kirkharrod’s Profile
Recent Comments
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
Love the Skline chili. Hate LaRosa's. It really sucks. They sell it at Kings Island and it is terrible.
Coal-Oven Pizzerias Nationwide
Modern Apizza is wood oven I believe.
Trio Who Tracked Down Domino's Miscreants Gets Free Pizza for a Year
Free Domino's pizza is a punishment not a reward!
See more comments by kirkharrod ยป
Recent Posts
kirkharrod hasn't written a post yet.
Recent Favorites
kirkharrod hasn't favorited a post yet.
Recent Polls
kirkharrod hasn't answered any polls yet.
Recent Quizzes
kirkharrod hasn't taken any quizzes yet.
Recent Comments | Response to Comments
'New York Post' on Di Fara's $5 Slices
Dom sounds like one of those "delicate geniuses" that George Costanza refers to. He's like a crazy artist. Try as you might, you are not going to change the way he creates his art. We have them where I live. That being said, I just don't have time or energy for these types of restaurants that do things like close when they are out of dough, run out of menu items, have operating hours that change on their whim, or make you wait 2 hours for a product that should cook in 10 minutes or less. That's just poor management. Sounds like Dom needs a restaurant MANAGER. He is the artist. Artists can't manage! Turning tables or selling more pizzas is how you make money.
I guess I am a pizza tourist, just like someone who likes wine may tour Napa or France. I have experienced Sally's in New Haven which has to be the worst service ever. I sat in the restaurant for 2 hours waiting for a pizza after ordering. The staff moves like they are zombies. Yes, it was great, but I went to Patsy's East Harlem, ordered my pizza and it was delivered to the table about 5 minutes later!!! And it was great also!
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
Love the Skline chili. Hate LaRosa's. It really sucks. They sell it at Kings Island and it is terrible.
Coal-Oven Pizzerias Nationwide
Modern Apizza is wood oven I believe.
Trio Who Tracked Down Domino's Miscreants Gets Free Pizza for a Year
Free Domino's pizza is a punishment not a reward!
Slicester: 'Beware of the Underdog'
I agree with this letter. I ate both on consecutive days in July 2007.
Is Patsy's (East Harlem) Worth the Trip?
I was at Patsy's East Harlem in July 2007. My pizza was perfect, definitely NOT over-sauced or over-cheesed, and that is exactly what made it the best pizza I ever had. It was a trip up there, literally and figuratively. However, we got no uncomfortable looks in the neighborhood, though we appeared WAY out of place (two hippies from KY!)
We also had Sally's and Modern in New Haven and Lombardi's that same week. All were very good, but Patsy's was the best.
Coal-Oven Pizzerias Nationwide
Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza has a new location in my 'hood:
http://www.anthonyscoalfiredpizza.com/pinellas.html
Also some new locations in the Miami area: http://www.anthonyscoalfiredpizza.com/miami_dade.html
Coal-Oven Pizzerias Nationwide
Max's Coal Oven Pizzeria in Atlanta (owned by Concentrics Restaurants--a small but growing empire of concept restaurants) is fairly recently opened. http://www.maxsatl.com/
'New York Post' on Di Fara's $5 Slices
@gabagool: Welcome back. Haven't seen you in a while. The size of a Di Fara slice is 1/8th of a pie about (from memory and without the benefit of ever having measured it) 16 inches, maybe 18 inches, across.
'New York Post' on Di Fara's $5 Slices
5 bucks for a slice of "the best pizza in the world" (opinion)
or 8 bucks for a 5 oz glass of wine? The 5 seems like a bargain to me.
It all boils down to two types of people. You either want quality or quanity.
PS Plus whats the size of a slice in NY? That would make a big difference. Is it a quarter of an 18" pie? IF so, that ain't bad at all.
Coal-Oven Pizzerias Nationwide
Delponte's Coal Fired Brick Oven Pizza a/ka/ CBO, 624 Brinley Ave., Bradley Beach, NJ. Fresh ingredients! Delicious!
