flipped over. The pizza went on top of this box and was put into the microwave for 3 and a half minutes with an extra 15 seconds if the cheese did not melt. The cook time for this pizza was much faster than the competition. DiGiorno pizzas ranged from 5 to 8 minutes in the microwave. When you’re dealing with microwave food my theory is that the faster that it can be cooked the higher the rating that the pizza deserves. If a customer wants to wait for a pizza they will order one from the pizza menu. Microwave pizza is meant for convenience and should be quick.
California Pizza Kitchen Barbecue chicken pizza tops most of its competitors from a nutritional standpoint. The calorie count is 500 with only 120 calories from fat. It also has 16% fiber and 25 grams of protein. It’s nice to know that you are getting healthier by eating pizza. Now only if you can lose weight by eating pizza every day. I want to be the first to know when that idea is proven.
Overall, I thought that California Pizza Kitchen barbecue pizza was good in many categories for frozen pizza. It still has a long way to go to gain more market shelf in the supermarkets though as it only has a tiny section in the freezer.
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This post is a review of California Pizza Kitchen barbecue recipe chicken frozen pizza for one. This BBQ pizza is topped with BBQ sauce, white meat chicken, reduced fat mozzarella cheese, smoked Gouda cheese, red onions, and cilantro.
To start our frozen pizza review I would like to back up a moment to explain who California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) is. California Pizza Kitchen was started in 1985 by two lawyers, Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax. These two lawyers threw in the towel for legal practicing to tend to their restaurant dreams. The concept behind CPK was to create a restaurant that serves pizza that are specialty dishes that everyone loves to eat. They have a large variety of pizza dishes incorporating cuisines from around the world.
California Pizza Kitchen is now an extremely popular pizza restaurant chain with 250 different restaurants in their network. Over 200 of those restaurants are company owned and about 50 are franchised. CPK also offers soups, salads, sandwiches, and pasta at their restaurants. CPK also made an agreement with Kraft Pizza Company, a subsidiary of Kraft Foods Inc., to deliver frozen pizzas to various supermarkets and retail outlets. This is where this review kicks in.
The interesting part about shopping for frozen pizza last week was my discovery of California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizza. I did not even know that they produced this line of food. There was only one little section for their frozen pizzas out of a whole isle. This means that they still have a long way to go in order to penetrate this market. So here comes my review.
Tonight I ate the barbecue chicken pizza for one. I would say that it was very good for a frozen pizza. The flavor was there from the crust to the cheese to the barbecue sauce that was hidden underneath. California Pizza Kitchen put a good amount of chicken on the pie. The crust was also above average for frozen pizza.
California Pizza Kitchen barbecue chicken pizza also had a very efficient microwave system similar to DiGiorno pizza. There was a tray that came in the box that had to be flipped over. The pizza went on top of this box and was put into the microwave for 3 and a half minutes with an extra 15 seconds if the cheese did not melt. The cook time for this pizza was much faster than the competition. DiGiorno pizzas ranged from 5 to 8 minutes in the microwave. When you’re dealing with microwave food my theory is that the faster that it can be cooked the higher the rating that the pizza deserves. If a customer wants to wait for a pizza they will order one from the pizza menu. Microwave pizza is meant for convenience and should be quick.
California Pizza Kitchen Barbecue chicken pizza tops most of its competitors from a nutritional standpoint. The calorie count is 500 with only 120 calories from fat. It also has 16% fiber and 25 grams of protein. It’s nice to know that you are getting healthier by eating pizza. Now only if you can lose weight by eating pizza every day. I want to be the first to know when that idea is proven.
Overall, I thought that California Pizza Kitchen barbecue pizza was good in many categories for frozen pizza. It still has a long way to go to gain more market shelf in the supermarkets though as it only has a tiny section in the freezer.
Thanks for reading Blog Pizza and the California Pizza Kitchen BBQ Recipe Chicken Pizza For One Review!
Pizza Menu
What is a pizza menu?
A pizza menu is a snapshot of what food a particular pizzeria or restaurant has for sale. Blog Pizza will be exploring this topic today in further detail because it is highly relevant to the pizza industry. Any successful pizza restaurant must have a well defined pizza menu ready to be handed out to a customer at any given moment.
A pizza menu is very important to a pizza business for several reasons. First, a pizza menu will establish credibility within the mind of the customer. When a customer is just browsing your business they want to see what is on your menu. If you don’t have a menu than you will look very unprofessional. In many cases, a simple list of what foods are served at a pizzeria will be a symbol to the customer that you take your business serious. Serious business owners get all of the customers. A wise old Italian man would say, “No pizza menu, no sella pizza!”
Another important reason for a piiza place to have a pizza menu is to help the business consolidate all of its food options into one list. This is good for both the business and the customer. For the business a pizza menu is good because it helps them really analyze what items they are going to tell the public that they offer. The specifics on this list will really help them to define other areas of their business like their mission statement and future goals.
For example, if Antonio’s pizzeria is developing a menu for their new business then they are forced to categorize and prioritize their pizzas. Many questions will have to be asked. These include:
What is our best pizza?
How much should we charge for our pizzas?
How many toppings should we offer?
Should we sell sandwiches too to complement the other foods for sale?
How much will they cost?
What do my competitors charge?
Should I sell thin crust or deep dish?
Should I offer white pizza?
If so, what type of white pizza?
What type of drinks should I offer?
How much should the drinks cost?
There are many more questions that will surface as Antonio’s pizza is trying to formulate their pizza menu. This brainstorming activity is a necessity of creating a pizza menu. Those who think creating a pizza menu is easy to do should think again. Creating a pizza menu is like putting all of the ideas of the store down on paper. You may need to rethink your pizza business in a way never done before.
A pizza menu is also beneficial to the customers as well because it allows them to decide what they want. Most people can’t decide what they want from the menu of choices in their mind. They also can’t read your business owners mind to distinguish the foods that they are actually selling. This is where the value of menus comes into play.
A pizza menu will allow a customer to sort through the options of foods that a particular business has to offer at that current time. It is extremely important that items on the menu are current or else the customer can become frustrated. If you own a pizzeria, don’t fall into the trap to believe that “I only sell pizza so what do I need a pizza menu for?” This is a deadly misconception.
Every pizzeria has different types of pizzas, different toppings, pizza specials, combinations, pizza sizes, slice variations, and price differences from the pizzeria down the street. It is important to communicate this information to the pizza customer as to avoid confusion and frustration. Any business owner knows that you want the customer to be happy the whole way through the sales process. If they get agitated at any point then the business risks losing the sale. This principle applies to the pizza industry as well. A solid, well communicated, updated pizza menu can prevent an agitated customer and help foster more pizza sales.
Another reason for having a pizza menu is to foster the marketing aspects of a pizza business. A pizza menu has the ability to get into many different hands. Once a customer has a menu of their favorite pizza place they tend to share it with all of their friends and family. They want everyone they love to know about this great pizza place that has brought them much happiness. This is free promotion that happens through a process that I call the “Pizza Menu Life Cycle.”
