GIVE ME PIZZA OR GIVE ME DEATH

Imagine.....

2011-10-17T13:59:00.000-07:00

Maybe Herman Cain wouldn't be such a bad president afterall.

"Imagine eating pizza. Each and every day!"

Meta Pizza

2011-08-20T09:05:00.000-07:00

The most pizza-iest pizza to ever pizza a pizza

Pizza Newz

2010-08-16T11:44:00.000-07:00

Cheese

Block cheese prices stayed flat last week on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, averaging just over $1.62 per pound all week long, up 2 cents from last week.

Cheese prices are up 22 percent compared with last year, when they averaged $1.33 per pound.

Wheat

Skyrocketing prices from Russia’s threatened ban on grain exports have continued, though they’re not as high as in early August.

Prices for wheat on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange closed at $7.15, an 8 cent drop from $7.23 the previous Friday, but still among the highest closings in the past two years.

Wheat prices closed at just over $7.15 on Monday, $7.05 on Tuesday, $6.99 per bushel Wednesday, and $7.18 per bushel Thursday.

Gasoline and diesel fuel

The nationwide average for regular unleaded gasoline was $2.75 per gallon August 2, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service, down 2 cents from the previous week’s average of 2.77. Prices are up 1 percent from $2.73 per gallon a month ago and up 4 percent from an average of $2.64 per gallon this time last year. Mid-range unleaded currently averages $2.92 per gallon while premium unleaded as of Aug. 16 stood at $3.03 per gallon. The nationwide average price for diesel fuel stood at $2.99 per gallon August 9, flat from the previous week. Diesel prices are up 11 percent from an average of $2.69 per gallon this time last year.

Natural gas

Summer heat and increased demand this week were insufficient to sustain the natural gas price level, as prices at trading locations across the lower 48 States posted decreases. Overall, spot prices at most locations in the lower 48 States fell between 30 cents and 45 cents per million Btu (MMBtu), although a number of locations posted price decreases of as much as 52 cents per MMBtu, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The Henry Hub spot price ended the report week on August 11, 39 cents lower than the preceding week, at $4.38 per MMBtu.

Pizza company stocks

Shares in Pizza Hut parent Yum! Brands Inc. closed at $40.85 on Aug. 16, down $1.51 compared with the previous week's close of $42.36. YUM traded at a 52-week high of $44 in April 2010 and a 52-week low of $32.49 in October 2009.

Domino's closed at $13.17, up 17 cents compared with the previous Friday's close of $13. DPZ traded as high as $16.32 in April 2010 and as low as $7.09 in August 2009.

Papa John's stock closed at $23.69, down 37 cents compared with the previous Friday's close of $24.06. PZZA traded at a 52-week high of $28.84 in May 2010 and a 52-week low of $21.44 in December 2009.

Shares in CEC Entertainment Inc., parent company of Chuck E. Cheese restaurants, closed at $30.84, down $1.76 cents compared with the previous week's close of $32.60. CEC traded at a 52-week high of $41.79 in April 2010 and a 52-week low of $24.69 in October 2009.

California Pizza Kitchen’s stock suffered after a deal with American Securities fell through. It closed at $15.40 on Aug. 16, down 78 cents from the previous week's close of $16.18. CPKI traded as high as $22.92 in April 2010 and as low as $12.29 in December 2009.

Pizza Inn closed at $1.99 on Aug. 16, up 2 cents from the previous week's close of $1.97. PZZI traded at a 52-week high of $2.20 in April 2010 and a 52-week low of $1.50 in December 2009.

Pizza Pizza

2010-08-16T11:38:00.000-07:00

PIZZA ON THE RUN - CONEY ISLAND-NYC

2010-05-16T12:16:00.000-07:00

Pretty good pizza mural.
"take me anywhere you want!"

the guys here were fuckin' weird....they ran out of 2 liters to give to us so the gave us 2 cans of soda instead....retarded.

and they had really big weirdo designer sunglasses on too...bummertown.

they confused the shit out of me.

i've never had lemons on my pizza before....fuckin' rad.

i was introduced to this beautiful idea from my good friend mikey v.
you can see him and his st. pattyz day hair goin to town.

