I’ll admit it—I wasn’t keen on visiting Zazas Pizzeria on this trip. It’s New York–style, which I can get back home simply by crossing the street, and I was on a Chicago thin crust fact-finding mission while on my May 2023 pizza trip to the region. But three factors put me there: I’ve been semi-jokingly … Read more
It was Tuesday evening on my epic May 2023 pizza trip and I was making my way up a Chicago alley whose location I won’t disclose here. I was heading to John Carruthers’ house to pick up a special Crust Fund Pizza order.
Wells Brothers Restaurant came highly recommended by Chicago pizza aficionado Brian Erst, whose pizza judgment I trust implicitly. When he posted about it on his Instagram in October 2021, I took note. He said, “Let the record show that Wells Brothers has the best tavern thin crust—full stop.” That’s saying something. I bookmarked it and … Read more
The last several times I’ve visited Milwaukee, my relatives there have championed Balistreri’s, but I always defaulted to my longtime favorite Maria’s (RIP). This visit, I finally heeded their advice.
In this pilot episode of It’s Pizza Night, I visit Zaffiro’s Pizza & Bar on Farwell Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In May 2023 I fulfilled one of my longtime dreams—doing an epic pizza tour of Chicago. This post is a quick recap of where I went.
This post originally appeared in July 2009 on SliceNY.com when it was part of Serious Eats. It was scrubbed from SE in 2021. I’ve salvaged what I could of this post from the Wayback Machine and present it here.
The Brooklyn Firefly serves great pizza in a space that was once home to legendary Brooklyn pizzeria Lento’s. It’s a different pizza and different scene, but it’s a worthy successor.