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Pizza

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    The Five Best (Cheap) Italian Restaurants in St. Louis

    Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2012

    Best of Coachella Day Four (A.K.A. One Again)

    The first weekend of Coachella: cold, damp, and wet. The second weekend of Coachella: hot, sultry, and steamy. Here are our scribes' picks for the best of what they saw on Friday, April 20 at Coachella.

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Eat Me in St. Louis: Ten Splurge Restaurants for March Madness Visitors

    Hello, fans of North Carolina, North Carolina State, Kansas and Ohio, and welcome to St. Louis for the -- deep breath -- 2012 NCAA Division One Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Regionals! You've come all the way to St. Louis to watch your beloved team fight for a berth in the Final Four. Why n ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 8, 2012

    Jackpot! With Epic Pizza & Subs, ex-casino honcho Todd George goes from counting dough to baking it

    Hello, fans of North Carolina, North Carolina State, Kansas and Ohio, and welcome to St. Louis for the -- deep breath -- 2012 NCAA Division One Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Regionals! You've come all the way to St. Louis to watch your beloved team fight for a berth in the Final Four. Why n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    From Garage to Gourmet at Epic Pizza & Subs

    When Todd George first walked into the space that would become Epic Pizza & Subs (1711 South Ninth Street; 314-644-4430), it was nothing more than a concrete box. The floors were unfinished, the walls nothing more than gray cinder block. Even the ceiling was concrete. He had a builders tell him the ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 8, 2011

    Pizza My Heart: Mr. X will ignite your lust for crust

    When Todd George first walked into the space that would become Epic Pizza & Subs (1711 South Ninth Street; 314-644-4430), it was nothing more than a concrete box. The floors were unfinished, the walls nothing more than gray cinder block. Even the ceiling was concrete. He had a builders tell him the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    The Five Best Thin-Crust Pizzas in St. Louis

    Selecting the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. This year, Gut Check is celebrating five contenders in several categories.Jennifer SilverbergThe Best Thin-Crust Pizza in St. Louis​Want to st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    The Veggielante Goes Vegan at Pi

    ​The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to prosely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Bridge & Tunnel Pizza Now Il Posto Pizzeria

    New name, menu for Bridge & Tunnel Pizza​Bridge & Tunnel Pizza (1131 Washington Avenue; 314-621-2400) is now Il Posto Pizzeria. Assistant manager Nick Smith tells Gut Check that new manager Franco Bongiovani is the driving force behind the changes, which go beyond the name."We have changed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Worth the Weight at Feraro's Jersey-Style Pizza

    Ian Froeb A slice of the deep-dish pizza at Feraro's​The Place: Feraro's Jersey-Style Pizza, the Soulard (1862 South 10th Street; 314-588-8345) and south county (11726 Baptist Church Road, South St. Louis County; 314-843-3456) purveyor of New Jersey-style pizza.The Lunch: A "personal"-sized ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    The Veggielante Puts the Good Pie to the Test

    ​The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to prosely ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 24, 2011

    Slice Is Nice: With its brick oven, Pizzeria Tivoli is a welcome addition to Princeton Heights

    ​The Veggielante has had it up to here with people bitching that St. Louis restaurants are vegetarian unfriendly. Sure, we'd like to see more restaurants offering more meatless dishes, but there are excellent choices out there if you take the trouble to look for them. We're not here to prosely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Review Preview: Pizzeria Tivoli

    Ian FroebPizzeria Tivoli opened this past summer.​This week I try the wood-fired pizzas at Pizzeria Tivoli (5861 South Kingshighway Boulevard; 314-832-3222). It says something about the number and range of pizzerias in St. Louis that Pizzeria Tivoli isn't the first place in town where I've eaten p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Updated! Fast Food Industry Mag QSR Names Pi Pizza Truck Among Top 20 Food Trucks in U.S.

