This is two weeks in a row that I’ve eaten in a residential house converted into a pizza place. (The other review has been delayed due to a fact-checking issue and will be posted after this one.) Pizza City is a weird little place which is only open 5 days a week: Sun, Tue, Thr, … Read more
Da Chicago Dogs & Subs is a brand-new restaurant. Last week I drove by and noticed the “cooming soon” sign and today they were open, so it seemed a fortuitous time to try a hot dog. The menu is simple and straightforward. They have six kinds of dog, all featuring Vienna Beef products and a … Read more
DiVito’s has been serving up food since 1973 and in some weird quirk of fate and circumstance, despite eating there since 1993, I’ve never eaten a pizza in their restaurant. (I’ve had a few take-out ones, but that doesn’t qualify for a review pizza.) When I eat at DiVitio’s it’s for lunch, and their “homemade” … Read more
I so needed this pizza! It couldn’t have come at a better time. The last few pizzas I’ve had have been disappointing at best and so, almost in despair, I tried the Phoenix House of Pizza. Irene and Michelle had just eaten at the Chinese festival. I scrupulously avoid eating at the festival and so … Read more
What can you say about a restaurant that you’ve been going to for 18 years? In that time I’ve had 3 employers, 4 residences, gotten married, had 2 children and not one single thing has changed at Johnnie’s in that time except maybe some of the pictures on the wall and the business cards on … Read more
On general principle I don’t review frozen pizza, they’re all bad, but that doesn’t stop me from eating them occasionally. The worst pizza is still better than the best cauliflower dish and they’re so darned convenient. One thing that does fascinate me about frozen pizza, and indeed about any frozen food, is the money and … Read more
I use iPhoto on a daily basis, but there’s been a continually annoying bug that has prevented me from doing some important things. Specifically, when you burn a photo album to CD or DVD, the keywords used for tagging get scrambled. For example, if I have a picture of Michelle at a zoo here in … Read more
Western Pizza (or perhaps Western Pizza Express is a Canadian chain with one location in Phoenix. Looking at their website, they operate two types of locations: take out and delivery only (Western Pizza Express) and facilities that include dine-in also (Western Pizza). If that’s the case, the Phoenix location is a Western Pizza, although their … Read more
Pizza is subjective. I’ll be the first to admit that. One person’s ultimate pizza is another man’s greasy cardboard. Some days when I’m eating a review pizza, I think, “no one could like this”. Other days I think, “this isn’t my cup of tea, but I could see how someone else could love it.” And … Read more
There’s a little hole-in-the-wall gyros place on 24th street that I often pass at lunchtime on my way to the Apple Store. Every-time I pass it I think, “I should have gone there for lunch” but the parking is almost non-existent and by then I’m committed to another course of action. Yesterday, though, I was … Read more