Schlafly Bottleworks February 2012, Birthday Pizza.

It is that time of year when the Chief Pizza Eater gets to be another year older, rounder and shorter.  That means birthday pizza.

I had a couple of places in mind, but one was surrounded by the Mardi Gras celebration and the other I found out was no longer in business.  So after a bit of back and fourth I decided on Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood, MO.

I have reported on Schlafly Bottleworks a couple of times in the past so I won't bore you with all the details.  As in the past the food and service was excellent.

I ordered a Bison, pepperoni and red onion pizza with the house blend cheese and on their hand tossed Pilsner dough crust and it was delicious.  (WARNING, non-pizza content!) Just to mix things up Mrs. Chief Pizza Eater ordered the Meatloaf.  I have tried unsuccessfully several times to order the Meatloaf only to be told, sorry we only serve it during supper, or sorry we have already sold out of the Meatloaf, etc.  So of course the day I want to order pizza they have plenty of meatloaf, it was also excellent.  For dessert the table of 11 mostly non-pizza eaters shared a Sticky Toffee Pudding.  There just isn't much better way to end a birthday meal that the Sticky Toffee Pudding.

Highly Recommended.

The Chief Pizza Eater.
GAW.

Frozen: Culinary Circle Ultra Thin Crust Margherita Pizza

While doing our weekly Grocery Shopping I had a moment of weakness,  and found a Culinary Circle Ultra Thin Crust Margherita Pizza (and a Ultra Thin Pepperoni Pizza, but it's still in the freezer.  2 for $5 what can I say...) in the grocery bag when I got home.  Not a brand from my youth, but what the heck.

Culinary Circle's pizza has an "olive oil based sauce topped with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses, vine ripened tomatoes and basil", that's what the box says.

The box doesn't look all that big, but once the pizza is out of the box it looks huge compared to the pizza.  following the directions on the box the pizza is done in less than 15 minutes.  As with most frozen pizza the final product didn't really look as good as its packaging.

As far a taste, well it was okay.  We didn't have any left overs to deal with, so it couldn't been to bad.

Culinary Circle is a Supervalu brand and is sold at Shop'n Save in my neck of the woods, so if you don't live in the St. Louis Metro area and you can't live with out trying a Culinary Circle Ultra Thin Crust Margherita Pizza goto Supervalu.com and find a store in your area.

The Chief Pizza Eater.
GAW

Frozen

Back in the day when the Chief was a young whippersnapper, he survived for weeks (maybe months) at a time on something called Frozen Pizza.  Today when the Chief looks back on his misspent youth he has fond memories of Frozen Pizza.  So going forward from time to time he will revisit his youth and throw some Frozen Pizza your way.

Can it ever be as good as it was?

The Management.

Tony's Pizza Palace, Columbia, MO. January 2012.

Tony's Pizza Palace

17 North 5th Street, Columbia, MO 65201 (map link);
 phone#(573) 442-3188

Pizza Style: Greek
Oven type: Gas
The Skinny:  Another great Greek Pizza Joint in COMO.
Price: $16 Medium 4 topping Pizza.
Chief Pizza eater says: Recommended.

When ever I find my self in Columbia I try to find my way to a pizza joint, it doesn't always happen, but when it does I've yet to be disappointed.  This weekend was no different.

I had been told about Tony's Pizza Palace last year by an old friend and kept it in the back of my mind until I had the chance to get there.  Tony's doesn't have a web-site that I could find, but from what I gather they have been in business since 1968.  Originally they were located on Broadway, now they are on the corner of East Walnut and North 5th street.  The current location appeared to be clean but well used.

Tony's makes pizza with Greek Style crust, a thin crust usually cooked in a pain.  I ordered a medium pepperoni, Canadian bacon, hamburger and onion pizza to go.  About 15 minutes later I was heading out the door with a hot pizza, and the drive to where I was staying was torture The smell was driving me insanely hungry.  When I finally got the box open I found it similar to other Greek pizza joints in that the toppings were all under the cheese and there was a little fold on the edge of the crust.  It had and abundance of toppings and cheese.  There is a seasoning in either the sauce or hamburger that I just can't pinpoint that sets the pizza apart from what you would find in a more Italian orianted pizza joint.

All and all a great pizza.

Recommended.

The Chief Pizza Eater.
GAW

A'mis Italian Restaurant August 2011. Binge 2011 Stop 13

On stop 13 of the 2011 Binge, I once again found my self with a car full of non-pizza eaters.  That didn't stop last time and didn't stop me this time.  A'mis Italian Restaurant in Rock Hill was stop 13.

For starters we had a A'mis salad with the House dressing.  We were all quite hungry, so I completely for got to snap a photo.  I will tell you it was more than enough shared between 3 people, and could have served 4.  It was also quite good, especially the House dressing.

The Non-pizza eaters did the same thing they did last time, they didn't get pizza...

I did get pizza, a hand tossed crust with salami, hamburger and onions.  From the first bite to the last it was excellent.  Some day when I have more pizza eaters with me I'm going to try their Chicago Deep dish, next time.

Recommended.

The Chief Pizza Eater.
GAW

Home Made Pizza July 2011. Binge 2011 Stop 12.

What's for breakfast?  Homemade pizza.  You can gauntee that if I'm making homemade pizza I'm going to hold back atleast one dough ball for breakfast.  This time was no differnt.

Little bit of olive oil some shredded mozzarella, few cubes of fresh mozzarella, pancetta and three fresh eggs...

What else is there to say but, Highly Recommended, if you can get an invite.

The Chief Pizza Eater.

Home Made Pizza July 2011. Binge 2011 Stop 11.

Home Made, yes the Chief made pizza!

Actually with some very good help he made bruschetta, antipasto, pizza and raspberry ice cream.

The olive oil, fresh mozzarella, pancetta and baby arugula was probably the best of the night.

Highly Recommended, if only you can get on the list.

The Chief Pizza Eater.
GAW