The pizza was fuckin good....really thin but rad with the lemonz and crushed pepperz.
alright deal too...pretty big pizza.

*shortly after this adventure i drank a 51oz rando malt liquor i got from the corner store and broke into hives and felt super shitty.

but thats just the coney island experience.

cobra seal of approval for sure.

DOES IT MAKE ME A SISSY FOR LIKING GOAT CHEESE PIZZA?

2010-05-16T12:05:00.000-07:00

no, you dummy, it's next level.

(cornmeal crust, spinach, goat cheese, pizza sauce)

pair it with a piss filled mtn dew and you are good to go.

MOST COBRAS AGREE......IT'S GOOD!

TEXT YOUR FRIENDZ AND TELL EM IT'S OKAY

2010-05-16T11:52:00.000-07:00

TO LOVE CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITSCH'N!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have never gotten tired of eating this beautiful combo.

BBQ CHICKEN PIZZA

from cpk

fuck you if you can't handle pizza chain only reviews from now on.

i still got street cred.

somewhere.

pair it with a cobra and your set.

2/2 cobraz

PRAY FOR A GOOD PIZZA.

2010-05-16T11:48:00.000-07:00

CAIRE'S PIZZA STRIKES AGAIN!!!!

MAYBE....MAYBE NOT?!

2010-05-16T11:39:00.000-07:00

NEW DOMINO'S FORMULA!!!???!!!

it's good.

the crust is righteous.

the pizza still tastes the same to me but the crust is a step in the radical direction.
i don't know how people can hate on pizza chains....every one is good in my book.

KING COBRA SEAL OF APPROVAL!@@##$%^&&&>?:"{}

IS THIS PIZZA BLAWG DEAD?

2010-05-16T11:38:00.000-07:00

Brothers and sisters, we must unite!

2010-03-11T16:49:00.000-08:00

PIZZA TAX

Home Run Inn Frozen Pizza Is Fucking Good

2010-01-12T12:38:00.000-08:00

it is.

-CHEESE PLUM TOMATO PIZZA-

good balance of deepness...

rad tomato/cheese combo...

good crust.

*we had bread/cheese sticks with the meal....soooooo good

(think olive garden breadsticks with cheese inside....fuckkkkkk)

**you can tell by the BD Wong we were watching SVU....went extremely well with the pizza.

A++++

Bummer slice

2009-12-25T12:38:00.001-08:00

i need to stop forgetting pizzas in the oven.

NOW.

Amato's pizza

2009-12-18T11:21:00.000-08:00

Amato's Pizzeria

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*i took a picture of the box/flier so i didnt have to remember/retype all the info.

you see all the vital stuff right there.

fuckin holler at them.

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Let's just say the pizza was super fucking good.
+good sauce+
+good cheese+
+good flavorz+
+good friends+
+rad fun+
+sick hanging+
+killer movie+ (tequila sunrise)
>>>>>>star trifecta...mel gibson/kurt russell/michelle pfeifer=WOW.

A++ on the night

>went over to matt/aidan/jpatch/scottie bee's place.

> jpatch got pizza/cobras

>me/matt/jpatch ate/drank it/them

>watched Tequila Sunrise

>went to 2way for pitcherz

>got hammered/thrashed/trashed

>Got a steak burrito at Arturo's

>Dominated.

Thanks Jpatch for the pizza and beerz.

Thanks Matt for hangin' hard.

Thanks Scottie Bee for smoking with me/hangin'

Great night.

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I give this pizza/fun
6/6 vintage cobras
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Thanks again

2009-12-16T22:50:00.001-08:00

Caires.

For another fine

meal.

Amador Liquors

>1167 w. 18th

Caires Pizza

>1165 w. 18th

Midwest depression.

Shred!

1/2 Pepperoni & 1/2 Cheese....Tater Tots

2009-12-14T15:50:00.000-08:00

Jacks Pizza ($3 from Dominicks)
Dominick Brand Tater Tots ($3ish from Dominicks)

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Pretty good but not ultra good...
somewhere between cool and rad.

