Pizza Talk With Me
113 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsDan and Christa bring you the greasiest pizza news and thoughts as we chomp our way through the Pittsburgh pizza landscape. Look forward to pizza news and a new pizza shop featured each week.
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City Cast Pittsburgh Pizza Interview
February 08, 2024 12:38I was recently interviewed for City Cast Pittsburgh ahead of National Pizza Day. Check out the interview below. Stay up to date on my pizza adventures by signing up for the weekly newsletter that is updated way more frequently than the website. Sign up here and pizza ya later!
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 17: Dan of Mun's Pizza Popping Up Over the North Side
January 26, 2024 02:19 - 45 minutes - 61.4 MBI talk to Dan of Mun's Pizza. He recently quit his job and is going all in on his pizza (and a few other things). He has ambitious plans to carefully cultivate and grow a pizza business. This is your chance to get in on the ground floor of the hype train. Our discussion is far reaching. We talking about his career that lead him to this point, how he spent time working at Badamo's and Driftwood Oven, what is Pittsburgh pizza and some exciting new plans on the horizon. Super hyped to have him...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 16: Driftwood Oven Eight Year Anniversary Blow Out
August 04, 2023 07:00 - 45 minutes - 61.3 MBHi there! Back in the feeds. Driftwood Oven is a pizza shop I've been covering since the inception of this website. When they burst onto the scene I knew that my site was perfect for covering the development of Driftwood Oven. It's been eight years, a lot has happened in the mean time. Driftwood Oven hardly shifts anymore, they now have a shop. They deliver. They do a lot of fun events and pastries. Listen to Neil dissect his business and how he got to where they are today.
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 15: Pizza Expo Recap, Spak Buffalo Chicken, Pizza Talia, F&F Pizza
September 23, 2021 23:04 - 45 minutes - 68.7 MBLong time no pizza! Hard to believe we took a bit of a pizza hiatus. Funnily enough I was at the doctor today and they told me I need to “take a break from tomato sauce”! This means nothing but white pizzas for next week’s episode. In the month or so we’ve been gone, too much has happened. We recap the wonderful winners of Pizza Expo. Winners include Eric Von Hansen who can’t seem to stop making award winning pizzas. Additionally, Pete Tolman from Iron Born placed second to Eric with his ...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 14: Altoona Hotel Pizza Review
August 13, 2021 16:20 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBWell, the fates have conspired once again to deliver a majestic pizza miracle to our humble doorstep. That’s right, a few days ago I received a text to “check my doorstep” where there was a suspicious package sitting. I figured we were beyond the days of “see something, say something” so I scooped up the package and unraveled it with excitement. My prize? Two day old slices of Altoona Hotel Pizza, straight from Altoona. Christa and I couldn’t wait to dig in. We recorded a live episode of t...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 13: Pizzeria Davide in the Strip District
July 20, 2021 01:53 - 53 minutes - 73 MBIn this episode we declare Pizzeria Davide the official pizza of the Dogs Day of Summer. This is an elusive prize for pizzerias because eating a hot slice of pizza on a sweltering day may be overwhelming. But because Pizzeria Davide uses such fresh, delicious, ingredients their pizza is instantly refreshing. I could blend this up and drink it like a pizza smoothie! Our Order Pizzeria Davide Old World Style Pizza The Lebanon Sweet Bologna & Hot Pepper Relish Pizza The house salad A secre...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 12: Caliente Brooklyn Pizza
July 05, 2021 04:00 - 47 minutes - 68.7 MBChrista and Dan devour all that Brooklyn has to offer via Caliente Pizza & Drafthouse in Bloomfield. We even get insight from a real live Brooklander. Join the Pizza Walk With Me Discord to talk about all things pizza with your new pizza besties! Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Find your pizza date with Pizza Date With Me
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 11: Spak Brothers Pizza in Garfield
June 07, 2021 04:00 - 57 minutes - 67.9 MBWell it certainly was a hiatus, but we are back to bring you some greasy, gooey, ooey takes on Spak Brothers pizza. Spak Brothers is one of our classic go-to shops. With a wide selection of toppings, hoagies galore and salads that will bust your gut wide open. A couple of items we talk about: Driftwood Oven is closing for a month for some supreme renovations. We talk about what some of those renovations are and how excited we are for this upgrade. Rockaway Pizzeria has created a Buffalo C...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 10: Wood Fired In East Liberty