The Pizza Menu Life Cycle starts out at a pizzeria. It is then distributed to a customer. The customer then either places the pizza menu so that all can see (such as on the refrigerator) or gives it away to someone they care about who would also enjoy this pizza (of course the original pizza customer will go back and get another one). The pizza customer’s referral will repeat the cycle after they have enjoyed the pizza and would also like to spread the word. This cycle goes on and on and is the quickest way for a pizza company to market their business at the lowest cost. The only cost is to print as many pizza menus as possible.
Hopefully by now you are starting to see the value added to a business of a having a great pizza menu. Some basic questions include how many pizza menus should a pizzeria start out with? The answer to this question really depends on the nature of the business. How many times does the business plan on updating the menu? If often then you would not want too many pizza menus because as the new menu replaces the old menu you will be stuck with much excess inventory (you don’t want to give out outdated menus to a customer). A business should also consider how aggressive their marketing plan is. If the pizzeria is a small mom and pops with no plans for franchising then they will not need as many menus as a large franchised pizza business. A generic answer to how many pizza menus would be about 1000 to start. You can always add more later but 1000 would be enough usually to forecast how many menus the business will need in the future. Call it a pilot sample.
What type of designs can be placed on a pizza menu? The sky is the limit. A pizzeria should always consider adding their trademarks and business contact information at minimum. Also, choose colors that are representative of the theme of your pizza business.
What kind of categories should the pizza menu be divided into? There are many options but that depends on the nature of the business. If the business only sells pizza then the categories will be separated amongst pizza styles, toppings, specials, size of crust, or any other relevant category. If the pizza business sells other foods like sandwiches or pasta dishes then they will need separate categories for those food items as well.
There will also need to be a beverage section. List all of the types of beverages, for example: Coca Cola, Sprite, Snapple iced tea, Ginger Ale, Pepsi, 7UP, milkshakes (include flavors like vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry), water, and seltzer. The menu should also show the originality of the business. This is their opportunity to shine to the customer. They may want to consider putting their famous slogans on there or anything that they feel will attract more customers (a full lesson on marketing is beyond the scope of this post).
What type of prices should be placed on a pizza menu? It depends on the business again. How much does the business need to sell their pizzas for in order to make a profit that they will feel comfortable with? Now how much would the average customer pay for that slice? Weigh the difference between the two numbers and if the business owner can compromise to make the numbers best for everyone then those prices may be a good starting point on the pizza menu. Also, check out the competitors. What are Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa John’s, and the pizzeria up the next street charging per pizza slice? This is called benchmarking and is a necessity to survive in business.
I have discussed pizza menus today because it is a topic that may interest many of our readers particularly those that have pizza businesses or are considering opening one. Hopefully I have provided enough information to get the brain kicking for those that doubt the power of a pizza menu. If you still don’t believe in pizza menus that I recommend that you take a look at Dominos pizza menu and Pizza Hut pizza menu and take a guess at how much extra revenue those menus drive to their business. I don’t have those exact numbers but I know that they have to be very high.
Referring back to my Pizza Menu Life Cycle Theory, there are plenty of customers who will take the pizza menu and stick it with a magnet on their refrigerator. Every person who walks in that house will then ask about that particular pizza place. This is “free advertising.” Imagine if the menu made it to the refrigerator of everyone of your customers. This free marketing potential of the pizza menu would become magnified. This is the true power of the pizza menu!
Update: The pizza education continues in Pizza Menu Part II: Pizza Menu Delivery Options.
A pizza menu is a snapshot of what food a particular pizzeria or restaurant has for sale. Blog Pizza will be exploring this topic today in further detail because it is highly relevant to the pizza industry. Any successful pizza restaurant must have a well defined pizza menu ready to be handed out to a customer at any given moment.
A pizza menu is very important to a pizza business for several reasons. First, a pizza menu will establish credibility within the mind of the customer. When a customer is just browsing your business they want to see what is on your menu. If you don’t have a menu than you will look very unprofessional. In many cases, a simple list of what foods are served at a pizzeria will be a symbol to the customer that you take your business serious. Serious business owners get all of the customers. A wise old Italian man would say, “No pizza menu, no sella pizza!”
Another important reason for a piiza place to have a pizza menu is to help the business consolidate all of its food options into one list. This is good for both the business and the customer. For the business a pizza menu is good because it helps them really analyze what items they are going to tell the public that they offer. The specifics on this list will really help them to define other areas of their business like their mission statement and future goals.
For example, if Antonio’s pizzeria is developing a menu for their new business then they are forced to categorize and prioritize their pizzas. Many questions will have to be asked. These include:
What is our best pizza?
How much should we charge for our pizzas?
How many toppings should we offer?
Should we sell sandwiches too to complement the other foods for sale?
How much will they cost?
What do my competitors charge?
Should I sell thin crust or deep dish?
Should I offer white pizza?
If so, what type of white pizza?
What type of drinks should I offer?
How much should the drinks cost?
There are many more questions that will surface as Antonio’s pizza is trying to formulate their pizza menu. This brainstorming activity is a necessity of creating a pizza menu. Those who think creating a pizza menu is easy to do should think again. Creating a pizza menu is like putting all of the ideas of the store down on paper. You may need to rethink your pizza business in a way never done before.
A pizza menu is also beneficial to the customers as well because it allows them to decide what they want. Most people can’t decide what they want from the menu of choices in their mind. They also can’t read your business owners mind to distinguish the foods that they are actually selling. This is where the value of menus comes into play.
A pizza menu will allow a customer to sort through the options of foods that a particular business has to offer at that current time. It is extremely important that items on the menu are current or else the customer can become frustrated. If you own a pizzeria, don’t fall into the trap to believe that “I only sell pizza so what do I need a pizza menu for?” This is a deadly misconception.
Every pizzeria has different types of pizzas, different toppings, pizza specials, combinations, pizza sizes, slice variations, and price differences from the pizzeria down the street. It is important to communicate this information to the pizza customer as to avoid confusion and frustration. Any business owner knows that you want the customer to be happy the whole way through the sales process. If they get agitated at any point then the business risks losing the sale. This principle applies to the pizza industry as well. A solid, well communicated, updated pizza menu can prevent an agitated customer and help foster more pizza sales.
Another reason for having a pizza menu is to foster the marketing aspects of a pizza business. A pizza menu has the ability to get into many different hands. Once a customer has a menu of their favorite pizza place they tend to share it with all of their friends and family. They want everyone they love to know about this great pizza place that has brought them much happiness. This is free promotion that happens through a process that I call the “Pizza Menu Life Cycle.”
The Pizza Menu Life Cycle starts out at a pizzeria. It is then distributed to a customer. The customer then either places the pizza menu so that all can see (such as on the refrigerator) or gives it away to someone they care about who would also enjoy this pizza (of course the original pizza customer will go back and get another one). The pizza customer’s referral will repeat the cycle after they have enjoyed the pizza and would also like to spread the word. This cycle goes on and on and is the quickest way for a pizza company to market their business at the lowest cost. The only cost is to print as many pizza menus as possible.
