Oregano’s Pizza

Ah late Christmas presents! A coworker took the crew out for pizza as a belated Christmas present. We decided to go to Oregano’s Oregano’s is a local Arizona chain, although somewhat of a late-comer to the Phoenix market. I ate in one in Flagstaff many years ago and bemoaned the fact they didn’t have one … Read more

Hit By A Red Brick

I felt my review of Red Brick Pizza was somewhat unfair. Considering how much they bragged up their oven technology, it seemed I must have gotten an off-day pizza. They could hardly have called what I got “crispy”. Today, I took the family in during the middle of the day and tried again. This time … Read more

Red Brick Pizza

For several months I’ve been noticing the Red Brick Pizza on Camelback, but, with just a glimpse inside, I’ve had the impression it’s really too trendy to be a place to take the family, so I’ve avoided hauling the Glover clan in for a review. Tonight, Irene and the kids were out and I decided … Read more

New Year’s Eve Pizza, V1.1

30 minutes after the first pizza, I was back at the table with this pizza. Cooling the oven failed to have the correct results, the stone didn’t loose temperature, but the ambient temperature apparently dropped. The second pizza was still burnt on the bottom, but the toppings failed to cook. Another thing I noticed, the … Read more

The Great Search

No life-long search for the ultimate pizza could be complete without attempting to take matters into one’s own hands and create it oneself. I have spent years looking for pizza crust recipes, and no matter how many I find and try, I’m amazed at one salient point: There is so very little variation in the … Read more

Pier 49 Pizza

Here’s another half-review. I was taken to lunch the other day to Pier 49 Pizza, a new restaurant, somewhere in the Phoenix/Tempe borderland. I didn’t get a menu, and didn’t notice the prices, so I don’t have price/quantity information, but as for the pizza, here goes… I gotta say, I completely agree with Alton Brown … Read more

Venezia’s Pizza

Things are slowly returning to normal around the house, although the Christmas holidays tend to make everything a little out of the ordinary. Most people had a four-day weekend, but, of course, I didn’t as the State doesn’t close for the day after Thanksgiving. They might as well have, it was nearly abandoned. Anyway, it … Read more

Stumpy’s Pizza

Stumpy’s Pizza 1331 E. Northern Ave. Phoenix, Arizona 85020 (602) 997-2727 Review moved to Pizza Locust website, click here

Pizza Vending Machine

This website jut proves my point: No one has a flipping clue what good pizza tastes like! I can guarantee it isn’t coming out of a vending machine! This will be nothing more than a refrigerated frozen-type pizza warmed either by microwave (the worst) or toaster over (almost as bad.) Just goes to show: Food … Read more