(more taters were added after photo op)

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i have to give this a
1 out of 3 Cobra (new label) cans (12 oz)*

*the most pitiful of the cobra family.

Sent in from a loyal fan.

2009-12-14T14:11:00.000-08:00

Thanks SS

YES.

2009-12-12T14:05:00.001-08:00

Largest Deliverable Pizza in the WORLD.

2009-12-12T13:56:00.000-08:00

I had to follow Joe's post with this guy

Next time I'm in LA...i'm gettin one.

ONLY 199.99 +TAX

Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria

5051 Hollywood Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90027

The Bigfoot!!!

2009-12-11T06:52:00.000-08:00

Talking about the history of pizza, does anyone remember "The Bigfoot"and more importantly the company that produced such a pernicious pie? Well, I did some research and to my dismay, I found out that Pizza Hut (I thought it was Little Caesar's?!) was the procreator of this form of excessive delicacy we now preserve only in the Youtube annals of t.v. commercials.

Actually, Little Caesar's responded with tremendous ferocity by then, soon after the launch of "The Bigfoot", began a rather suspiciously similar marketing campaign by way of creating the "Big! Big!"which adheres to the same marketing principle behind their catchphrase "Pizza!Pizza!"

Overall, I have always and preferably chosen Little Caesar's pizza since I was a little paisano myself. However, I do believe that Little Caesar's has found its niche which may have sparked a revolution in the way that chain pizza restaurants will inevitably follow since their marketing scheme has co-evolved with pizza connoisseurs desire to eat things exactly "how"and "when" they want it (they want it hot and they want it now!!!!!!!!).

N'awledge

2009-12-08T21:12:00.000-08:00

History of Pizza

by Abraham Lincoln

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Pizza first made its appearance in the United States with the arrival of Italian immigrants in the late 19th century. This was certainly the case in cities with large Italian populations, such as San Francisco, Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia where pizza was first sold on the streets of Italian neighborhoods. In late 19th century Chicago for example, pizza was introduced by a pedlar who walked up and down Taylor Street with a metal washtub of pizzas on his head, crying his wares at two cents a chew. This was the traditional way pizza used to be sold in Naples, in copper cylindrical drums with false bottoms that were packed with charcoal from the oven to keep the pizzas hot. It wasn't long until small cafes and groceries began offering pizzas to their Italian-American communities.

The first "official" pizzeria in America is disputable, but it is generally believed to have been founded by Gennaro Lombardi in Little Italy, Manhattan. Gennaro Lombardi opened a grocery store in 1897 which later was established as the first pizzeria in America in 1905 with New York's issuance of the mercantile license. An employee of his, Antonio Totonno Pero, began making pizza for the store to sell that same year. The price for an entire pizza was five cents, but since many people couldn't afford the cost of a whole pie, they could instead say how much they could pay and they were given a slice corresponding to the amount offered. In 1924, Totonno left Lombardi's to open his own pizzeria on Coney Island called Totonno's. While the original Lombardi's closed its doors in 1984, it was reopened in 1994 just down the street and is run by Lombardi's grandson.

Pizza was brought to the Trenton area of New Jersey very early as well, with Joe's Tomato Pies opening in 1910, followed soon by Papa's Tomato Pies in 1912. In 1936, De Lorenzo's Tomato Pies was opened. While Joe's Tomato Pies has closed, both Papa's and Delorenzo's have been run by the same families since their openings and remain among the most popular pizzas in the area. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, Connecticut, was another early pizzeria which opened in 1925 (after the owner served pies from local carts and bakeries for 20–25 years) and is famous for its New Haven style Clam Pie. Frank Pepe's nephew Sal Consiglio opened a competing store, Sally's Apizza, on the other end of the block, in 1938. Both establishments are still run by descendants of the original family. When Sal died, over 2000 people attended his wake, and the New York Times ran a half-page memoriam. The D'Amore family introduced pizza to Los Angeles in 1939.

Prior to the 1940s, pizza consumption was limited mostly to Italian immigrants and their descendants. The international breakthrough came after World War II. Allied troops occupying Italy, weary of their rations, were constantly on the lookout for good food. They discovered the pizzeria, and local bakers were hard-pressed to satisfy the demand from the soldiers. The American troops involved in the Italian campaign took their appreciation for the dish back home, touted by "veterans ranging from the lowliest private to Dwight D. Eisenhower".