Hopefully by now you are starting to see the value added to a business of a having a great pizza menu. Some basic questions include how many pizza menus should a pizzeria start out with? The answer to this question really depends on the nature of the business. How many times does the business plan on updating the menu? If often then you would not want too many pizza menus because as the new menu replaces the old menu you will be stuck with much excess inventory (you don’t want to give out outdated menus to a customer). A business should also consider how aggressive their marketing plan is. If the pizzeria is a small mom and pops with no plans for franchising then they will not need as many menus as a large franchised pizza business. A generic answer to how many pizza menus would be about 1000 to start. You can always add more later but 1000 would be enough usually to forecast how many menus the business will need in the future. Call it a pilot sample.
What type of designs can be placed on a pizza menu? The sky is the limit. A pizzeria should always consider adding their trademarks and business contact information at minimum. Also, choose colors that are representative of the theme of your pizza business.
What kind of categories should the pizza menu be divided into? There are many options but that depends on the nature of the business. If the business only sells pizza then the categories will be separated amongst pizza styles, toppings, specials, size of crust, or any other relevant category. If the pizza business sells other foods like sandwiches or pasta dishes then they will need separate categories for those food items as well.
There will also need to be a beverage section. List all of the types of beverages, for example: Coca Cola, Sprite, Snapple iced tea, Ginger Ale, Pepsi, 7UP, milkshakes (include flavors like vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry), water, and seltzer. The menu should also show the originality of the business. This is their opportunity to shine to the customer. They may want to consider putting their famous slogans on there or anything that they feel will attract more customers (a full lesson on marketing is beyond the scope of this post).
What type of prices should be placed on a pizza menu? It depends on the business again. How much does the business need to sell their pizzas for in order to make a profit that they will feel comfortable with? Now how much would the average customer pay for that slice? Weigh the difference between the two numbers and if the business owner can compromise to make the numbers best for everyone then those prices may be a good starting point on the pizza menu. Also, check out the competitors. What are Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa John’s, and the pizzeria up the next street charging per pizza slice? This is called benchmarking and is a necessity to survive in business.
I have discussed pizza menus today because it is a topic that may interest many of our readers particularly those that have pizza businesses or are considering opening one. Hopefully I have provided enough information to get the brain kicking for those that doubt the power of a pizza menu. If you still don’t believe in pizza menus that I recommend that you take a look at Dominos pizza menu and Pizza Hut pizza menu and take a guess at how much extra revenue those menus drive to their business. I don’t have those exact numbers but I know that they have to be very high.
Referring back to my Pizza Menu Life Cycle Theory, there are plenty of customers who will take the pizza menu and stick it with a magnet on their refrigerator. Every person who walks in that house will then ask about that particular pizza place. This is “free advertising.” Imagine if the menu made it to the refrigerator of everyone of your customers. This free marketing potential of the pizza menu would become magnified. This is the true power of the pizza menu!
Update: The pizza education continues in Pizza Menu Part II: Pizza Menu Delivery Options.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Passion 4 Pizza Review
Passion 4 Pizza Website Review
This review is about a newer pizza website called passion-4-pizza.com. As stated in our link exchange page, we will be happy to provide a review of any pizza blogs or websites. If you would like to link with us, however, please review our link exchange policy.
Passion 4 Pizza is a very cool new website that appears to have been around for almost a year now. A nice couple from Long Island New York runs the website and offers their perspectives on pizza. Lillian D’Eustachio and Cary Steiner are both pizza connoisseurs that have incorporated pizza into their history together.
For Lillian and Cary, pizza was always a fascinating food. Cary always liked local New York pizzerias and Lillian preferred her grandmother’s pie. Cary remembers his youth when he ate at the local Brooklyn pizzerias. Lillian, being from Italian descent, had grown up watching her grandmother make pizza. Pizza was a highlight of her childhood, which may have something to do with her Napolitano grandmother’s pizza recipe.
Passion 4 Pizza is Lillian and Cary’s journey to discover and review New York pizzerias, specifically, Long Island pizza. Since they are from Long Island, they are able to provide a fresh perspective of their local pizza places including the famous Umberto’s. They also have reviews of other New York pizzerias as well as out of state pizzerias that they have visited.
Passion for Pizza is a pizza website with an interesting New York perspective on pizza. It is great to have a pizza site that talks honestly about New York pizza from local New Yorkers. Although another famous website called Slice also focuses on New York pizza, they don’t target Long Island pizza like Lillian and Cary. This leads to my recommendations for their website. I recommend that Lillian and Cary continue to focus on creating reviews only for Long Island pizzerias. I bet there are almost 500 pizzerias in that area (Long Island still is New York – there is a pizza place every square foot). If they focus on their area of expertise (Long Island pizza) then they will build credibility and be able to take their website to the next level.
In sum, Passion 4 Pizza is a pizza website worth taking a look it. They have much useful information as well as some cool pics of pizza and themselves (I love those 70’s pics). Blog Pizza wishes Cary and Lillian the best of luck!
This concludes Blog Pizza’s review of Passion 4 Pizza website!
This review is about a newer pizza website called passion-4-pizza.com. As stated in our link exchange page, we will be happy to provide a review of any pizza blogs or websites. If you would like to link with us, however, please review our link exchange policy.
Passion 4 Pizza is a very cool new website that appears to have been around for almost a year now. A nice couple from Long Island New York runs the website and offers their perspectives on pizza. Lillian D’Eustachio and Cary Steiner are both pizza connoisseurs that have incorporated pizza into their history together.
For Lillian and Cary, pizza was always a fascinating food. Cary always liked local New York pizzerias and Lillian preferred her grandmother’s pie. Cary remembers his youth when he ate at the local Brooklyn pizzerias. Lillian, being from Italian descent, had grown up watching her grandmother make pizza. Pizza was a highlight of her childhood, which may have something to do with her Napolitano grandmother’s pizza recipe.
Passion 4 Pizza is Lillian and Cary’s journey to discover and review New York pizzerias, specifically, Long Island pizza. Since they are from Long Island, they are able to provide a fresh perspective of their local pizza places including the famous Umberto’s. They also have reviews of other New York pizzerias as well as out of state pizzerias that they have visited.
Passion for Pizza is a pizza website with an interesting New York perspective on pizza. It is great to have a pizza site that talks honestly about New York pizza from local New Yorkers. Although another famous website called Slice also focuses on New York pizza, they don’t target Long Island pizza like Lillian and Cary. This leads to my recommendations for their website. I recommend that Lillian and Cary continue to focus on creating reviews only for Long Island pizzerias. I bet there are almost 500 pizzerias in that area (Long Island still is New York – there is a pizza place every square foot). If they focus on their area of expertise (Long Island pizza) then they will build credibility and be able to take their website to the next level.
In sum, Passion 4 Pizza is a pizza website worth taking a look it. They have much useful information as well as some cool pics of pizza and themselves (I love those 70’s pics). Blog Pizza wishes Cary and Lillian the best of luck!
This concludes Blog Pizza’s review of Passion 4 Pizza website!
DiGiorno Four Cheese Pizza Review
DiGiorno Traditional Crust Four Cheese Pizza For One Review
Round three of the DiGiorno saga is a review of DiGiorno traditional crust four cheese pizza for one. Is it true that DiGiorno’s fresh baked taste is really from the microwave? Let us explore the truth behind the slogan.