    {Updated 2/9/11 4 p.m. with comment after the jump from Pi co-owner Chris Sommers.} In its February issue, QSR Magazine, which covers the fast-food industry waterfront, names Pi Pizzeria's Pi on the Spot among the Top 20 food trucks in the nation. Writes Daniel P. Smith of QSR (which we're pretty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    The Good Pie Announces New Breakfast-Lunch Spot in Clayton

    Image via​Midtown Neapolitan pizza restaurant The Good Pie announced via Twitter on Friday that it will open a new breakfast-lunch spot called Half & Half in Clayton. Good Pie owner Mike Randolph tells Evan Benn of the Post-Dispatch that the restaurant will seat approximately 70 and open in ab ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 27, 2011

    Peel Wood Fired Pizza has all of Edwardsville beating a path to its wood-burning oven door

    Image via​Midtown Neapolitan pizza restaurant The Good Pie announced via Twitter on Friday that it will open a new breakfast-lunch spot called Half & Half in Clayton. Good Pie owner Mike Randolph tells Evan Benn of the Post-Dispatch that the restaurant will seat approximately 70 and open in ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Pi Pizza Truck Hits Bureaucratic Bump in Edwardsville

    Last Wednesday, January 19, Restaurant Pi's popular pizza truck toddled over the state line to Illinois to peddle pies in Edwardsville. Alerted on Twitter, east-side Pi fans flocked to the parking lot of Fond restaurant to scarf down their choice of pepperoni, sausage, spinach-mushroom and tomato-b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Restaurant Tidbits from Caito's Pizzeria, Pasta House Co.

    George Mahe reports on Relish that Caito's Pizzeria in Chesterfield has closed. (A spinoff location in Glendale was already shuttered.) Caito's was one of the first restaurants I reviewed for the RFT. I was especially fond of its lasagna-like deep-dish specialty, spinjuine.Mahe also confirms what wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    July 2010 Openings and Closings

    Ian FroebPizzeria Tivoli opened last month in Princeton Heights.​Apparently, last month was too hot and muggy to open or close a restaurant. In fact, I'll start this week's column by mentioning an opening from late June that I missed in the previous edition of Restaurant Roll Call: One 19 North Ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Party with Tattooed Restaurant Folks & RFT at Pi! Benefit the St. Louis Area Food Bank!

    Gut Check and Riverfront Times invites all St. Louis-area restaurant workers -- especially the tattooed ones -- to join us on July 12 for a Kitchen Ink party at Pi pizzeria's Delmar Loop location. The party, scheduled on a Monday so restaurant folk will be able to attend, coincides with the opening ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    St. Louis National Pizza Co. Now Open

    Ian Froeb​After a lengthy gestation, St. Louis National Pizza Co. opened its doors last week at 3201 South Grand Boulevard. Owner Brian Williams has lived in Chicago and New York as well as the Gateway City, and his pizzeria offers all three distinct styles of pizza. That's right: Provel, mozz and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    The Morning Brew: 6.9

    How to spot oil-tainted seafood? The nose knows. Slashfood reports that, in an effort to find a cost-effective way to keep products ruined by the BP oil disaster from reaching customers, the FDA and NOAA are busy training seafood inspectors on how to detect oil by smelling the fish. The Atlantic v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Chris Kelling, Pi Pizzeria CWE Bartender, Mixes...an Aperol Spritz!

    Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This is part one of Alissa Nelson's two-part profile of Pi Pizzeria bartender Chris Kelling. Part two, featuring a Q&A with Kelling, will be posted here tomorrow. Alissa Nelson​Chris Kellin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Chef's Choice, Part 2: Marc Baltes of Pi Pizzerias

    This is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Marc Baltes of Pi Pizzerias; to read part one, click here. Part three will be published later today. Robin Wheeler​Favorite local ingredient? Greenwood Farms bacon. Five words to describe your food. Fresh. Simple. Generous. Bal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Chef's Choice: Marc Baltes of Pi Pizzerias

    This is part one of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Marc Baltes of Pi Pizzerias; stay tuned for parts two and three. Robin Wheeler​"I was the world's pickiest eater as a child," says Marc Baltes, a Culinary Institute of America grad who now works as executive chef for Pi Pizzeria ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Cold Pizza Pi!