According to an article in American Heritage Magazine, the modern pizza industry was born in the Midwestern United States. Ric Riccardo pioneered what became known as the Chicago-style deep dish pizza when, in 1943, he and Ike Sewell opened Pizzeria Uno in Chicago. Others might argue that the "modern pizza industry" began with the birth of Pizza Hut in Wichita, Kansas in 1958.

In 1948, the first commercial pizza-pie mix — ‘Roman Pizza Mix‘ — was produced in Worcester, Mass., by Frank A. Fiorillo.

The introduction of a 1957 broadcast on Canadian television documents the dawn of pizza's North American success:

Good afternoon, I’m Mrs. Brady. Today, I’m going to make a popular Italian dish, pizza pie. You’ve all probably heard about it; and if you’d like the recipe, please get a pencil and paper and then you can take it down as I go.

Pizza pie is becoming very popular, especially down in the States. There are some restaurants that even specialize in it. These are called pizzerias; and Saturday night, if you drive down, you can see cars lined up for miles, waiting for their pizza.

Pizza pie is composed of three parts. First, there is a base, which is usually a biscuit or a yeast dough. This is covered with a tangy tomato sauce, sprinkled with oregano, and then topped with nippy cheese.

With pizza's rising popularity, chain restaurants moved in. Leading early pizza chains were Shakey's Pizza, founded in 1954 in Sacramento, California, and Pizza Hut, founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas. Later entrant restaurant chains to the dine-in pizza market were Bertucci's, Happy Joe's,Monical's Pizza, California Pizza Kitchen, Godfather's Pizza, and Round Table Pizza.

Today, the American pizza business is dominated by companies that specialize in pizza delivery, such as Domino's, Brooklyn Pizzeria, Papa John's Pizza, Giordano's Pizza, Pizza Ranch, Mazzio's, and Godfather's Pizza. Pizza Hut has also shifted its emphasis away from pizza parlors and toward home delivery. Another recent development is the take and bake pizzeria, such as Papa Murphy's.

FUCK YOUR PARENTS...THIS IS MY FAVORITE PIZZA IN THE WORLD.

2009-12-07T21:39:00.001-08:00

Little Casear's Pizza Treat

-*-bridgeport-*-

31st & Halsted

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The only church I worship in.

It's not only -good as hell- pizza...

it's cheap.

dip some dips

pepper some peppers

grab a energy drink from walgreens next door.

buy a porcelain goat or something at unique just a few doors down...

it's basically a trifecta of radness.

educate yourself.

eat at little caesars everyday.

they might say "hot n' ready" but rarely anytime we go to this location is there a pizza ready..

don't give a fuck.

wait a second and stop being such a bitch.

it'll probably just take 15 minutes.

go to unique and see if a vhs of terminator is waitin' for your purchase.

if you don't have 5 bux...

get a job.

it'll be worth it.

X A KABILLION

get your head checked.

This guy loved pizza

2009-12-07T12:28:00.001-08:00

thrash into the abyss my dear pizza friend.

no pizza = anxiety

2009-12-07T12:20:00.000-08:00

keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

thats how i feel about cigarettes.

and energy drinks.

Pizza Scarf

2009-12-07T12:12:00.001-08:00

like the title says..

that chick looks high as fuck.

party.

IS PIZZA STILL GOOD?!

2009-12-07T11:50:00.000-08:00

The answer to that question is yes...pizza will always be good. Frozen or not..."good" or "bad"...it's still pizza. If god was real I would be thanking him right now for this fine pizza i had the other day.

Heres the review...

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Pizza: Eastside cafe (frozen) CHEESE

Price? 6 dollarz

my friend becca and I chomped the shit out of this pizza...

she chose to drink mountain dew and red bull with hers and I went with hamm's.

Both I think were good choices...