DiGiorno four cheese pizza is an overall better quality cheese pizza compared to the competition amongst other frozen cheese pizza brands. There is a good amount of cheese that is topped on the crust. The overall effect is pleasant if you like that much cheese. Just remember to double check that all of the cheese is cooked before you eat it. If not, put the pizza back in the microwave and cook the pizza 30 seconds more at a time until the cheese is fully melted.
There were some things that I did not like about the Four Cheese Pizza. First, the ratio between cheese and sauce was largely unbalanced. There was barely any sauce for the amount of cheese that was on there. I think that a very good cheese pizza must have good quality sauce to complement it. It is understood that the pizza is called four cheeses for a reason but if you are going to put the much cheese it should be counterbalanced with a little more sauce. Otherwise, it should be called something like inside out mozzarella sticks instead of a pizza.
Overall, I did not like this pizza any better than the other two varieties of DiGiorno’s pizza. Actually, DiGiorno pepperoni pizza still has my unanimous vote amongst the three varieties so far and by a long shot. It was something about the quantity and quality of the pepperoni pizza that has made the particular pie king of the DiGiorno family so far. One other thing that I liked about the pepperoni pizza was the taste of the crust. The herb flavor made their crust stand out. The sausage and four cheese pizzas with original crusts were a little bland. But what the hell do I know, I don’t really like frozen pizza to begin with?
From a nutritional standpoint, this pizza had fewer calories than the other DiGiorno pizzas with toppings. However, it still had an enormous amount more calories than the competitors such as Tony and Celeste pizza. The traditional crust four cheese pizza has 720 calories with 270 calories from fat.
The one healthy part of this pizza was the amount of fiber in it. There was 6 grams of fiber or 24% in the pie. This is a healthy amount. However, after I ate it, I still did not feel any healthier than before (only a little more bloated).
This concludes another wild frozen pizza review by Blog Pizza on DiGiorno Traditional Crust Four Cheese Pizza For One!
Round three of the DiGiorno saga is a review of DiGiorno traditional crust four cheese pizza for one. Is it true that DiGiorno’s fresh baked taste is really from the microwave? Let us explore the truth behind the slogan.
DiGiorno four cheese pizza is an overall better quality cheese pizza compared to the competition amongst other frozen cheese pizza brands. There is a good amount of cheese that is topped on the crust. The overall effect is pleasant if you like that much cheese. Just remember to double check that all of the cheese is cooked before you eat it. If not, put the pizza back in the microwave and cook the pizza 30 seconds more at a time until the cheese is fully melted.
There were some things that I did not like about the Four Cheese Pizza. First, the ratio between cheese and sauce was largely unbalanced. There was barely any sauce for the amount of cheese that was on there. I think that a very good cheese pizza must have good quality sauce to complement it. It is understood that the pizza is called four cheeses for a reason but if you are going to put the much cheese it should be counterbalanced with a little more sauce. Otherwise, it should be called something like inside out mozzarella sticks instead of a pizza.
Overall, I did not like this pizza any better than the other two varieties of DiGiorno’s pizza. Actually, DiGiorno pepperoni pizza still has my unanimous vote amongst the three varieties so far and by a long shot. It was something about the quantity and quality of the pepperoni pizza that has made the particular pie king of the DiGiorno family so far. One other thing that I liked about the pepperoni pizza was the taste of the crust. The herb flavor made their crust stand out. The sausage and four cheese pizzas with original crusts were a little bland. But what the hell do I know, I don’t really like frozen pizza to begin with?
From a nutritional standpoint, this pizza had fewer calories than the other DiGiorno pizzas with toppings. However, it still had an enormous amount more calories than the competitors such as Tony and Celeste pizza. The traditional crust four cheese pizza has 720 calories with 270 calories from fat.
The one healthy part of this pizza was the amount of fiber in it. There was 6 grams of fiber or 24% in the pie. This is a healthy amount. However, after I ate it, I still did not feel any healthier than before (only a little more bloated).
This concludes another wild frozen pizza review by Blog Pizza on DiGiorno Traditional Crust Four Cheese Pizza For One!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
DiGiorno Sausage Pizza Review
DiGiorno Traditional Crust Sausage Pizza Review For One
This will be a short review of DiGiorno Traditional Crust Sausage Pizza For One. I have tried this pizza and I have several comments to make about it.
This post is a follow up post to DiGiorno Pepperoni Pizza. Overall, I thought this sausage pizza was rather tasty for a frozen pizza but no match for the DiGiorno Pepperoni pizza that I ate the other day. The sausage pizza had sprinkles of sausage as a topping but definitely didn’t match up to the amount of pepperoni that was on the DiGiorno pepperoni pizza.
The crust was average for a frozen pizza. I don’t know what happened but for some reason this pizza had taken much longer to cook in the microwave then the DiGiorno pepperoni pizza pie. The directions have you microwave the pizza with a length of time varying on the microwave wattage with a range of 3 to 6 minutes. However, it also states that the pitsa is not done until all of the cheese is melted.
The cheese on the DiGiorno sausage pizza was not melted until after about 8 minutes, which is unacceptable compared to the competitors. Microwave pizza should be done in 5 minutes or less or else it wasn’t prepared right (that’s my take). The DiGiorno pepperoni was done in 5 minutes as promised. Of course I always add a few extra minutes for cool off time. You can get a nasty tongue burn if you eat this pizza without waiting for it to cool down.
Overall, DiGiorno traditional crust sausage pizza for one had an average rating for frozen pizza. If you only like sausage then this pizza is your only choice. If you are not a picky carnivore like me, then so far DiGiorno pepperoni is king. Ok, I will be moving on to try the plain cheese version. Stick around for some more reviews of frozen pizza.
This concludes Blog Pizza’s review on DiGiorno Traditional Crust Sausage Pizza Review For One!
This will be a short review of DiGiorno Traditional Crust Sausage Pizza For One. I have tried this pizza and I have several comments to make about it.
This post is a follow up post to DiGiorno Pepperoni Pizza. Overall, I thought this sausage pizza was rather tasty for a frozen pizza but no match for the DiGiorno Pepperoni pizza that I ate the other day. The sausage pizza had sprinkles of sausage as a topping but definitely didn’t match up to the amount of pepperoni that was on the DiGiorno pepperoni pizza.
The crust was average for a frozen pizza. I don’t know what happened but for some reason this pizza had taken much longer to cook in the microwave then the DiGiorno pepperoni pizza pie. The directions have you microwave the pizza with a length of time varying on the microwave wattage with a range of 3 to 6 minutes. However, it also states that the pitsa is not done until all of the cheese is melted.
The cheese on the DiGiorno sausage pizza was not melted until after about 8 minutes, which is unacceptable compared to the competitors. Microwave pizza should be done in 5 minutes or less or else it wasn’t prepared right (that’s my take). The DiGiorno pepperoni was done in 5 minutes as promised. Of course I always add a few extra minutes for cool off time. You can get a nasty tongue burn if you eat this pizza without waiting for it to cool down.
Overall, DiGiorno traditional crust sausage pizza for one had an average rating for frozen pizza. If you only like sausage then this pizza is your only choice. If you are not a picky carnivore like me, then so far DiGiorno pepperoni is king. Ok, I will be moving on to try the plain cheese version. Stick around for some more reviews of frozen pizza.
