When a friend of ours posted on Facebook he was beginning a new journey with Bubba's 33: Pizza-Burgers-Beer restaurant, I checked it out and immediately wanted to try it. The closest one to us is in Canton, and we decided to make a day of it Sunday by catching a movie and a late lunch. Wendi and I do not drink, so we were not enticed by the beer, but I am a fan of pizza, having grown up in an Italian family in an Italian neighborhood just outside Boston, and Wendi loves burgers. We were … [Read more...]
LaRosa’s Pizza, 347-1111: What Else Do You Need to Know?
When Wendi and I were on what we believed to be the final leg of a 10-day vacation to see our nephew get married, we each were thinking as we drove through Cincinnati: You want to get LaRosa's Pizza for dinner? We had a somewhat late lunch in Lexington, Ky., with my brother from another mother, Shawn, and his wife and son, but LaRosa's was just too tempting. So, as we were making our way up Interstate 71, I asked, "Do you want to get LaRosa's for dinner?" Lo and behold, Wendi informed me she was … [Read more...]
Digsby’s Keeps Tastes of When in Rome Restaurant Alive
You know a restaurant is going to be good when as soon as you walk in you start to salivate -- or be reminded of a great restaurant you visited in the past. That was the case for my husband, Bobby, and me on Saturday, December 16, 2017. We had just come from a magic show Bobby performed in Barberton (yes, he is a real, live magician you can check out his website here). Bobby never eats before a show and, therefore, neither do I. By the time we were heading back to Wooster, we were pretty … [Read more...]
Luigi’s: Iconic Akron Eatery Worth the Trip (and the Wait)
I don't remember the first time I had pizza. Being a child of the 70's, I am sure it was probably a Chef Boyardee box mix. I also grew up with D'Antonio's pizza in Lodi. Which if you ask me, is the best, but I can't tell you when I had my first pizza from there. But my dad, Bud, can tell you the exact year and place where he had pizza for the very first time. It was at Luigi's Pizza in Akron, Ohio in 1956. This year, for my husband Bobby's birthday, he wanted to go to Luigi's with my parents, so … [Read more...]
Polcari’s: Where Everything is Better Than Good
EDITOR'S NOTE: Below is a post my husband wrote about Polcari's restaurant in Saugus, Massachusetts last year. It was originally posted on November 2, 2016. As he states at the end, we returned there on this year's visit to New England. Only we didn't order as much food! This year we enjoyed their chicken and veal parmigiana and fettuccine Alfredo. Bobby, of course, got a couple of meatballs to go with the fettuccine. We ended up leaving just as full and satisfied as we did … [Read more...]