This pieceza had an a+ sauce to cheese ratio that I always get stoked on.

really saucy.

i was worried when i picked it up at the store because the cheese looked all fuckin' crazy..but when it melted out.

rad as hell.

good pizza for sure

Thank you dream gods for gifting me such a radical dream god pizza.

buy this pizza at these fuckin' places:

Blue Goose - located in St. Charles, IL and serving the tri-city area
Hyde Park Market
Potash Grocery Stores- Three Chicagoland stores
Restaurant Depot - Midwest Region
Sunset Foods - stores located in Chicago Area
Whole Foods - Midwest Region

keep shreddin' diddlers.

2009-12-04T11:46:00.000-08:00

PIZZA POSTIN' IS COMING BACK!

beware the flare.

if the first posts didn't bore ya the second ones will!

fuckkkkk

shred shred shred shred

Papa romeo's

2009-04-06T09:56:00.000-07:00

Papa Romeo's

(3045 n. pulaski rd.)

-Pepperoni, pineapple, and jalepeno pizza-

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It was crazy how thick the pepperoni's were on this pizza, it was actually mindblowing.

Papa Romeo's did not skimp on the toppings.

A lot of pineapple.

A lot of pepperonis.

A lot of jalepenos.

The pizza was fucking great.

3/3 vintage cobras

Thanks to ken, ryan, and chris for eating hard with me.

Kingston fuckin' pizza

2009-04-06T09:29:00.000-07:00

Kingston Pizza

259 kingston ave.

brooklyn, ny 11213

-Buffalo chicken pizza-

-BBQ chicken pizza-

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This place was awesome!

Right down the street from my friends place...super convenient.

I thought I'd enjoy a buffalo chicken pizza but i didn't so much...couldn't fly with those flavors on a pizza...it was still a good slice but just not into that buffalo wing/pizza mash up.

The BBQ chicken pizza was fucking amazing though. I wanted fucking 12 of these shreddlers.

cheap and good slices at kingston.

get the bbq chicken slice.

since all we drank was balantine,

I'm gonna give this place,

3/3 Balantine butts

Thanks to wiggley for chowing slices with me.

Tortorice's Pizza

2009-04-02T10:40:00.001-07:00

Tortorice's Pizza

(Arlington Heights location)

What we got: (2) 14" Double Dough Pizzas

(-1- spinach and ricotta)

(-1- sausage)

Soooooo good!

The double dough was awesome because it was like a deep dish but not as gnarly.

Not a huge fan of sausage pizza, but im starting to catch the virus, it was DELICIOUS!

The spinach/ricotta was awesome x 12.

Don't get me wrong the sausage was good, but i think this one topped the other.

Righteous combo!

Next time i eat here i really want to try the Picasso pizza, it sounds insaneeeeeee!

Good sauce!

Good dough!

Good cheese!

GOODNIGHT!

I give Tortorice's 4/4 Cobra drinkin' Bums

(doesn't get better than that!)

I gotta give a big thanks to The Johnson's!

THANKS!

Simones

2009-04-02T10:34:00.000-07:00

Simone's

960 w. 18th St.

Pilsen Pizza

(refriend beans, ground beef, chihuahua cheese, queso fresco, and pico de gallo)

Simone's Pizza

(potatoes, rosemary, and paremesan)

Quinoa pizza

(toasted quinoa, carmelized red onions, and avocado)

Delicious pizza!

All 3 were pretty righteous, but i most definitely have a favorite.

QUINOAAAAAAAA

so good.

Thanks to Yolanda and Ruth for hooking it up/being awesome!

4/4 retro king cobra's

Guerrero's pizza/mexican food

2009-03-23T14:45:00.000-07:00

Place: Guerrero's

2024 S. California

Price: $1.65

This place was pretty cheap and awesome. The pizza was nothing TOO super amazing, but it was definitely good, and for the price it made it awesome.

I was starving when we got here, so i kind of chowed.

I got...

a slice of cheese pizza

a carne asada burrito

and a monster energy drink

All for eight bucks, which I think is pretttttttttty killer.

It was a fucking awesome day out, so we went to the park and devoured our pizza over there, which made the food even more amazing.

The burrito was even delicious! Me being from Arizona (best mexican food in the states) makes me prettttty particular with how i like my mexican food, but it was super tasty.