This concludes Blog Pizza’s review on DiGiorno Traditional Crust Sausage Pizza Review For One!
Friday, May 22, 2009
DC Best Pizza Reviews
Washington DC Best Pizza Reviews
Who has the best pizza in Washington, DC? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in DC that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in DC that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about DC Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s DC Best Pizza Reviews!
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Liza and Gary's DC Pizza Blog are professionals in DC pizza. Blog Pizza values their opinion and after two years of searching for the top pizzas in DC their list must be placed here. Liza and Gary have worked hard to produce this best pizza list and you will be served well to follow their recommendations. Here are their top 10 best DC pizza places as of June 17, 2009:
Red Rocks, Columbia Heights
2 Amys, Cathedral Heights
Sette Osteria, Dupont Circle
Kavanaugh's Pizza Pub
Pizzeria Paradiso, Georgetown
Busboys and Poets, U Street
The Source, Downtown DC
Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar, Capitol Hill
Cafe Pizzaolo, Crystal City
Faccia Luna, Alexandria
Who has the best pizza in Washington, DC? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in DC that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in DC that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about DC Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s DC Best Pizza Reviews!
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Liza and Gary's DC Pizza Blog are professionals in DC pizza. Blog Pizza values their opinion and after two years of searching for the top pizzas in DC their list must be placed here. Liza and Gary have worked hard to produce this best pizza list and you will be served well to follow their recommendations. Here are their top 10 best DC pizza places as of June 17, 2009:
Red Rocks, Columbia Heights
2 Amys, Cathedral Heights
Sette Osteria, Dupont Circle
Kavanaugh's Pizza Pub
Pizzeria Paradiso, Georgetown
Busboys and Poets, U Street
The Source, Downtown DC
Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar, Capitol Hill
Cafe Pizzaolo, Crystal City
Faccia Luna, Alexandria
San Francisco Best Pizza Reviews
San Francisco, CA Best Pizza Reviews
Who has the best pizza in San Francisco, California? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in San Francisco that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in San Francisco that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about San Francisco Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s San Francisco Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
3. Pizzeria Delfina; San Francisco; Panna pizza pie
14. Gialina; San Francisco; Wild nettle pizza pie
17. A16; San Francisco; Romana pizza pie
Who has the best pizza in San Francisco, California? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in San Francisco that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in San Francisco that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about San Francisco Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s San Francisco Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
3. Pizzeria Delfina; San Francisco; Panna pizza pie
14. Gialina; San Francisco; Wild nettle pizza pie
17. A16; San Francisco; Romana pizza pie
Providence Best Pizza Reviews
Providence, RI Best Pizza Reviews
Who has the best pizza in Providence? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in Providence that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in Providence that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about Providence Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s Providence Best Pizza Reviews!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
5. Bob and Timmy’s; Providence; Spinach and mushroom pizza pie
18. Al Forno; Providence; Grilled pizza pie with roasted eggplant
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Zooma Bar and Ristorante
- Margherita pizza - Reviewed by Blog Pizza 6/2009 - Unbelievable!
Who has the best pizza in Providence? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in Providence that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in Providence that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about Providence Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s Providence Best Pizza Reviews!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
5. Bob and Timmy’s; Providence; Spinach and mushroom pizza pie
18. Al Forno; Providence; Grilled pizza pie with roasted eggplant
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Zooma Bar and Ristorante
- Margherita pizza - Reviewed by Blog Pizza 6/2009 - Unbelievable!
Philadelphia Best Pizza Reviews
Philadelphia, PA Best Pizza Reviews
Who has the best pizza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in Philadelphia that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in Philadelphia that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about Philadelphia Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s Philadelphia Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
9. Tacconelli’s; Philadelphia; White pizza pie
22. Osteria; Philadelphia; Zucca pizza pie
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Blog Pizza's Best Pizza Reviews
Recommended:
Coming Soon!
Not Recommended:
Osteria - Reviewed by Blog Pizza on 9/17/09.
Pietro's Coal Oven Pizzeria - Reviewed by Blog Pizza on 7/15/09. This is famous but I gave it a yellow light. Follow the link to my review on Best Philadelphia Pizza Blog.
Who has the best pizza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in Philadelphia that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in Philadelphia that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about Philadelphia Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s Philadelphia Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
9. Tacconelli’s; Philadelphia; White pizza pie
22. Osteria; Philadelphia; Zucca pizza pie
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Blog Pizza's Best Pizza Reviews
Recommended:
Coming Soon!
Not Recommended:
Osteria - Reviewed by Blog Pizza on 9/17/09.
Pietro's Coal Oven Pizzeria - Reviewed by Blog Pizza on 7/15/09. This is famous but I gave it a yellow light. Follow the link to my review on Best Philadelphia Pizza Blog.
New Haven Pizza Reviews
New Haven, Connecticut Best Pizza Reviews
Who has the best pizza in New Haven? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in New Haven that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in New Haven that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about New Haven Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s New Haven Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
6. Sally’s Apizza; New Haven; white pizza pie with tomato
12. Frank Pepe; New Haven; The original tomato pizza pie
Who has the best pizza in New Haven? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in New Haven that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in New Haven that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about New Haven Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s New Haven Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
6. Sally’s Apizza; New Haven; white pizza pie with tomato
12. Frank Pepe; New Haven; The original tomato pizza pie
LA Best Pizza Reviews
Los Angeles (LA), California Best Pizza Reviews
Who has the best pizza in LA? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in LA that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in LA that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about LA Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s LA Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
7. Tomato Pie; LA; The Grandma pizza pie
16. Antica Pizzeria; Marina Del Ray, CA; Pizza del Cafone
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Listed below is the Best Pizza in LA according to JAB from Los Angeles Pizza Blog as of June 17, 2009. JAB is truly an expert in this region as you will find if you visit his blog. The guy knows LA pizza. For more information about his blog, you can visit our Los Angeles Pizza Blog Review page. So take this list seriously and if you are in Los Angeles, California and want to eat at the best pizza place be sure to visit one or all of the following:
Vito's Pizza - West Hollywood
Village Pizzeria - Larchmont Blvd
Joe's Pizza - Santa Monica
Antica Pizzeria - Marina Del Ray
Folliero's - Highland Park
Il Capriccio Pizzeria - Los Feliz/Silverlake
Pagliacci's - Studio City
Al Gelato - Beverly Hills
Nicky D's - Silverlake
Verrazano's Pizza - Hollywood
Cristoni Pizzeria - Hollywood
Damiano Mr Pizza - Farifax
Pitfire Pizza - Downtown/North Hollywood
Garage Pizza - Silverlake
LA Pizza Company - Downtown
Who has the best pizza in LA? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in LA that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in LA that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about LA Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s LA Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
7. Tomato Pie; LA; The Grandma pizza pie
16. Antica Pizzeria; Marina Del Ray, CA; Pizza del Cafone
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Listed below is the Best Pizza in LA according to JAB from Los Angeles Pizza Blog as of June 17, 2009. JAB is truly an expert in this region as you will find if you visit his blog. The guy knows LA pizza. For more information about his blog, you can visit our Los Angeles Pizza Blog Review page. So take this list seriously and if you are in Los Angeles, California and want to eat at the best pizza place be sure to visit one or all of the following:
Vito's Pizza - West Hollywood
Village Pizzeria - Larchmont Blvd
Joe's Pizza - Santa Monica
Antica Pizzeria - Marina Del Ray
Folliero's - Highland Park
Il Capriccio Pizzeria - Los Feliz/Silverlake
Pagliacci's - Studio City
Al Gelato - Beverly Hills
Nicky D's - Silverlake
Verrazano's Pizza - Hollywood
Cristoni Pizzeria - Hollywood
Damiano Mr Pizza - Farifax
Pitfire Pizza - Downtown/North Hollywood
Garage Pizza - Silverlake
LA Pizza Company - Downtown
Detroit Best Pizza Reviews
Detroit, Michigan Best Pizza Reviews
Who has the best pizza in Detroit? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in Detroit that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in Detroit that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about Detroit Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s Detroit Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
13. Luigi’s “The Original”; Harrison Township, MI; Gourmet veggie pizza pie
15. Buddy’s; Detroit; Cheese pizza pie
21. Tomatoes Apizza; Farmington Hills, MI; Pepperoni pizza pie
24. Niki’s; Detroit; Cheese pizza pie with feta
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7/29/09 (from Anonymous Comment) Buddy's for it's unique pizza pie made of Wisconsin Brick Cheese; also has the best open faced grilled cheese ever!