May 17, 2021 10:22 - 55 minutes - 65.3 MBWelcome back to another great episode of Pizza Talk With Me! It’s been a while since we recorded so there was a huge back log of news and updates to provide. We talk about: How Pittsburgh is secretly a world-class pizza incubator. This extensive Food and Wine article that covers the best pizza in every state. There is a mini review of Black Lotus Pizza in Lawrenceville. The star of the show is Wood Fired, a new pizza shop in the old Pizza Taglio location run by the folks behind Lorele...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 09: Newman’s Own Pizza
April 26, 2021 04:00 - 36 minutes - 44.1 MBIn this episode of Pizza Talk with Me, Christa and I devour Paul Newman’s best pizza he has to offer. We devour the White Pizza and the Supreme Pizza from the lineup of Newman’s owns pizzas. Anyone in America is familiar with these wonderful products. Paul Newman’s face graces the cover of all these items with a hearty smile like a promise that you are going to love whatever you put into your body. Plus, all the proceeds go to charity. How is that even possible! We dig into the creamy white...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 08: Driftwood Oven in Lawrenceville
April 19, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBAfter a week hiatus, we are BACK to go deep on Driftwood Oven. If you’ve been following Pizza Walk With Me, you’ll know that we’ve been covering Driftwood Oven since their inception as a mobile pizza unit. They would travel from brewery to brewery and Christa and I would trace their path willing to brave the wait to get a bite of their Archer. Now Driftwood Oven has a brick and mortar spot on Butler St which has allowed them to expand their offerings, experiment with the majestic power of s...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 07: Monte Cello’s in the North Hills
April 05, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBOn this week of Pizza Talk With Me, Christa and Dan take a trip down memory lane and revisit a pizza place that was a keystone in their lives. Monte Cello’s, previously on McKnight road and now on Babcock Boulevard, has played host to after-football game hangs, family outings and after church meals. Their pizza buffet is state of the art, offering up a variety of pizzas to satisfy any pizza craving. In this visit, Christa and Dan devour a plain pizza, dip into their Sicilian and grab a sma...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 06: DiGiorno Croissant Pizza
March 29, 2021 04:00 - 50 minutes - 62 MBGrowing up DiGiorno was the premier frozen pizza. It broke new ground in the freezer aisle and transformed the frozen pizza landscape. While it couldn’t compete with the local shop, it was a solid substitute in a pinch. Years later the pizza industry has never been more competitive and DiGiorno has evolved to meet the needs of their constituency by creating a product that goes beyond the traditional pizza: Croissant Crust Pizza. In this episode of the podcast Christa and Dan devour a three ...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 05: Spirit in Lawrenceville
March 22, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 83 MBWell we had to get to Spirit eventually and why not celebrate our fifth episode in style? In this episode we gobble down the infamous Butt Patrol pizza from Spirit as well as a sheet of their fabulous grandma pie. Crunch Meets Munch as Christa waxes poetic about their simple, yet sufficient, Caesar Salad. We also discuss a variety of other incredible pieces of pizza news and topics. Only 21 more weeks until our live show at Spirit! We also talk a lot about Frasier and this video of Kelsey ...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 04: Cappello’s Almond Flour Crust Frozen Pizza
March 15, 2021 04:00 - 41 minutes - 47.2 MBIn this Grand Opening SLICE episode, Christa and I delve into the world of Cappello’s frozen pizza. These pizzas aren’t your traditional gluten based pizzas, no way, these are almond flour crust. If you’re looking for an alternative crust pizza tune into today’s episodes for our thoughts! Plus we talk about a bunch of other things. Like: Driftwood Oven is hiring! We talk about why their compensation package is exciting for workers and the community. The grinch! Christa goes deep on a kale...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 03: Pizza Lupo in Lawrenceville
March 08, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 94.2 MBHi there! In the third episode of Pizza Talk With Me, Dan and Christa take their time diving into the newest entrant to the Lawrenceville Pizza Family: Pizza Lupo. Listen to them dissect the variety of pizza and ponder the origin story of their name. Other pizza items covered: Spirit has a new menu item - The VIPER “Rollie” Xavier University’s Pizza ATM is on the fritz and it’s bumming everyone out. This was one of the first pizza ATMs! Detroit Style pizza is sweeping the nation and we m...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 02: Eat Pizza Wild Mushroom Pizza
March 01, 2021 05:00 - 35 minutes - 44.5 MBJoin Christa and Dan for a SLICE episode where they open up the grease bag to answer your burning questions and chomp their way through a frozen pizza from Eat Pizza. Here’s some of the topics covered in this episode of Pizza Talk With Me. New hours at Spak Bros. Pizza. Correction - in last episode we thought that caciocavallo was a type of meat. It is in fact a type of cheese. Photo below. Some of the questions answered: How do you reheat a slice of pizza? Do you prefer having your che...