Go here...this place is full of radness inside and out.

Guerrero's gets 4/5

& a Michelle Tanner thumbs up

keep pizza eatin' shreddlers

2009-03-23T14:42:00.000-07:00

If you guys have any rad places I should chomp some pie at...don't hesitate to email!

windycitydumps@gmail.com

Crazy hazy noodle pie pizza

2009-03-19T22:03:00.000-07:00

Digiorno's Pizza

zucchini

mushrooms

penne pasta

vodka sauce

chedder cheese

YOWZERZ!

This is the best pizza I have ever made.

Me and Sam constructed this the other day while working on the zine and all I got to say is that I have never been that pizza drunk ever before in my life.

It was mind-blowing.

It's beyond a grading scale, sooooooo

Enjoy this 1985 classic King Cobra Kommercial w/ Fred Williamson:

Friday morning stomach ache aka Pizza with pizza rolls on it (+ more cheese)

2009-03-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

Pretty fucking good but I felt half sick...

Chef Sartino's Pizza ($1 @ Aldi)

Knock-off pizza rolls ($2 at Aldi)

+ whatever cheese you wanna fuckin put on it, doug.

Be prepared to poop.

Lou Malnati's = off the chain x 100

2009-03-12T19:42:00.000-07:00

Restaurant: Lou Malnati's (the one on damen by 6 corners)

*next to 7-11

Price: 27 something (delivered)

So my Lou Malnati's day was pretty super awesome...

12:30 - woke up feeling like half poop

1:00 - started on a cobra (thanks to miss aja)

2:00 - made a quesadilla with a boca burger jammed into it (delicious!)

2:30-5:00 - watched a movie/layed around

6:00 - Michelle comes over with more cobras

6:30 - I puke

7:30 - Deaner comes over with even more cobras!

8:00 - Lou Malnati's gets delivered!

8:01-2:00 We chow, smoke, and drink until there is no more left!

It was kind of a bummer, I had a headache all day, felt pretty shitty, but it was outweighed by the good vibes. What sucked though is that since I hurled before the pizza came, it kind of threw off my appetite. I still chowed though!!!

Amazing fucking pizza!

(no complaints)

Thanks to Aja for the hospitality, smokes, & beer!

Thanks to Michelle for the beer and pizza!

Thanks to Dean for the good vibes and the awesome hang session!

Never thought it would happen but...I give The Great Lou McGoo a great 6 out of 5 cobra bottles.

Keep Thrashin' Douglers

awesome.

2009-03-08T19:21:00.000-07:00

Cafe Jumping Bean

2009-03-05T15:37:00.000-08:00

Restaurant: Cafe Jumping Bean

1439 w. 18th St. (Pilsen)

Pizza?: The 3-Cheese Focaccia Pizza

Cost: $5.50 i think

BEFORE

AFTER

This pizza was delicious x 300 and Jumping Bean kills it pretty hard too!

The pizza was basically focaccia bread with extra sauce and cheese.

Awesome.

Get it with a bottled coke.

We went there on a beautiful day, definitely helped set the vibe.

It filled me the fuck up.

fleezy out of fleezy.

Paula and Monica's Pizzeria

2009-03-02T15:24:00.000-08:00

Restaurant: Paula and Monica's Pizzeria

1518 W. Chicago Ave.

Price:$4 and some change for a slice of three slices and a can of sodey pop

Paula and Monica's is the equivalent of a bomb full of candy exploding into a cake made out of chairs.

huge slices.

put red pepper on it...its necessary.

cheap.

nice people.

you can bring your own plate if you want to.

liquor store two storefronts away.

across from sam's house.

(important to me, not you.)

they told us to have a fun party when we left...that's pretty cool.

everything here is probably good.

5/5

Never leave me Caire's.

2009-02-24T12:51:00.001-08:00

Restaurant: Caire's Pizza (18th & racine)

Price: $10 (large cheese)*

*try to catch Caire's on a tues.(2 med.-$10) or wed.(1 lg.-$7)

The Caire's Chompers: Dean, Tana, & Zach

Caire's is the fucking JAM! It's right down the street from my house, the pizza is delicious and cheap, and the people that run it are fucking awesome. The pizza is the perfect balance of cheese/sauce/thickness, goes great with Tapatillo too!

