One of my fundamental theories of pizza is that you should never eat pizza at a restaurant that doesn’t specialize in pizza. If their pizza isn’t good enough to be their headliner and major breadwinner, it can’t be that good, right? I enjoy eating at Olive Garden, but because of the aforementioned policy, I’ve never … Read more
Many times in the past when I’ve been down at Photomark at lunchtime, I’ve noticed a little place across the street called “Stanley’s” which, although the name just mentions Polish Sausage, the window signs indicate a variety of sandwiches for lunch. The timing has always been bad, and their parking lot is miniscule (and full). … Read more
Nothing beats pizza for good old fashioned rainy day food. When Phoenix broke its dry spell, the skies really opened up, and we found ourselves driving in a torrential rain on the wrong side of town. We took the opportunity to stop a Venezia’s Pizza, which I semi-reviewed previously. This time I was here to … Read more
Thursday, my first choice for a pizza to review was Spinato’s, but it was not to be. Spinato’s (on Glendale) has been taunting me for some time now. I’ve never driven past it at a convenient time to stop and have a pizza, and, as it is tucked away in an oddly positioned strip mall, … Read more
Monday, when searching for pizza, I stopped a Mamma Mia Brick Oven Pizza first, but there was nowhere to eat and the smallest pizza was 14″, so I grabbed a menu and planned for a weekday lunch visit from my office. When I picked up the menu, the restaurant smelled heavenly! (Admittedly, I was hungry … Read more
Pizza Week rolled onto Thursday with an evening visit to Pat’s Pizza Plus. Pat’s is not much to look at, located as it is in a ramshackle old strip mall on E Glendale Rd. Inside it’s got the same kind of character. I’ve never understood why some restaurants feel the need to cover their walls … Read more
Pizza week can also be a time of desperation and despair. My pizza week had been all planned out, but a change in my work schedule today resulted in my being unable to review the pizza I wanted. I had to shift my plan to have pizza for dinner, but my wife had planned an … Read more
Pizza Week is a time of joy and forgiveness. And it is the spirit of forgiveness that I returned to Rosati’s for lunch. As you probably don’t recall in a previous entry, (No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished, July, 2005) Rosati’s by my office seriously botched up our order and did a very poor job … Read more
I thought Godfather’s Pizza went out of business 20+ years ago. Once there were several of them, then they disappeared. It’s been so long since I’d eaten in one, I had completely forgotten what it was like. Now I find they’ve re-colonized the east valley and today I got the opportunity to try them. Even … Read more
Pizza Heaven has recently moved to a new location on 7th Street. It’s in one of those previously residential homes that have been converted to a business, and they’ve done a nice job. The move is so recent, the paint was still wet on the walls when we visited. It’s a comfortable restaurant, and the … Read more