Every Trip I’ve Taken to Pizza Taglio - A Pizza Memorial
February 26, 2021 10:47Pizza Taglio nestled itself into East Liberty at the pinnacle of change. The Shadow Lounge had departed, Conflict Kitchen moved to Schenley Plaza, and a row of shops remained empty. It would eventually become home to a variety of restaurants and bars that would cater to the high rise apartments and tech employees in the area. Pizza Taglio was one of the first tenants and Tony Giaramita, the owner, made his mark on East Liberty. It was an absolute bummer when Tony announced they’d be closing...
Pizza Talk With Me Episode 01: Badamo’s Pizza on the North Side
February 20, 2021 19:04 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBHi there! In this episode of Pizza Talk With Me, we talk about Badamo’s Pizza, ponder the difference between their round and square pie and go deep on their salad. Pizza News Items: Rich Allison, Chief Executive at Domino’s, thinks pizza is the perfect food for the pandemic and for all time. He’s not wrong when you think about it. Fellow pizza journalist Hal Klein goes deep on Pittsburgh unique style of pizza. Slice On Broadway is expanding north into the Wexford territory. They may or ...
A Galaxy Hidden Inside an Iron Skillet Pizza
January 26, 2021 01:18Creating another civilization is fun. I mean, it has to be. In a time where we are so trapped and contained in our cells, nowhere to go, we are compelled to create rich and wild ecosystems. Ecosystems that grow entire civilizations, rich microscopic cultures, for our own benefit. They start from nothing - a pool of slightly warm water, maybe at 67 degrees Fahrenheit, yeast , oil crushed from a hundred olives and shipped over from Italy, flour ground from lonely fields of wheat simply waiti...
Spak Bros. Pickle Pizza Review - A Pizza for the Time of Quarantine
January 12, 2021 14:12We seek out more and more usual things to distract us from the crushing waves of trauma that mercilessly beat against our brains. We steel ourselves behind oddities and weirdness hoping that these craven hobbies might make the rest of the world seem more normal by comparison. Most recently for me was Spak Bros. pickle pizza. This is the kind of pizza you want to share with your friends. A pie you’ll want to get as a novelty, laugh about how good it is even though you started eating it wi...
Colangelo’s Pasta & Pizza - Pepperoni Slice Review
January 02, 2021 14:09Months ago my Uncle Don told me he found a new love. A new favorite pizza in town. His pizza taste is peculiar for a Pittsburgher. Instead of going to Mineo’s or Aiello’s he opts for Pizza Napoli. He isn’t a fan of sloppy pies, but prefers a nice square pizza. so when he began to tell me about Colangelos in the Strip District I knew it had to be something unique. On New Year’s Eve, in the midst of a pandemic he, dropped off a few slices for me and the family to enjoy. A perfect meal as a p...
Four Things I Learned Eating the DiAnoia’s Italian Hoagie
June 23, 2020 01:12This is the hoagie I want to tell you about. Hi there. I know this website is primarily about pizza, but sometime in order to talk about pizza you need to talk about their cousin, the hoagie. A good hoagie can accompany any pizza into battle. Often times they are the unsung hero of the pizza evening. A greasy hoagie tags along to a Friday night pizza party as hunger insurance. It’s the extra $8-$11 you pay to ensure everyone gets enough to eat, because you have to feed an amount of peopl...
Pizza For a Cause - Support Pittsburghers Affected by the Pandemic via Pizza
April 10, 2020 13:47We are certainly living in interesting times, aren’t we? When you think you’ve finally adjusted to the “new normal” there’s another change or wrinkle that you have to deal with. Lately, this pandemic has flipped the table and truly upended the world, causing panic, stress and uncertainty to run rampant. In an effort to help those affected by the pandemic we are donating all proceeds from the digital version of our book, Pizza Walk Pittsburgh: A Guidebook, to local Pittsburgh charities. Pa...
Pizza Walk Pittsburgh: A Pizza Book About the Best New Pizza in Pittsburgh
October 01, 2019 00:55Hi folks! Sorry for the radio silence, but I’ve been working on an important project. Truth be told, after chronicling the Pittsburgh pizza scene for years, I wanted something more. I wanted something more permanent that could live on beyond the internet and possibly even me. My time interviewing and writing about the Pittsburgh pizza scene has been eye opening. Talking to the shop owners and documenting new openings, closings and events brought me closer to Pittsburgh in a way that I nev...