Liquor store is next door, so it's almost a one stop shop.

Gonna have to give Caire's the 5 bottle salute!

Bangin' ass Bacci's

2009-02-24T12:13:00.000-08:00

Restaurant: Bacci's (North/Clybourn location)

Price: $5 (drink/slice)

I kinda took this picture a little late. I had chowed most of the slice and it had been in my hands for about 5 hours. So just take that into consideration when looking at the rugged photo.

I have been to Bacci's, I don't know how many times, and it always fails to disappoint. I have to admit the pizza is kind of bootleg but I don't give a shit, it's rad as hell. For 5 bucks, you can't get a better deal, and yes it used to be a lot cheaper but that was the past. Pizza prices got to go up, it's a bummer thinking about it but it's true. Heres a little info on the subject:

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Every time we start to approach the end of another fiscal year, the government has to always meet and decide upon the new pizza-per-square-inch price, and every year it usually goes up. Bacci's always tries to fight the powers that be but it's not that easy, sometimes they gotta squeeze the price up just a lil' bit, to keep the suits happy. The only thing we can do is vote, vote for a new/more pizza friendly government and from what I hear Barack is gonna make a difference (being a major pizza fan and all) You can too by voting NO on Prop. 6-13, which takes away the power to tax our pizza by the sq. inch. Maybe in 2010, Bacci's might even be 2.50 a slice again. Well, even if it doesn't, they can't take away our freedom to dream can they?

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Back to Bacci's though, how come the mountain dew always tastes bad at the chicago/western location? Every time, I try to forget the past and grab a cup of dew, and it always tastes like shit. When will this change!? I love coke, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I want some m.dew, or at least the power to choose between the two.

What the fuck Bacci's?

So the soda catastrophe sucks, but the pizza is always spectacular. I always make sure to grab some hot sauce to dowse on my slice and it only makes it better. It's kind of a buffalo wing type sauce and its perfect for that Bacci's flava.

So because of their dew shortage I'm gonna have to give them a 4 out of 5.

(I wanna give them a 5 out of 5, but I NEED CHANGE!)

Exchequer is gnarly as fuck

2009-02-20T22:49:00.000-08:00

Restaurant: Exchequer Restaraunt & Pub

Price point: $80 bucks!!!*

*we had a shit ton of food and got two pitchers of honkers & blue moon...and there was 5 of us

The Exchequer Deep Dish Shred Heads: Liz, Michelle, Dean, Tana, and Zach

So the pizza was really awesome, but it was definitely gnarly. It was deep as hell and there was a shit ton of cheese. We got 2 medium pizzas (1 spinach and feta & 1 sausage), and we only got through about a half of each pie and I felt devastated. I liked it a lot...the pizza was really killer, but it was almost too much for me. In the deep dish category, Gino's East still kills it I have to say, but this pizza was still very delicious.

Exchequer itself is pretty rad too, it was always the place to drop by when we wanted to grab beers before and after school. I'm sure they have a bunch of other really righteous food, but I did have a sandwich there one day and it really sucked but whatevs.

We had buffalo wings too, this picture makes them look kind of gross, but they were amazing.

Go to Exchequer and get wings and beer.

Pizza rating: 3 out of 5

A Gino's East Kind of Wednesday.

2009-02-19T12:23:00.000-08:00

The Gino's East Pie Pinchers: Lisa, Michelle, Dean, & Zach

Price:$22 (delivered)

I'm really interested to try and find the best deep dish in Chicago and strangely enough Gino's East is still my favorite. It's fucking awesome...way better than Giordano's. I mention Giordano's because Gino's and Giordano's are probably the most touristy pizza places in Chicago (I feel they're on the same level of popularity). So, this blog might turn into a quest for deep dish, but I'll try not to make it boring. I like all the different colors of the pizza rainbow!

This time I ended up drinking a bottle of King Cobra and I think it paired wonderfully (but malt liquor and deep dish always go good together). As a group, we were bummed though, we ordered too small of a pizza, a medium. MAJOR BUMMER ALERT! but it was okay, we each got a slice and a half, i left hungry but not dissapointed.