'New York Post' on Di Fara's $5 Slices
@alberto I was not able to do the one day fermentation because I had to go right from work to Lucali before attending a concert in Prospect Park so I had to make the dough on Thursday night. Here are the results:
http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2009/07/video-which-way-to-paulie-gees.html
http://blondieandbrownie.blogspot.com/2009/07/ten-course-pizza-tasting-with-paulie.html
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
'New York Post' on Di Fara's $5 Slices
$3.52 for a sorry ass sausage slice on Colunbus and 58th. And when I gave her $3.55, she kept the 3 cents change.
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
'New York Post' on Di Fara's $5 Slices
@Paulie: There may be another person to add to that list in the not too distant future me thinks ;-)
'New York Post' on Di Fara's $5 Slices
@kirkharrod It seems to me that the last thing Dom needs is a manager. As much as I am discouraged by the long and disorderly lines at diFara, I am the first to admit that those legendary waits are one of the secrets to his wild popularity. If you look at DiFara's, Lucali, Bianco and the late UPN, they all have a modest seating capacity, short hours (with the exception of Dom) and a proprietor who carefully constructs the pies himself. And they always have lines.
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
Re: LaRosa's marketing--is it still 347-1111? I only lived in Cincy for 4 years and moved away 15 years ago! La Rosa's was our go to, but last time I had it, I was 15.
I will admit though that I was very close to ordering LaRosa's pizza kit online when the order form came with my box of Montgomery Inn sauce. I think I may just buy a whole slew of Mett's. Can't go wrong there, can ya?
Oh..and Goldstar over Skyline any day.
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
La Rosas sucks.
Romundo's in Mt. Lookout square is the best in Cincinnasti
Ramundo's Pizzeria
3166 Linwood AveCincinnati,OH45208-2955
Local: 513-321-0978
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
But there sure is a lot of big city snobbery in this thread. I guess people living in New York, L.A. and Chicago have access to great food, but the rest of us (you know, all us little people down here in fly-over country), will be content with Cheese-Whiz on Ritz crackers and Hamburger Helper. And when *we* drink Pabst Blue Ribbon, we're not being ironic hipsters.
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
I think a lot of the loyalty you see for LaRosa's is just based on tradition. It's always been their family's favorite, so there you go. But the quality has gone seriously downhill in recent years. Someone needs to come in and revive the brand.
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
lol @ archie45
I lived in Cincinnati for 5 years and was never really impressed with most food from there. I will say though, I've had La Rosa's a few times that it was actually really good. If they would stop serving it at Kings Island and The Zoo where it sucks royally, it might not gross me out as much now. Either way, I learned to except mediocrity out of most things from Cincinnati. Sorry guys, I still love you but Louisville is so much better. haha ;)
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
The pretentious snobbery is downright commical. Who, honestly, eats pizza and critiques it like its a fine wine??? (and I'm referring to the comments not the review)...
If I want something local I eat LaRosas.
If I want something cheap and quick I order Papa John's
If I want to go out and eat a pie I get the family together and we go to Dewey's...
I eat them all, they all taste good...to sit here and complain about the amount of seasoning in a piece of sausage that's swimming in cheese and sauce is, well, typical east side cincinnati d-bag mentallity.
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
it's a shame you never got a chance to hit flying pizza. uber-nice NYC style - not in in the same park as larosas. talking major league vs class a
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
@christin: Thanks for the inside info! As I said in the review, I thought the cappocola was the best meat I had at LaRosa's. Very interesting that it comes from a different supplier than the rest. As for your comments on the pan crust, you might be right that they did not give me the correct crust - that would explain a lot.