Rockaway Pizzeria Offers Authentic New York Style Pizza Without Compromise
October 08, 2018 21:31The Road to White Lodge of Rockaway Pizzeria Driving to Rockaway Pizza in White Oak, PA, there’s not much. From Pittsburgh you leave the city and pass town after town that is slightly more economically depressed. You pass up a few strip malls that are hanging in there, dilapidated buildings, and strips of absolutely nothing. It’s only a 30 minute drive from the city, but whatever renaissance Pittsburgh is going through has yet to hit the surrounding areas. Eventually, you’ll arrive at Ro...
Driftwood Oven Washes Up as a Top 50 Nominee for America's Best New Restaurant
August 08, 2018 02:03Is it appropriate to say a hot new restaurant has "washed up" onto a list of the 50 best new restaurants in the United States of America? Perhaps not. Washing up implies that nature itself has conspired to bring an unconscious participants to the shore of something great. After writing that I realize Driftwood Oven has done the exact opposite of washing up. Driftwood Oven doesn't float aimlessly through the waters, they have charted a course to deliver quality ingredients and this is their ...
Tallarico Toast: A Pizza and Avocado Toast Mashup from Michigan & Trumbull
July 31, 2018 00:19A whole tray of the fabled, hard to find, Tallarico Toast by Michigan & Trumbull When it comes to food I often find myself falling into specific patterns. Pizza, for example, is a dish that makes up a healthy percentage of my intake. But that's more of an evening meal for me. On the flip side, under the morning sun I've gotten into this great habit of munching on Avocado Toast every morning. Avocado Toast and pizza seem like complete opposites but have a lot in common. Obviously, both ha...
Slicing it Up With Dan: Tallarico Toast from Michigan & Trumbull
June 27, 2018 02:01I guess it was bound to happen. After years of writing about pizza and documenting my avocado toast every morning, someone was going to put two and two together. We went to visit Michigan & Trumbull and ate a slice of Tallarico Toast. The result is an authentic, honest report of the pizza. The pizza combines the fundamentals of Detroit Style Pizza with the decadent toppings of Avocado Toast. While it's a limited time menu item, here's hoping it makes another appearance.
Making Pizzas with Pittsburgh Pizzaiolo, Dan Cardone
June 19, 2018 00:33When I first started dating my now-wife, Christa, I didn't think pizza would become part of the fabric of our relationship. Soon after, I started this website and she has traveled with me on my pizza journeys across the land and film me eat slices of pizza. Around the same time, her father starting really getting into pizza. His frequent trips to Italy became more frequent. Soon, he was spending weeks at a time at a Pizzaiolo school in Naples. He would return to the states with in-depth kno...
Eat Iron Born Pizza, Help Make a Wish
June 06, 2018 13:00Photo from Iron Born's Instagram account Ever feel like a huge waste of space for eating an entire pizza in one sitting and having nothing but a bloated stomach to show for it? Well, yeah, we've all been there and there's nothing wrong with a bit of indulgence. But, if you want your pizza chomping to contribute to a good cause, Iron Born has you covered. Introducing the Make a Wish Pie collaboration at Iron Born pizza at Smallman Galley. The creator of this elaborate pizza Ben Kronman, a...
The Quintessential Rust Belt Pizza - Michigan & Trumbull's Buffalo Chicken Pizza
June 06, 2018 00:23An aerial view of Michigan & Trumbull's Buffalo Chicken Pizza Pittsburgh sits in the center of the famous Rust Belt. It’s the belt buckle that keeps that whole belt together and coexisting as one. Because of the location, Pittsburgh absorbs influences from all along the belt, as well as any passing trends. Yes, Pittsburgh may be behind certain fashion trends and culture, but the city excels in bizararre amalgationa of food. The latest culinary masterpiece is Michigan and Trumbull’s Buffalo...
Women in Pizza, the Next Wave of Pizza Makers at the 2018 Pizza Expo
April 10, 2018 02:17There's a 99% chance the last time you bought a pizza you encountered only men. The pizza industry is dripping with men as much as it's dripping with grease. I grew up working in pizza kitchens and the women in those kitchens were few and tortured. They had to put up with a boy's club full of dick jokes and abuse. It's not pretty. But that's all changing. As Ann Kim, owner of , says, "Women are having their moment now." At the 2018 Pizza Expo I had the opportunity to talk with a number of...
