This week, I’ll be posting things I’ve found in my bedroom while cleaning up…
I found this old Pizza Candy in my room. Small piece. I only had one of them. How long does candy last? My friends said forever. I don’t know if that’s true.
I tasted it anyway. It didn’t really taste like pizza. Sort of perfume-y and fruity. Kind of like a date. Shit. That almost sounds like a joke, but I meant the fruit.
My first stop in Chicago: Deep Dish Pizza. I did some research. People were saying Uno is one of the best and always packed. But that’s the same as the Pizzeria Uno chain, right? Maybe Uno is better in Chicago. I tend to think of Uno as like an Applebee’s. But I could be wrong about them. I haven’t had their pizza in years. And I haven’t been to Applebee’s in years either.
Well there was a Lou Malnati’s close to our hotel. Seemed a little touristy. I think half the people eating were from out of town with a hotel coupon for a free dessert. The water glass was huge …almost pitcher-sized.
They let us split our small pizza –half “Lou” style (spinach, mushrooms and sliced tomatoes) and half “Classic” (sausage). Â We’re talking a whole layer of sausage covering the entire portion of pizza underneath the cheese. That was pretty good.
The pizza appeared small and I thought we could eat a bigger one. But ended up so stuffed. Rusty and I went back to the hotel and passed out for three hours. Serious food coma. I hadn’t had one in years.
Lou Malnati’s - 439 North Wells Street. Chicago, IL 60610
I met Yasmin at Forcella in Brooklyn. A relatively new fancy pizza place on Lorimer. We got the fried pizza that came shaped like a bird –Ripieno Classico Pizza Fritte (Tomato, Smoked Mozzarella, Ricotta and Soppressata) $14. Also got the brunch pizza – Pizza Alla Bismark (HomeMozzarella, Ham, Tomato, Egg) $11. With no more Motorino in the area for the time being, this did alright. I was able to bring a box of wine from across the street for the win.
Forcella - 485 Lorimer St (btwn Grand St & Powers) Brooklyn, NY 11211
We went up to Woodstock for Ike’s 3rd birthday party. It was fun. I did a few more magic tricks. Little did we know that Ike was going to have a new baby brother that night. We went to sleep and Michelle gave birth in the bedroom. I moved downstairs to be out of the way and I could see the bedroom door opening throughout the night from my angle. I could see Michele’s feet. It was like out of a movie.
I’ve never been so close to someone in labor. I want to say it seemed so easy. I just go to bed and then a baby is birthed. Congrats Michelle and Dan and Ike.
Introducing Calvin Rye Forbes…
We were all going to go fishing the next day, but figured Dan should probably stay home with the family. The rest of us went. Didn’t catch anything, but did see a snake and a Wooly Bear caterpillar.
Afterwards, we hit up Winchell’s Pizza & BBQ. The pizza slice is huge. I really really liked the Onion & Garlic Deep Dish pizza. Tasted like a garlic knot that was a pizza slice.
Winchell’s Pizza & BBQ – 3187 New York 28, Shokan, NY 12481
Day 11 of the Shonali tour: We stopped over in DC to visit Shonali’s sister, brother in law and two nieces. We had brunch at Comet Ping Pong –a pizza joint with a bunch of ping pong tables in the back. The restaurant looks adult-ish and I’m sure it is at night. But at that moment, it was full of kids at every table.
They have some tasty brunch pizzas. I got the Drive (Broccoli Rabe, garlic, Whitmore Farm Egg,
melted onion, Pecorino Romano, and Prosciutto). That was a good pizza.
Also had the Birth of Pain Bloody Mary with Scotch Bonnet pepper. Pretty decent. I don’t know if it was any spicier than regular spicy Bloody Mary.
It took Jeff and I a while to find the restroom. They are in the wooden wall.
Comet Ping Pong – 5037 Connecticut Ave NW. Washington, DC 20008
I’ve posted snippets from the road, but now I’m ready to share our full-on adventures and photos from our Shonali Bhowmik 100 Oak’s Revival tour down South…
Dang, I’m only up to Day 3 out of 11 of my tour blogging. And now I have to go back to Day 2, because I forgot we went here after the Shiprock party in Charlotte. Pizza photos found on my phone. I know we partied hard. So don’t remember much about this, except Shonali gave me some candy that some older costumed Glow-Stick guy gave her.
Fuel Pizza – 1501 Central Avenue. Charlotte, NC 28205
This morning I’m going to post pictures of my roommate and pizza.
I went out for a Grimaldi’s pizza with Mike and Sam at the Limelight Marketplace in Manhattan. I’ve never eaten at the Dumbo/Brooklyn one, so I can’t compare. But I must say there was no crazy line. Just a five minute wait for an outdoor table.
Pizza was decent. I’m glad I didn’t have to wait in a super long line to find that out.
Slices for lunch, basking in the sun amongst the loud traffic and all the people stopping to ask us if this is the same Grimaldi’s as in Brooklyn. One of the nicer lunches this week.
Grimaldi’s Pizza NYC - 656 Sixth Ave (btwn 20th & 21st St) Manhattan, NY 10010
…They have three different websites. Grimaldis.com and Grimaldispizzeria.com hasn’t been updated for the Manhattan location. But Grimaldisnyc.com has. I’m guessing they have three different webmasters.