I think I like Gino's a lot more because I feel they don't go cheese crazy. Don't get me wrong, I love cheese, but some times I definitely feel overloaded with the stuff. It always needs to be the perfect balance of cheese/sauce/crust.

And speaking about crust, that's what makes Gino's real rad, their golden crust. I'm not a huge crust fan, but I always seem to chow my GE crust. It's awesome, bottom line!

I hate to be the guy that gives out all decently high scores but Gino's East is rad, 5 out of 5.

Food-stamp-eat-at-home-pizza-series #2 Palermo's Rustico Pizza

2009-02-16T15:10:00.000-08:00

Brand: Palermo's (RUSTICO)

Price: $4.50 (ish)

------BUMMER ALERT!------

I think I cooked this pizza about 5 minutes too long. Personally, I like my pizza more undercooked than overcooked, but it was still good so it's okay.

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*Thanks to Daniel for posing with the Old Style I drank with this and the Palermo's box.

This pizza was pretty rad but I don't think I have anything special to say about it. Well, I was actually very impressed with it's abilities to near double in fucking size when I threw it in the oven. That was pretty cool. The actual taste was nothing to write home about though, it seems like the most common style of frozen pizzas. Oh, but one thing that was awesome was that it was 6-cheese, SIX DIFFERENT KIND OF CHEESES! When I was buying the last pizza I reviewed it was 5-cheese and I was stoked on that. Next to it i saw that there was a 4-cheese of the same style but how can you buy a 4-cheese pizza when there is a 5-cheese next to it. Then this pizza had to go and top it 1-cheese more! It only proves though that more cheese doesn't make it better, only gnarlier, and gnarlier didn't win in my stomach today.

I'm gonna have to give this one a 3 out of 5.

Pizza Hut Sunday 2/15/2009

2009-02-15T18:29:00.000-08:00

The Pizza Hut Playerz: Zachary Dillon & Tana Munsey

What got chomped: (1) Medium Pizza (Pan)

(2) Salads

(1) Order of Cheese Breadsticks

(10) [Buffalo Medium] Boneless Buffalo Wings

Price: 30 Doll hairs

Okay, so this was a lot of fucking food, we got excited. It's just that whenever I walk inside of a Pizza Hut, I get super stoked! It doesn't happen very often, It seems that the tradition is coming to near extinction. Today though, TODAY reinforced my confidence in this establishment. Heres a breakdown on I felt about the food:

The Pizza.

It's the pizza we all love, you know how it tastes!

Whenever I go to/order from Pizza Hut I go for the Pan Pizza, I think it's because I've never had a pizza that tastes like the Pan Pizza Hut Pizza, It's fucking radical!

The Salads.

The salads were good, no complaints, but not very interesting, sorry salad fans.

The Cheese Breadsticks.

These were fucking awesome.

This was the last thing I ate when I was nearing my Pizza Hut deathbed, it made me feel sick, but it was totally worth it.

The Boneless Buffalo Wings.

I did not want to stop eating these god damn things. They were delicious.

We went for the medium spiciness...maybe cause we're sissys...i dunno...but they were a pretty nice balance of buffalo flavors.

We ranch'd the hell out of these shredderz.

Overall I give the entire Pizza Hut Experience 5 out of 5!

Stop orderin' from here and start livin' here.

You can even Buffet it up!

You can even get fucked up here.

Food-stamp-eat-at-home-pizza-series #1 Red Baron 5-Cheese

2009-02-15T17:48:00.000-08:00

Okay, so first of all, this pizza was fucking rad. As it says on the box, it is super thin and crispy...which I think...made it super fucking good. we decided to pair this one with the norm, cheap beer. We (Ryan Doherty and I) had to slam this R. Baron down before having to run over to Cobra Lounge to see our friends play at 11:30 (Empty Heads, I suggest you looking them up (Oh, and Big Knife too, they're super rad as well)). I think I ended up burning the roof of my mouth like crazy, but I can't really remember because I took too long to post this freakin review.

A NEW DAY.

2009-02-04T14:54:00.000-08:00