Pizza Expo 2018 - Tom Tallarico Bids Farewell to the Expo Hall and Meets Pizza Celebrities
March 30, 2018 00:22Hi folks! This is Dan Tallarico, Editor at Pizza Walk With Me, with another recap from our columnist, Tom Tallarico. This is his third and final dispatch from the 2018 Pizza Expo. While we won't hear about the rest of his Vegas trip rest assured it included a number of buffets and hunks of meat! If you'd like to start at the beginning you can read his prequel/first day recap of Pizza Expo here. His second day recap is available here! Day 3 continues with the International Pizza Challenge & ...
Mike's Hot Honey - Pizza's Perfect Condiment
March 27, 2018 23:53When that pizza comes out of the oven and is garnished by whatever pizzaiolo is behind that counter, I consider that pizza finished. Pizza isn't home to too many accessories outside of a sprinkle of parmesan cheese or chili flakes. Pittsburgh, of course, has a rich history of serving pizza with a side of ranch dressing for dipping. But, it wasn't until Pizza Taglio opened that I tasted, what I would say, is the perfect companion to pizza: Mike's Hot Honey. Mike's Hot Honey is exactly wha...
Pizza Expo 2018 - Tom Tallarico Explores Buffets and Meets Pittsburghers on the Show Floor
March 27, 2018 01:36Hi folks! This is Dan Tallarico, Editor at Pizza Walk With Me, with another recap from our columnist, Tom Tallarico. After this article I now have about 12 photos of buffets saved to my desktop! If you'd like to start at the beginning you can read his prequel/first day recap of Pizza Expo here. With Day 2 of the EXPO comes the opening of the Exhibit Hall including Food Suppliers, Equipment Manufacturers and to the crowd’s delight, samples that their products produce, i.e. pizza, charcuterie...
Caliente’s Eric Von Hansen wins the 2018 Non-Traditional Pizza Competition at the 2018 International Pizza Challenge
March 24, 2018 15:59Once again, Eric Von Hansen adds another trophy to his pizza trophy case by winning the Non-Traditional Divisional Championship at the International Pizza Challenge. Similar to his win for Best Pan Pizza (The Quack Attack) in 2016, Eric has created a supremely decadent pizza to take home first place. This non-traditional pizza is a combination of elegant ingredients, some with a price tag. The richness of the pizza is rivaled by the rich flavors topping the crust. The pizza is topped with...
A Customizable Pizza Vending Machine - The 24/7 Pizza Box
March 22, 2018 00:50Over the years of operating this site, I’ve been sent videos and links about vending machines that dispense pizzas. They come in all shapes and sizes: some pizza vending machines will take a par-baked crust, squirt some sauce on the roasting dough, and sprinkle cheese. Others heat up a stored product. The 24/7 Pizza Box is the latter. The 24/7 Pizza Box is a white label solution for pizza vending machines. Any pizza shop can buy one (or many!) of these machines and fill it with slices of th...
Pizza Expo 2018: Tom Tallarico Arrives in Las Vegas
March 22, 2018 00:05The following is a column written by our new columnist, Tom Tallarico (previously associate editor). Tom Tallarico has a lust for pizza and Las Vegas that can hardly be contained in single post. Enjoy his writing and please help me understand why he refers to me as a "webmaster." Prequel/Arrival: Hello, everyone; I’m baacckk. As the Expo was approaching this year, I was with Webmaster Dan for a visit to see Tony at Pizza Taglio in January. We were reminiscing about last year’s Expo as Tony...
Pizza Expo 2018: Touring the Exhibit Hall, Meeting Pizza Legends, Pizza Robots and Free Pizza
March 21, 2018 16:44A brief recap of Day 2 of the 2018 International Pizza Expo Hi there! This is Dan Tallarico, your favorite pizza journalist, with a recap from day 2 of our visit to the 2018 International Pizza Expo. You can read our day 1 recap here if you want to get up to speed on our pizza adventure thus far. This expo is huge. From end-to-end I swear it's a mile long. Each row is home to pizza ovens, baking sheets, cheese suppliers, tomato vendors and all sorts of fringe pizza technology and services....
Mercurio's Wins 5th Place in the Napoletana Division of the International Pizza Championships
March 20, 2018 22:16Michael Mercurio, of Mercurio's pizza in Shadyside, has placed 5th in the Napoletana Division of the International Pizza Challenge. The competition for this is fierce as Michael was competing with seasoned pizzaiolos from across the globe. This competition was so tight that Michael missed out on 3rd place by 12 points and first place by 31. It was one of the closest competitions the judges have seen as the quality of neapolitan pizza continues to grow. "When I discovered I came in fifth pl...