@everyone who suggested other foods: this is a pizza blog so that's all I wrote about here. My quick thoughts on other food in Cincinnati: I am a big fan of the chili and think the differences between Skyline and Goldstar are overblown; I can't comment on Camp Washington because their failure to open on Sundays has stopped me from trying it both times it would have been possible. Montgomery Inn does not smoke their ribs and the sauce is really sweet and overpowers the meat. They're not bad, but they're not worth the hefty price tag nor worthy of their reputation. Graeter's remains one of the best ice creams I've ever had.
@CabbyRam: Thanks for sticking up for LaRosa's. I do wonder how they deal with the congealing cheese problem with their deliveries. Or do you think some people don't mind it?
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
i think if you're born in a place you are more disposed to love the food from that place. up here in dayton, ohio, there is a chain called Marion's pizza. people from dayton are just as loyal to Marion's as most cincinnatians are to larosa's. being from toledo, i used to think Gino's was the best. we live in little old germantown, ohio, now (pop. 5K) and are lucky to have three hometown, non-chain pizza places.
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
I lived in Hamilton, a suburb of Cincinnati for almost 5 years. In my time there I tried LaRosa's not really impressed. BUT Hamilton had 3 local family run shops Chester's, Mililo's (SP?), and Richard's. Richard's was borderline OK. Chester's and Mililo's you could tell were family run and delicious. I believe Chester's had won the AOL Cincinnati CitySearch Award. All three of Hamilton's homegrown shops have been there for 50+ years.
LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of
I'll go hungry before I'll eat a LaRosa's pizza. The Cincinnati area abounds in "resting on our laurels" restaurants, which I don't think could stay in business in many other cities. People patronize them because it's where they ate 30 years ago when they were in high school. I agree with others who've said Dewey's is the best pizza in the area. And sometimes my hubby and I drive all the way out to Fairfield to eat at an indy joint called Richard's. NYPD in Northside isn't bad, and it's cheap. But LaRosa's is so bad I'll even eat Papa Johns first.
Coal-Oven Pizzerias Nationwide
Tony D's in Rochester, NY
http://rochesternypizza.blogspot.com/2009/03/tony-ds-corn-hill-rochester.html
katieeela - your reference to Joe Squared's "Rochester style" wings made me curious but from their website it looks like Joe Squared's wings are regular Buffalo wings. There is, arguably, a Rochester variant on the Buffalo wing but I've never seen them anywhere outside the Rochester area, certainly not by that name.
Coal-Oven Pizzerias Nationwide
Seems your map is missing several in Texas that opened recently: some Grimaldi'seses and a fairly new chain called "Russo's NY Coal-Fired Pizzeria"
Coal-Oven Pizzerias Nationwide
Pompeii Pizza
2134 Park Ave
Orange Park, FL 32073
That's one's a local joint to me.
Trio Who Tracked Down Domino's Miscreants Gets Free Pizza for a Year
Let's try to put this down in the context of calories given away.
Recent Posts
kirkharrod hasn't written a post yet.
Recent Favorites
kirkharrod hasn't favorited a post yet.
Polls
kirkharrod hasn't answered any polls yet.
Quizzes
kirkharrod hasn't taken any quizzes yet.
Dom sounds like one of those "delicate geniuses" that George Costanza refers to. He's like a crazy artist. Try as you might, you are not going to change the way he creates his art. We have them where I live. That being said, I just don't have time or energy for these types of restaurants that do things like close when they are out of dough, run out of menu items, have operating hours that change on their whim, or make you wait 2 hours for a product that should cook in 10 minutes or less. That's just poor management. Sounds like Dom needs a restaurant MANAGER. He is the artist. Artists can't manage! Turning tables or selling more pizzas is how you make money.
I guess I am a pizza tourist, just like someone who likes wine may tour Napa or France. I have experienced Sally's in New Haven which has to be the worst service ever. I sat in the restaurant for 2 hours waiting for a pizza after ordering. The staff moves like they are zombies. Yes, it was great, but I went to Patsy's East Harlem, ordered my pizza and it was delivered to the table about 5 minutes later!!! And it was great also!