    ​Need a reason to put pants on come Sunday morning? If you can get clothed and get yourself to Pi in the Central West End by 11 a.m., you can have cold pizza for breakfast. Beginning this weekend the restaurant will offer a selection of its thin-crust and deep-dish pies -- with meat or with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Racanelli's Cucina Closed Indefinitely for Renovations

    ​Racanelli's Cucina (6655 Delmar Boulevard; 314-727-8880) has closed indefinitely for renovations, according to a sign posted on the front door of the Delmar Loop pizzeria. The restaurant -- itself a thorough renovation of the Market in the Loop building -- opened in November 2008, serving a more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Restaurant Roll Call for 2009

    RFT editorial coordinator Courtney Schilling and I did our best to compile as thorough a list of openings and closings as possible. Inevitably, though, some places will slip through the cracks. Please drop us a line or leave a comment with additions or deletions. - IanIan FroebMcCormick & Schmic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Serious Eats Celebrates The Good Pie

    ​Slice, the pizza-centric site from food blog Serious Eats, has once again filed a report on a St. Louis pizzeria. Daniel Zemans has previously filed reports on Thai Pizza Co., Pi and Imo's. Now (last week, technically) he offers a glowing review of Midtown's Neapolitan pizzeria The Good Pie (3137 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    The Top Ten Dishes of 2009 #8: Neapolitan Pizza at the Good Pie

    ​The key to any Neapolitan pizza is the quality of its crust, and at its best, the Good Pie's is very good: Crisp on the bottom, and even dotted here and there with char, but with an ever-so-tender chew and a pleasant, mild sour note. Pork gluttons might consider the "Mast'nicola," which includes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Chef's Choice Recipes: Jon Feraro's Fast Pizza Recipe

    Robin Wheeler​"Here is a little recipe very similar to the way I make pizza in the shop and at home," says Jon Feraro of Feraro's Jersey Style Pizza, who was profiled in yesterday's Chef's Choice. "If you follow these steps, you can impress your friends and family with fresh Jersey-style pizza at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Chef's Choice: Jon Feraro, Feraro's Jersey Style Pizza

    Robin WheelerJon Feraro, Owner of Feraro's Jersey Style Pizza​Who is Jon Feraro and just what does he think he's doing, bringing New Jersey-style pizza to the center of the Provel universe?He's a 36-year-old former financial entrepreneur. "I got into executive recruiting and owned a company for a ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 9, 2009

    Finding 'Nino's: Ian goes in search of an old-school pizzeria on the Hill and encounters something even better

    Robin WheelerJon Feraro, Owner of Feraro's Jersey Style Pizza​Who is Jon Feraro and just what does he think he's doing, bringing New Jersey-style pizza to the center of the Provel universe?He's a 36-year-old former financial entrepreneur. "I got into executive recruiting and owned a company for a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Stuck to My Ribs: Bono's Pizzeria

    Josh Bacott​One of the detriments to living in a city that claims its own "style" of pizza? A significant chunk of the locally-owned establishments ignore the alternatives.Seemingly every neighborhood joint that offers delivery specializes in thin-crust St. Louis-style pizza. As a lifelong reside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    FoodWire: Serious Eats Visits Pi

    Last week, I noted that Slice, the pizza-centric blog run by national food blog Serious Eats, had filed a report on Thai Pizza Co. in the Delmar Loop. This week, Slice returns to the Loop to check out Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; website).Daniel Zemans, who also wrote the Thai Pizza Co. post, is gener ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 30, 2009

    Best Of Food & Drink 2009

    Last week, I noted that Slice, the pizza-centric blog run by national food blog Serious Eats, had filed a report on Thai Pizza Co. in the Delmar Loop. This week, Slice returns to the Loop to check out Pi (6144 Delmar Boulevard; website).Daniel Zemans, who also wrote the Thai Pizza Co. post, is gener ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    FoodWire: New Restaurant with Familiar Name on Laclede's Landing