2018 Pizza Expo: Traveling to the Expo Highlight Reel
March 20, 2018 01:01Traveling to Las Vegas has been a bit exhausting. Since it's not about the destination, but really the journey, I thought I'd chronicle our first day of getting to Las Vegas and struggling to ham it up for the camera. It wasn't all an exhausting waste, we actually had a number of great conversations and captured quality content with the attendees here. Off the top of my head, here's some articles you can look forward to: Pizza Expo International Pizza Challenge I spoke with Jeremy Galvin...
2018 Pizza Expo: Unpacking the Attendee Bag with Tom Tallarico
March 19, 2018 18:32Tom Tallarico unpacks the 2018 Pizza Expo attendee bag. Take in his child like wonder as he pulls out. a number of flyers, magazines and some fascinating pizza accessories.
What to expect from Pizza Walk With Me at the International Pizza Expo
March 18, 2018 15:23Wow, it’s finally here. Pizza Walk With Me’s third International Pizza Expo. Pizza Expo is home to the World Pizza Games, pizza innovations, hundreds of vendors and an event that basically turns Las Vegas into a huge Pizza Think Tank. Talk about paradise. In the past, I’ve sent our associate editor (and my father) Tom Tallarico. He brought back hot scoops and breaking news about Caliente winning the Pizza Championship in 2016, a photo with pizza Trail Blazers like Tony Gemignani and Scott...
Badamo’s Pizza on the North Side: A Delicious Combination of Passion and Perfection
March 13, 2018 01:15Let me tell you when I first ran into the Badamo’s crew because it contextualizes their aura. I was at the Michigan and Trumbull pop-up at the Vandal, an event that was packed with people pushing to the front for Detroit style pizza. I was helping to take orders for the evening, bustling around, weaving between people when someone from the kitchen shouted they were out of takeout boxes. A critical component was missing, we needed to fold pizza boxes stat. So, the Badamo crew, who are wait...
Pizza Review: Roberta's Airt-Tight Wood Fired Margherita Pizza
March 07, 2018 14:10Roberta's pizza has thrived in Bushwick on a foundation of quality and freshness. Their business infrastructure was built organically over the course of a year where the Roberta's crew had nothing but close friends and family to rely on. In the Roberta's Cookbook there's a rambling introduction that tries to tell the Roberta's story (they note that it's a story still being written). While trying to capture the spirit they write, "To experience Roberta's, you have to visit it." And now you ca...
Pizza Remix: Get Pumped Up with Driftwood Oven's Archer Pizza
March 06, 2018 02:59A muse can take many forms. For some it's a beautiful partner, always lingering at their side with wisdom and guidance. For me it's a perfectly baked pizza and amazing lighting. I had extra footage from my visit to Driftwood Oven's new spot in Lawrenceville so I put it to some tunes. Enjoy the video and if you've had a chance to make it to Driftwood Oven for their soft opening let me know how you enjoyed it!
A Video of Driftwood Oven's Permanent Location in Lawrenceville
February 27, 2018 00:44It's no secret that I adore Driftwood Oven's pizza. I spent a lot of money on gasoline chasing them around to every corner of Pittsburgh. But most of their travels have come to an end as they've settled on a permanent home in Lawrenceville. They've taken up residence at 3615 Butler St (the old Matteo's spot) where they'll be slinging 16 inch pizzas with a full bar and a roof over their heads. Three years of hard work to sell pizzas and an amazingly successful Kickstarter is really paying of...
Happy National Pizza Day, Please Hug a Pizza
February 09, 2018 11:00Pizza is humankind’s bestfriend. While we have created so many great industries, technologies and flavors, pizza is the one creation that loves us back. Think about eating a pizza. There’s no other experience like it. As each bite of pizza globs down your esophagus, strings of cheese latching onto anything it can grab and occasionally clogging the passage, it’s actually saying hello. It’s pizza’s way of saying, “Thanks for making us one and I promise that my sauce, oil, crust and whol...
Slicing it Up with Dan: Michigan & Trumbull Detroit Style Pizza
January 11, 2018 03:18In this episode of Slicing it Up With Dan, you can watch me eat a slice of pizza from Michigan & Trumbull. This slice has sausage, fennel, and their delicious sauce and cheese. Watch me enjoy the crusty exterior and delicious innards. Michigan & Trumbull is a delicious pizzeria that is churning out some high-tier flavors. You can read my review of Michigan & Trumbull pizza here.