Also: Anonymous recommended Pizza Populous.
Who has the best pizza in Detroit? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in Detroit that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in Detroit that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about Detroit Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s Detroit Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
13. Luigi’s “The Original”; Harrison Township, MI; Gourmet veggie pizza pie
15. Buddy’s; Detroit; Cheese pizza pie
21. Tomatoes Apizza; Farmington Hills, MI; Pepperoni pizza pie
24. Niki’s; Detroit; Cheese pizza pie with feta
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7/29/09 (from Anonymous Comment) Buddy's for it's unique pizza pie made of Wisconsin Brick Cheese; also has the best open faced grilled cheese ever!
Also: Anonymous recommended Pizza Populous.
Chicago Best Pizza Reviews
Chicago, Illinois Best Pizza Reviews
Who has the best pizza in Chicago, IL? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in Chicago that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in Chicago that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about Chicago Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s Chicago Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
1. Great Lake; Chicago; Mortadella pizza pie
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Lonnie's Pizza - 9/5/09 - by Noradonna
Bacino; Lincoln Park; 9/15/09 - by Ismael Seguban
Piece; Bucktown/Wicker Park - by Ismael Seguban
Who has the best pizza in Chicago, IL? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in Chicago that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in Chicago that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about Chicago Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s Chicago Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
1. Great Lake; Chicago; Mortadella pizza pie
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Lonnie's Pizza - 9/5/09 - by Noradonna
Bacino; Lincoln Park; 9/15/09 - by Ismael Seguban
Piece; Bucktown/Wicker Park - by Ismael Seguban
Boston Best Pizza Reviews
Boston Best Pizza Reviews
Who has the best pizza in Boston, MA? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in Boston that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in Boston that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about Boston Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s Boston Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
19. Galleria Umberto; Boston; square slice pizza pie
23. Santarpio’s; Boston; Homemade sausage pizza pie
Who has the best pizza in Boston, MA? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in Boston that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in Boston that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other locals who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about Boston Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s Boston Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
19. Galleria Umberto; Boston; square slice pizza pie
23. Santarpio’s; Boston; Homemade sausage pizza pie
NYC | New York Best Pizza
NYC, New York Best Pizza Reviews
Who has the best pizza in NYC, New York? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in NYC that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in NYC that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other New Yorkers who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about New York City Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s NYC Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
2. Lucali; Brooklyn, NY; Plain pizza pie
8. Co. ; NYC; Margherita pizza pie
10.Totonno’s; Brooklyn; Margherita with Pepperoni pizza pie
11. Tarry Lodge; Port Chester, NY; Clam pizza pie
20. Famous Joe’s; NYC; Plain cheese pizza slice
25. Una Pizza Napoletana; NYC; Margherita pizza pie
Who has the best pizza in NYC, New York? This page is dedicated to all of the great pizzerias in NYC that need some pizza respect. Here is the opportunity for every great pizza lover to throw their two cents in about their best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in NYC that they have eaten at.
If you have a favorite place that you think needs public recognition then let us know. Also, even if you don’t like the pizzeria but still believe that they may have the best of a certain type of pizza, like pepperoni pizza, then let Blog Pizza tell the pizza community with a best pizza review. This page can be very helpful for tourists and other New Yorkers who would like to sample different pizza joints. Note: here is a link to best pizza reviews in other areas.
If you have a pizza review about New York City Best Pizza Places and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza, please email us or comment below on this page. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), type of pizza, and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
So enjoy Blog Pizza’s NYC Best Pizza Reviews!
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From the 2009 top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman
2. Lucali; Brooklyn, NY; Plain pizza pie
8. Co. ; NYC; Margherita pizza pie
10.Totonno’s; Brooklyn; Margherita with Pepperoni pizza pie
11. Tarry Lodge; Port Chester, NY; Clam pizza pie
20. Famous Joe’s; NYC; Plain cheese pizza slice
25. Una Pizza Napoletana; NYC; Margherita pizza pie
Best Pizza Restaurant Reviews
Best Pizza Restaurant Reviews
This post was created about Best Pizza Restaurant Reviews for the viewers of Blog Pizza. After completing the previous article on GQ’s Best Pizza Restaurants, I have realized the need for some kind of best pizza restaurant reviews on Blog Pizza. I understand the enormous task involved with creating a best pizza list but I think that it would really complement this pizza blog.
So here it is... the best pizza restaurant reviews on the Blog Pizza will have the following system to start with. This page will be an entrance page to best pizza reviews of several major areas. The areas that our blog will cover will be what I consider the top ten pizza cities similar to Alan Richman’s list. This list is not all inclusive as there are many great pizza places in small suburbs across America. As the list expands then other areas will be added as well. Each of the cities that will be listed below will be linked to a separate review page for the best pizzas of that city. For example, I will have a New York Best Pizza link below. If you are interested in New York’s best pizza then you will click on this link to be taken to a separate page with pizza reviews of the best pizzerias in this area.
One thing to point out is that this list will be developed by anyone who would like to contribute to it. I can also add more areas as well if there is a demand for it. I don’t want to create too large of a list to start because I want to make sure that these pizza reviews can be helpful for everyone. Pizza Therapy has a list similar to the direction that I have in mind for best pizzas. The problem with that pizza list is that many of those reviews are stale as Albert Grande has had that blog for almost 10 years. Some of those pizzerias on that list may or may not be open still. I will like this list to be a modifiable version and continuously updated.
If you have a review and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza and any of our best pizza pages, please email us or comment below on either this page or the page of the location for where you would like to submit the review. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
Click on the city name below to find and / or review the best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in that area:
Boston Best Pizza Reviews
Chicago Best Pizza Reviews
Detroit Best Pizza Reviews
LA Best Pizza Reviews
New Haven Best Pizza Reviews
New York City Best Pizza Reviews
Philadelphia Best Pizza Reviews
Providence Best Pizza Reviews
San Francisco Best Pizza Reviews
Washington DC Best Pizza Reviews
Thank you for visiting Blog Pizza’s Best Pizza Restaurant page!