    Splashy ad in this week's dead-tree RFT for a new restaurant and bar at 800 North 3rd Street on Laclede's Landing: King Louie's Courtyard Bar & Pizzeria. Yeah, they went there, taking the name of the late, lamented restaurant at 3800 Chouteau Avenue.At first, I was all, "Oh, no, they didn't!" Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Review Slideshow: Racanelli's Cucina

    Jennifer Silverberg​My review of Racanelli's Cucina is now available online. Racanelli's Cucina is located at 6655 Delmar Boulevard (the former Market in the Loop building). You can check out the restaurant's menu and more at its website.In this week's Back of the House slideshow, Jennifer Silverb ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 29, 2009

    Love That Bevo Pie: Never hear of Laganini, the south-side Bosnian pizzeria? You have now.

    Jennifer Silverberg​My review of Racanelli's Cucina is now available online. Racanelli's Cucina is located at 6655 Delmar Boulevard (the former Market in the Loop building). You can check out the restaurant's menu and more at its website.In this week's Back of the House slideshow, Jennifer Silverb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Review Preview: Laganini Pizzeria & Restaurant

    This week I visit Laganini Pizzeria & Restaurant, which opened in January in the Bevo neighborhood. As I'm reminded whenever I mention (however glancingly) my opinion of the native style, pizza is a contentious subject in St. Louis. Let me fan the flames once again by asserting that Laganini Piz ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 18, 2009

    Crust Achin': Ian ventures forth in search of the good pizza and finds the Good Pie

    This week I visit Laganini Pizzeria & Restaurant, which opened in January in the Bevo neighborhood. As I'm reminded whenever I mention (however glancingly) my opinion of the native style, pizza is a contentious subject in St. Louis. Let me fan the flames once again by asserting that Laganini Piz ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 4, 2009

    Go Hungry: The newest venture from the Del Pietro family, Sugo's Spaghetteria piles it on

    This week I visit Laganini Pizzeria & Restaurant, which opened in January in the Bevo neighborhood. As I'm reminded whenever I mention (however glancingly) my opinion of the native style, pizza is a contentious subject in St. Louis. Let me fan the flames once again by asserting that Laganini Piz ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 11, 2008

    Gut Check celebrates the election season — with polls!

    This week I visit Laganini Pizzeria & Restaurant, which opened in January in the Bevo neighborhood. As I'm reminded whenever I mention (however glancingly) my opinion of the native style, pizza is a contentious subject in St. Louis. Let me fan the flames once again by asserting that Laganini Piz ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 23, 2008

    Lust for Crust: Katie's ain't your typical St. Louis pizza joint

    This week I visit Laganini Pizzeria & Restaurant, which opened in January in the Bevo neighborhood. As I'm reminded whenever I mention (however glancingly) my opinion of the native style, pizza is a contentious subject in St. Louis. Let me fan the flames once again by asserting that Laganini Piz ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 16, 2008

    Days of Wine and Pizza

    This week I visit Laganini Pizzeria & Restaurant, which opened in January in the Bevo neighborhood. As I'm reminded whenever I mention (however glancingly) my opinion of the native style, pizza is a contentious subject in St. Louis. Let me fan the flames once again by asserting that Laganini Piz ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 30, 2006

    St. Louis by the Slice

    The Lou hits your eye with a big pizza pie.

  • Dining

    August 3, 2005

    Slice of Life

    Jon Feraro's Jersey-style pies are the real thing

  • Dining

    September 10, 2003

    That's Amore

    La Pizza is the marvelous neighborhood pizza place we've all been waiting for

  • Restaurants

    April 2, 2003

    Thick Crust

    Black Thorn Pub & Pizza

  • Dining

    December 26, 2001

    Talk of the Town

    More new restaurants to drool over

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