Three months ago I reviewed G & D Pizzaria, and stated I would be visiting them again, and it corresponds perfectly with the 2009
Pizza Files Summer Binge (part 5). I won't go into great detail about G&D in this post (see my previous
post or
G & D Pizzaria web-site), I'm just going to stick to what we ate.
We started with a single trip to the
salad bar. Every thing was fresh, but your choices were limited for dressings, just the routine Kraft selections. On any future visits I will try the Greek Salad with the Homemade dressing.
For pizza, my fellow pizza eaters ordered a medium "Country Music" it has sausage, pepperoni, ham, ground beef, bacon and Canadian bacon. I ordered a medium with pepperoni, Canadian bacon, onions and Gyro [meat]. I don't often order sausage and/or bacon on my pizza so I was pleasantly surprised at how good the Country Music pizza was. The sausage and bacon were in just the right amount as were the rest of the ingredients. I would gladly order the
Country Music again, maybe add some onions. G&D doesn't have meat balls but they do Gyro [meat], and in my book that equels Greek meatballs. The Gyro was good even if a bit oily. If I were to order my regular pizza again I would probably go with the ground beef, and order a Gyros pita sandwich for an appetizer. The sauce and crust on both pizza's were great. The crust had a crispy edge and was golden brown
on the bottem. On my prevouis visit I hadn't noticed how they roll under the edge of the crust to give it a lip to hold the sauce (see photo).
G & D
Pizzaria is still in a class all by it's self, and If you find your self hungry and in Columbia, MO it would be worth your time to visit them. G & D
Pizzaria is located in the Crossroads West Shopping Center at the corner of W. Broadway
and S. Stadium Blvd Columbia, MO. You can reach them at (573) 445-8336, for more information check out their web-site(click on the title link).
Highly Recommended.
GAW
Three months ago I reviewed G & D Pizzaria, and stated I would be visiting them again, and it corresponds perfectly with the 2009 Pizza Files Summer Binge (part 5). I won't go into great detail about G&D in this post (see my previous post or G & D Pizzaria web-site), I'm just going to stick to what we ate.
salad bar. Every thing was fresh, but your choices were limited for dressings, just the routine Kraft selections. On any future visits I will try the Greek Salad with the Homemade dressing.
Country Music again, maybe add some onions. G&D doesn't have meat balls but they do Gyro [meat], and in my book that equels Greek meatballs. The Gyro was good even if a bit oily. If I were to order my regular pizza again I would probably go with the ground beef, and order a Gyros pita sandwich for an appetizer. The sauce and crust on both pizza's were great. The crust had a crispy edge and was golden brown
on the bottem. On my prevouis visit I hadn't noticed how they roll under the edge of the crust to give it a lip to hold the sauce (see photo).
and S. Stadium Blvd Columbia, MO. You can reach them at (573) 445-8336, for more information check out their web-site(click on the title link).
Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe opened in October 2005 in downtown Columbia, MO. They are primarily a toasted sandwich shop, but do have a limited pizza menu. Pickleman's is not the kind of place I would have chosen to get pizza, and I didn't. I had invited my mother to go to another pizza joint in Columbia, but she wouldn't go, instead she insisted that we go to Pickleman's because they had the BEST pizza she had ever had. Oh, she said she would pay, and that's an offer I couldn't refuse.
The Menu at Pickleman's includes 16 variety's of toasted sandwiches, chopped salads, soups, extras (cookies, chips, pickles, etc) and 12" thin crust pizza. To start with we ordered a Garden Chop salad with chipotle ranch dressing. I might have chosen the Italian vinaigrette dressing, but I wasn't paying and it was quite good as ordered. For pizza I was told that th
e Asiago Chicken pizza was the best. The pizza's come only in 12" and the crust appears to be a pre-made St. Louis style crust. The sauce is Asiago Caesar dressing, it's then covered with grilled chicken, bacon and "a Gourmet blend of whole milk cheeses". We also ordered a regular pizza with pepperoni, ham and onions. It had a tomato sauce, but came with the same blended cheese as the previous pizza. The Asiago Chicken pizza was ok, not the type I prefer, but ok. The menu also has a Asiago Chicken sandwich that would probably be better than the pizza. The regular pizza was lacking and left me uninspired. The sauce, pre-made crust and blended cheese were unremarkable. Of the two pizza's the Asiago Chicken pizza was the by far the best.
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