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Review: Toss Pizzeria & Pub - Austin, TX
Toss Pizzeria & Pub, with two Austin locations, describes its pizza as "New York-style pies with a Texas twist." We visited the Bee Cave location on a warm summer night. There's a large (and noisy)...
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Review: Paladar 511 - New Orleans LA
As much as any city in America, New Orleans is a foodie's destination. Is the food in NOLA better than NY, LA, Philly, or Chicago? Perhaps not, but there is more consistency. All of my New Orleans...
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Review: Motor City Pizza Co. - Detroit Deep Dish
Even the snobbiest pizza epicures will eat frozen pizza on occasion; there's generally an emergency pizza in my freezer. Some are good - for instance, Trader Giotto(from Trader Joe) and the German...
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Review: Salvatore's Tomato Pies - Madison WI
Authentic Trenton tomato pie in Wisconsin? Indeed, but first a little background.Wisconsin's Trenton Tomato PieWhat's the difference between a pizza and a tomato pie? Some folks in the Philly and...
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Review: Trilogy Pizza - San Antonio, TX
After six months as a new Texan, some of my expectations in the Austin region have been confounded. Great Mexican food and BBQ are not ubiquitous here. On the other hand, there are three great pizza...
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Pizza Quixote: Top Ten Breakout Pizzas from 2019
Let's begin with a clear understanding of this list: These are not the Top Ten Pizzas in America, but simply the Ten Best Pizzas Newly Discovered By Me in 2019. We found world-class pizza in...
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Review: 'Zza Pizza + Salad - Bee Cave (Austin), TX
What's your Holy Grail of Pizza? A trip to New York City to eat legendary pizza at Lombardi's or Totonno's or Patsy's in East Harlem? Perhaps it's authentic Trenton tomato pie at the oldest continuing...
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Review: Pizzeria Casa Nostra - Spicewood, TX
Spicewood TX, an unicorporated community with 7,942 residents 22 miles northwest of Austin, may be best known as the home of Willie Nelson's Luck Ranch. The two-room schoolhouse there saw its last...
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Review: Midtown Pizza (by H-E-B)
H-E-B, a chain of 350 supermarkets in Texas and Mexico, ranks 12th among the largest American private companies. I describe it in east coast terms as "Wegmans quality at ShopRite prices." It has...
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Review: Tonari Japanese Deep-Dish Pizza
What would happen if an Italian restaurant in Tokyo customized a Detroit-style deep dish pizza to the tastes of its local Japanese customers? Perhaps the result would be something like the pizza on the...
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Review: Leyla's Pizza - Austin, TX
Pizza may be the perfect pandemic food. Hot from the oven, it's certainly among the safer choices in takeout dining. Moreover, serious pizza eaters always reheat at home if they have to choose takeout...
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Review: Lake Travis Pizza - Lakeway (Austin) TX
Austin is a Texas city of many blessings, geographical and cultural. It's not surprising to find all kinds of great food in town (especially BBQ), but as a new Texan I've been delighted that the pizza...
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Review: Whole Foods Fresh Pizza
Here at Pizza Quixote, we eat a lot of pizza. Most of that pizza comes from single shop pizza joints, which typically have the best and most interesting pizza. But for a few years, ever since the Whole...
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Review: Pizza Mill and Sub Factory - Alamogordo, NM
If you traveled to New Mexico, what kind of food would you seek? For my tastes, New Mexican fare tops both California and Tex-Mex in its approach to Mexican-inspired cuisine. Santa Fe is an epicure's...
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Review: Presto Pizzazz Plus Rotating Pizza Oven
Among the enduring food trends of the past decade, two stand out in my mind. One is craft beer. In American history, beer was first local, then regional, then dominated by large national brands. The...
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Pizza Quixote's Top Five Breakout Pizzas of 2020
In a year when I stopped all in-restaurant dining around the end of February, pizza became the go-to food for takeout. You can bring it home, heat it up in the oven, and minimize the risk of covid19...
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Review: Pizza Hut Detroit Style Pizza
What is Detroit style pizza? Begin with a rectangular thick crust, baked in a pan, much like a Sicilian style pizza. But then apply the cheese all the way to the edge, even to the point where some of...
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Review: DiGiorno Croissant Crust Pizza
 From its inception ten years ago, the purpose of this blog has been finding "destination pizza," especially in areas where you wouldn't expect it. Destination pizza is pie good enough to make the...
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Review: Little Caesars Pretzel Crust Pizza
Recently, given the growing popularity of Detroit style pizza across America, I took the opportunity to try Little Caesars version. You can read the full story and review here. Before I visited the...
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Review: Little Caesars Detroit Style Pizza
The purpose of this blog, since its inception ten years ago, is to find the exceptional pizza. "Destination pizza" that is worth the trip because it stands out above the ordinary. Ten years ago,...
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