Florissant Gets its Slice…of Mario’s Pizza that is.
Aug 26, 2011 St. Louis, missouri, restaurants
In the St. Louis pizza debate, Andrew Mark Veety once preached about what he thinks ruined pizza in America: the cardboard pizza box. Before the Church of Pizza fizzled out after but one pizza, it was a point he’d wanted to tackle. His plan had been to consume a pizza in-house on each visit, but also order one to go to see how it held up when eaten the way most pizzas in America are consumed: delivered.
It’s a good point, really. Pizza by the pie–or slice–should be eaten in a pizzeria or pulled from the oven in your own kitchen. To stuff a pizza into a cardboard box to steam away or, in the case of slices, stuffing pizza onto several paper plates and then forcing the whole thing into a white plastic bag for consumption elsewhere, is a crime.
But more than that, it’s sad that the classic American pizzeria, with its moderately priced pies, has faded away. As a kid I fondly recall many a post-game celebration in pizzerias where graffiti-clad wooden booths lined the walls, red and white checkered tablecloths covered the tables, and each had its prerequisite video-game room stocked with Froggers and Ms. Pac-Mans in the early days, and Castlevanias and Spy Hunters–a game at which I am particularly adept at–in the later ones.
Those days are long since gone, however, and convincing people
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Tags: Florissant, Mario's Pizza, North County, Pizza
The Good Pie
Dec 12, 2008 St. Louis, missouri
It’s once again that time where a restaurant opens anew and wows us with a website astonishingly void of information such as phone numbers and sample menus. Though at least the address is there.
So, when next you’re making dinner plans and pizza is on your mind, here’s the info you’ll need to decide if The Good Pie is a worthy recipient of your hard-earned recession dollars.
The Good Pie
3137 Olive Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63103
314.289.9391
(it’s less than one block West of Pappy’s)
As Neapolitan style pizza is a definite St. Louis void in need of filling, I have high hopes for The Good Pie. I do hope, however, that they play it a little less safe in the future because nothing on this menu is really pushing the pounds of what a Neapolitan style pizza can be. Oh, and to the owner, you misspelled “Romano”.
Thanks to Jeff Stettner for the menu (which you can click).
Tags: Pizza, The Good Pie
Change comes before January 20th
Nov 11, 2008 MO, St. Louis, missouri, restaurants
Last Tuesday saw 52.6% of America step into the voting booth and mark their ballots “change.” Of course it won’t be until January 20th that they’ll begin to find out if their hopes and dreams are met by President-Elect Barack Obama. For the people of St. Louis, however, we’ve got Pi, and thinking we shouldn’t have to wait that long, a change to their menu will leave us waiting only until Friday. It’s then you’ll be able to head on down to the East Loop restaurant and order up their new creation–the Obama inspired Broccoli O’Bama–and hope that it tastes alright.
Topped with broccoli, seasoned potatoes, applewood smoked bacon, gruyere cheese, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, minced garlic, fresh chives (after bake) atop a vegan thin crust and served with a side of sour cream dip, I’m not sure they could have squeezed anything else on. Not to mention it’s like a sort of pizza lovechild where the upscale pizza Pi normally serves had a one night stand with Gumby’s.
For the Republicans amongst you, you’ll undoubtedly be convinced that even the pizza of your foe has a sort of metaphoric flaw. Topping it with all requests in an effort to please everyone it could result in pleasing no one because broccoli isn’t exactly going to have carnivores celebrating in the streets, and all that cheese and bacon is going to leave the vegetable-loving vegans hungry as well.
I’ll personally be sticking with the Lincoln Park. It’s sure to remain Pi’s best pizza. But then what the hell do I know? Maybe the Broccoli O’Bama will be delicious like everything else at Pi.
See, I can poke fun at the businesses I’m friends with.
Two-Hearted Ale Sighting
Sep 26, 2008 St. Louis, beer, missouri, restaurants
Back to back nights of eating dinner at Pi before concerts means that along with a Lincoln Park, a Berkeley, and a K2, I’ve downed quite a bit of beer because their new 5-Day replacement is a tap handle for Two Hearted Ale.
Back to back nights also means I was around long enough to notice that during their Green Hour (aka Happy Hour) from 11AM-7PM they offer a beer a day at two bucks per pint and Saturday’s selection still read “5 Day.” It will, in fact, now be Two Hearted Ale.
That’s a reason for an early Saturday dinner if ever I saw one.
Tags: Pi, Pizza, Two Hearted Ale
The Blogging Ball Has Been Dropped
Mar 28, 2008 restaurants
As I am crazy busy and my free time has not quite pulled together a post on my visits to Pi for now I will just suck it up and say this:
I’d scanned the menu but not gotten around to posting it. But now it doesn’t matter because their site is up and running complete with the menu.
So here’s your weekend task list if you choose to accept it…
- Go to Pi
- Order a 5 Day IPA
- Order the Bucktown
- (a) Realize that the Bucktown is probably the best pizza you have ever eaten and thank me profusely for telling you to get it but only after thanking the employees of Pi for giving it to you in the first place.
- (b) Dislike the Bucktown and stop reading my blog forever because you apparently don’t like food.
(well not really, but it’s just so damn good that unless you’re a vegan or part of the Provel Mafia you’d be crazy not to like it)
Pi
Feb 25, 2008 general food
No matter how many times I see this sign, or hear the name of the restaurant and when they’re opening, I think the following two things.
- Damn that’s clever even if it is painfully obvious.
- Why the hell didn’t I think of that? I mean come on…pizza across from The Pageant…even it it turns out to just be just okay they’re going to rake money in hand over fist–especially when you factor in the fact that you can take basically any food into The Pageant.
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