This post was created about Best Pizza Restaurant Reviews for the viewers of Blog Pizza. After completing the previous article on GQ’s Best Pizza Restaurants, I have realized the need for some kind of best pizza restaurant reviews on Blog Pizza. I understand the enormous task involved with creating a best pizza list but I think that it would really complement this pizza blog.
So here it is... the best pizza restaurant reviews on the Blog Pizza will have the following system to start with. This page will be an entrance page to best pizza reviews of several major areas. The areas that our blog will cover will be what I consider the top ten pizza cities similar to Alan Richman’s list. This list is not all inclusive as there are many great pizza places in small suburbs across America. As the list expands then other areas will be added as well. Each of the cities that will be listed below will be linked to a separate review page for the best pizzas of that city. For example, I will have a New York Best Pizza link below. If you are interested in New York’s best pizza then you will click on this link to be taken to a separate page with pizza reviews of the best pizzerias in this area.
One thing to point out is that this list will be developed by anyone who would like to contribute to it. I can also add more areas as well if there is a demand for it. I don’t want to create too large of a list to start because I want to make sure that these pizza reviews can be helpful for everyone. Pizza Therapy has a list similar to the direction that I have in mind for best pizzas. The problem with that pizza list is that many of those reviews are stale as Albert Grande has had that blog for almost 10 years. Some of those pizzerias on that list may or may not be open still. I will like this list to be a modifiable version and continuously updated.
If you have a review and would like to submit it to Blog Pizza and any of our best pizza pages, please email us or comment below on either this page or the page of the location for where you would like to submit the review. Please provide your name, best pizza restaurant or pizzeria, location (City and State), and date reviewed, review (this is the fun part), and any other pertinent information. By having a date reviewed listed this may help keep the information current.
Click on the city name below to find and / or review the best pizza restaurants or pizzerias in that area:
Boston Best Pizza Reviews
Chicago Best Pizza Reviews
Detroit Best Pizza Reviews
LA Best Pizza Reviews
New Haven Best Pizza Reviews
New York City Best Pizza Reviews
Philadelphia Best Pizza Reviews
Providence Best Pizza Reviews
San Francisco Best Pizza Reviews
Washington DC Best Pizza Reviews
Thank you for visiting Blog Pizza’s Best Pizza Restaurant page!
Best Pizza Restaurants | GQ
The Top 25 Best Pizza Restaurants in the United States
Recently an article was published in GQ magazine listing the top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman. I will be discussing this list today and also want to add a few thoughts that I have as well. First let’s go over the list of the top 10 best pizza restaurants in America. I have listed them below and the pizza that was recommended from each of these restaurants.
The following list is divided by best pizza restaurants, then city, and then type of pizza. The top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman are:
1. Great Lake; Chicago; Mortadella pizza pie
2. Lucali; Brooklyn; Plain pizza pie
3. Pizzeria Delfina; San Francisco; Panna pizza pie
4. Pizzeria Bianco; Phoenix; Margherita with Prosciutto pizza pie
5. Bob and Timmy’s; Providence; Spinach and mushroom pizza pie
6. Sally’s Apizza; New Haven; white pizza pie with tomato
7. Tomato Pie; LA; The Grandma pizza pie
8. Co.; NYC; Margherita pizza pie
9. Tacconelli’s; Philadelphia; White pizza pie
10.Totonno’s; Brooklyn; Margherita with Pepperoni pizza pie
11. Tarry Lodge; Port Chester, NY; Clam pizza pie
12. Frank Pepe; New Haven; The original tomato pizza pie
13. Luigi’s “The Original”; Harrison Township, MI; Gourmet veggie pizza pie
14. Gialina; San Francisco; Wild nettle pizza pie
15. Buddy’s; Detroit; Cheese pizza pie
16. Antica Pizzeria; Marina Del Ray, CA; Pizza del Cafone
17. A16; San Francisco; Romana pizza pie
18. Al Forno; Providence; Grilled pizza pie with roasted eggplant
19. Galleria Umberto; Boston; square slice pizza pie
20. Famous Joe’s; NYC; Plain cheese pizza slice
21. Tomatoes Apizza; Farmington Hills, MI; Pepperoni pizza pie
22. Osteria; Philadelphia; Zucca pizza pie
23. Santarpio’s; Boston; Homemade sausage pizza pie
24. Niki’s; Detroit; Cheese pizza pie with feta
25. Una Pizza Napoletana; NYC; Margherita pizza pie
Ok.. Here are my thoughts on a best pizza list such as this. It is very important to understand that a pizza list that consists of the top 25 or 10 or 1000 best pizza places in any area is subjective. Alan Richman has created this list. So this list is based on the opinions of Alan Richman during his visits to each of these cities.
Alan did not go to every pizzeria in these top ten pizza cities that he made his review so his review is limited in the sense that he is only one person and cannot be everywhere. Also, keep in mind the particular mood than Alan Richman may have been in during each stop into a pizzeria. This has a big effect on reviews.
If Richman was extremely upset (we don’t know this information) before he walked into Una Pizza Napoletana, for example, this may have made him drop the review to the bottom of the list. If a pizza reviewer is extremely upset for some reason or is just tired, this will affect the review. Don’t agree. Let’s look at the following scenario.
Suppose Alan Richman had just missed three taxis on the way to Una Pizza Napoletana in NYC. Finally he gets there and gets a phone call from someone with really upsetting news. He hangs the phone up. Before he enters the pizzeria a homeless man starts a fight with him and tries to steal his wallet and then police arrive. After everything settles down he enters the pizzeria still furious about what a bad day he is having. Even if that pizza tasted like heaven itself, Alan would most likely not have a completely great opinion about that pizza considering that every time he thinks about that pizzeria and its pizza he was always associate that place with the horrible events that occurred during that day.
Not only do moods affect pizza reviews by a pizza reviewer like Alan Richman, it may be possible that the pizza maker was having a bad day. It could have been possible that Alan may have decided to do a review on the worst day of the chef from Una Pizza Napoletana. Imagine if the chef had the same exact bad case scenario as above instead of the pizza reviewer. While he is cooking the pizza he may not be concentrating with the clear mind that he usually has because he is weighted down by having such a bad day. This could have affected his results on the best pizza list.
The point that I am making here is that this list of best pizza restaurants is based on one reviewer’s opinions and experiences with these places in a finite time frame. They are highly debatable as the top 25. Nevertheless, this list is still a great place for those starting out on their quest for the best pizza. Some of the names on this list are definitely well known American pizza restaurants and pizzerias. Many are not as well known though. It is good that he mixed up the list a little to put some new faces on there because I feel that America needs this. Pizza goers are always in search of another great pizza place to try. It is just a fun thing to do. Alan has given everyone a fresh perspective of new pizza joints to try.
In Alan Richman’s article he had mentioned some things that I would like to comment on. I have nothing against the guy and he seems like a really nice person but there are a few things that I disagree with. He had mentioned that America should be the rightful owners of pizza because Italy doesn’t care about it. That is, in Italy, pizza is second to many other great foods with higher priorities like pasta and polenta.
I just don’t feel comfortable with that statement because I have created this blog because I have a passion for pizza, pizza history, and the Italian culture from which it is derived. I do agree with Alan that over the years Americans have created this pandemonium for pizza more than Italians. However, although Americans love pizza greatly (more or less than Italy is irrelevant) I think that the pizza community should have a respect for its roots and embrace the Italian culture from which it is derived.
If not for the Italians then we would not have this beautiful pizza than everyone builds there fun time around. So regardless of who loves it more, anyone who respects pizza should respect its roots in Italy. To me it appears that a comment like Alan’s is trying to make a division between American and Italian pizza lovers and this is not the right direction that the pizza community should be heading. I think I speak for many Italian Americans who are proud Americans but appreciate their roots and its great culture. To deny pieces of their roots like “pizza” and allow another country to reclaim it as “their own” would not be a respectful thing to do.
To sum up my spiel, Pizza is Italian and should be respected as so. Americans and the world have grown a love for pizza because Italian Americans had shared their culture with America over fifty years ago. This should not be forgotten and anyone who respects pizza should respect and give proper credit to its history and ancestors. Sorry to sound so defensive but this is a serious topic for someone who is serious about pizza!
Update: Blog Pizza's list of Best Pizza Restaurant Reviews.
Recently an article was published in GQ magazine listing the top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman. I will be discussing this list today and also want to add a few thoughts that I have as well. First let’s go over the list of the top 10 best pizza restaurants in America. I have listed them below and the pizza that was recommended from each of these restaurants.
The following list is divided by best pizza restaurants, then city, and then type of pizza. The top 25 best pizza restaurants according to Alan Richman are:
1. Great Lake; Chicago; Mortadella pizza pie
2. Lucali; Brooklyn; Plain pizza pie
3. Pizzeria Delfina; San Francisco; Panna pizza pie
4. Pizzeria Bianco; Phoenix; Margherita with Prosciutto pizza pie
5. Bob and Timmy’s; Providence; Spinach and mushroom pizza pie
6. Sally’s Apizza; New Haven; white pizza pie with tomato
7. Tomato Pie; LA; The Grandma pizza pie
8. Co.; NYC; Margherita pizza pie
9. Tacconelli’s; Philadelphia; White pizza pie
10.Totonno’s; Brooklyn; Margherita with Pepperoni pizza pie
11. Tarry Lodge; Port Chester, NY; Clam pizza pie
12. Frank Pepe; New Haven; The original tomato pizza pie
13. Luigi’s “The Original”; Harrison Township, MI; Gourmet veggie pizza pie
14. Gialina; San Francisco; Wild nettle pizza pie
15. Buddy’s; Detroit; Cheese pizza pie
16. Antica Pizzeria; Marina Del Ray, CA; Pizza del Cafone
17. A16; San Francisco; Romana pizza pie
18. Al Forno; Providence; Grilled pizza pie with roasted eggplant
19. Galleria Umberto; Boston; square slice pizza pie
20. Famous Joe’s; NYC; Plain cheese pizza slice
21. Tomatoes Apizza; Farmington Hills, MI; Pepperoni pizza pie
22. Osteria; Philadelphia; Zucca pizza pie
23. Santarpio’s; Boston; Homemade sausage pizza pie
24. Niki’s; Detroit; Cheese pizza pie with feta
25. Una Pizza Napoletana; NYC; Margherita pizza pie
Ok.. Here are my thoughts on a best pizza list such as this. It is very important to understand that a pizza list that consists of the top 25 or 10 or 1000 best pizza places in any area is subjective. Alan Richman has created this list. So this list is based on the opinions of Alan Richman during his visits to each of these cities.
Alan did not go to every pizzeria in these top ten pizza cities that he made his review so his review is limited in the sense that he is only one person and cannot be everywhere. Also, keep in mind the particular mood than Alan Richman may have been in during each stop into a pizzeria. This has a big effect on reviews.
If Richman was extremely upset (we don’t know this information) before he walked into Una Pizza Napoletana, for example, this may have made him drop the review to the bottom of the list. If a pizza reviewer is extremely upset for some reason or is just tired, this will affect the review. Don’t agree. Let’s look at the following scenario.
Suppose Alan Richman had just missed three taxis on the way to Una Pizza Napoletana in NYC. Finally he gets there and gets a phone call from someone with really upsetting news. He hangs the phone up. Before he enters the pizzeria a homeless man starts a fight with him and tries to steal his wallet and then police arrive. After everything settles down he enters the pizzeria still furious about what a bad day he is having. Even if that pizza tasted like heaven itself, Alan would most likely not have a completely great opinion about that pizza considering that every time he thinks about that pizzeria and its pizza he was always associate that place with the horrible events that occurred during that day.
Not only do moods affect pizza reviews by a pizza reviewer like Alan Richman, it may be possible that the pizza maker was having a bad day. It could have been possible that Alan may have decided to do a review on the worst day of the chef from Una Pizza Napoletana. Imagine if the chef had the same exact bad case scenario as above instead of the pizza reviewer. While he is cooking the pizza he may not be concentrating with the clear mind that he usually has because he is weighted down by having such a bad day. This could have affected his results on the best pizza list.
The point that I am making here is that this list of best pizza restaurants is based on one reviewer’s opinions and experiences with these places in a finite time frame. They are highly debatable as the top 25. Nevertheless, this list is still a great place for those starting out on their quest for the best pizza. Some of the names on this list are definitely well known American pizza restaurants and pizzerias. Many are not as well known though. It is good that he mixed up the list a little to put some new faces on there because I feel that America needs this. Pizza goers are always in search of another great pizza place to try. It is just a fun thing to do. Alan has given everyone a fresh perspective of new pizza joints to try.
In Alan Richman’s article he had mentioned some things that I would like to comment on. I have nothing against the guy and he seems like a really nice person but there are a few things that I disagree with. He had mentioned that America should be the rightful owners of pizza because Italy doesn’t care about it. That is, in Italy, pizza is second to many other great foods with higher priorities like pasta and polenta.
I just don’t feel comfortable with that statement because I have created this blog because I have a passion for pizza, pizza history, and the Italian culture from which it is derived. I do agree with Alan that over the years Americans have created this pandemonium for pizza more than Italians. However, although Americans love pizza greatly (more or less than Italy is irrelevant) I think that the pizza community should have a respect for its roots and embrace the Italian culture from which it is derived.
If not for the Italians then we would not have this beautiful pizza than everyone builds there fun time around. So regardless of who loves it more, anyone who respects pizza should respect its roots in Italy. To me it appears that a comment like Alan’s is trying to make a division between American and Italian pizza lovers and this is not the right direction that the pizza community should be heading. I think I speak for many Italian Americans who are proud Americans but appreciate their roots and its great culture. To deny pieces of their roots like “pizza” and allow another country to reclaim it as “their own” would not be a respectful thing to do.
To sum up my spiel, Pizza is Italian and should be respected as so. Americans and the world have grown a love for pizza because Italian Americans had shared their culture with America over fifty years ago. This should not be forgotten and anyone who respects pizza should respect and give proper credit to its history and ancestors. Sorry to sound so defensive but this is a serious topic for someone who is serious about pizza!
Update: Blog Pizza's list of Best Pizza Restaurant Reviews.
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