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Last Update: Thu Jun 18 22:11:11 2009

+ Openings: Zimari Pizza, Another Dollar-Slice Joint + Another opening for you. Grub Street reports that Zimari Pizza is open (as of last week) and serving $1 slices, $8 pies. ...

+ Openings: Iggy's Pizzeria to Replace Five Roses in East Village + eater.com Eater confirms earlier rumors that the space that used to house Five Roses Pizza is indeed going to [...] Iggy's Pizzeria: 173 First Avenue, New York NY (10th/11th streets; map )

+ Leftovers: The Day's Stray Links + Self-Referential Pizza Formula: A pizza with the radius z and thickness a has the volume pi*z*z*a. . [ I'm [...] SF > Openings: Pi Bar setting up shop in the Mission. [ vegansaurus! ]

+ Naples Comes to Seattle + The inaugural Neapolitan Pizza Forum will be held in Seattle June 24–29. Why Seattle, you ask? Well, [...] and locations of these activities, check the VPN website: verapizzanapoletana.org .

+ Meet and Eat: Frederick Twomey, Veloce Pizzeria + From Serious Eats: New York "First of all, it's a square pie. It's slightly thicker, hence, it retains heat a bit longer." [...] How does the wine list differ from Bar Veloce and Veloce Club? The focus of the wine list is the southern region of Italy at Veloce P

+ Freddy's Pizza & Gelateria: A Cicero Tradition Worth Celebrating + Serious Eats contributor Daniel Zemans checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also blogs [...] part of Cicero that has been consistent for 41 years is that Freddy's Pizza & Gelateria continues to serve up a variety of

+ Antica Pizzeria: A Culinary Oasis in a Pizza Desert + Antica Pizzeria 13455 Maxella Avenue, Marina del Rey CA 90292 (2nd floor of Marina Marketplace; map ); [...] (like timballetto and arancini di riso) in Los Angeles for many years. His lifelong passion for authenticity and integrity

+ Leftovers: The Day's Stray Links + Old Habits: Aussie heroin addict claims he was offered free pizza for life for burning down rival pizzeria. [ Fox News ] [...] Penguin Pizza: One $3 is huge and will fill your cheap ass up. [ Bostonist ]

+ LaRosa's: A Tradition Cincinnatians Should Not Be Proud Of + Serious Eats contributor Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel from the road, this time in [...] then or having their pizza ready at a particular time, a convenience I took advantage of. The guy I talked to, who was at the end

+ Upcoming NYC Pizza Classes with Mark Bello + Pizza a Casa's Mark Bello leads the ingredient-procurement expedition during one of his pizza workshops. Mark Bello [...] at 11 a.m. at Alleva Dairy. Tickets are $150 each, available at pizzaacasa.com .

+ Quote of the Day: Brannock Device Needed + "I don't know why the press keeps trying to shove the slipper of 'good pizza' onto San Francisco's misshapen foot. It hasn't ...

+ Leftovers: The Day's Stray Links + Video: Pizzeria del Corso's Nino Coniglio throwing dough. [ NYT ] Homemade Pizza: Cary and Lillian are doin' it [...] Landry ] Italy: Finding the best pizza in Naples. [ Wichita Eagle ]

+ Quote of the Day II: I Wish I Was a Baller + "“He’s the only player that’s in the N.B.A. finals who is so out of shape. For the minutes that he plays, that’s almost [...] unheard of.” — Orlando point guard Anthony Johnson, on teammate Hedo Turkoglu

+ A Mini San Francisco Pizza Jaunt: Does Alan Richman Know His Bay Area Pizza? + "I would be happy eating a Delfina pizza every day of my life, but it probably would never make me jump for pizza joy." [...] Richman was a serious pizza eater and not just a serious pizza provocateur. Pizzeria Delfina Pizzeria Delfina (Mission)

+ Quote of the Day: 'Street Pizza Eaters Are Pigs' + "Eating pizza by hand on the street is not only unappetizing; it's also unhygienic, slovenly, and frequently leads to litter. [...] [ Hey, I never said the Quote of the Day couldn't be lame , did I? — The Mgmt. ]

+ Keste Introduces the 'Pizza Wallet' + grubstreet.com Grub Street reports that Kesté Pizza & Vino is selling something called a "pizza wallet." [...] NY 10014 (b/n Jones and Cornelia streets; map ) 212-243-1500; kestepizzeria.com

+ Ed Levine Went to Gialina Pizzeria, and All Slice Got Was a Lousy Google Alert + Gialina Pizzeria is one of San Francisco Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer's pick for the best pizza in the City by [...] Diamond Street, San Francisco, CA 94131 ( map ) 415-239-8500; gialina.com

+ Sam's Restaurant Pizzaman Retiring, Leaving Pie-Making Duties to Son + Sam's Restaurant and Pizzeria , which took me a while to come around to, is making some changes. The blog Lost [...] is an absolute gem. Related: Sam's, a Cobble Hill Fixture Long on Character

+ Sicilian Slices at Boston’s Galleria Umberto + The most popular pizza is not always the best pizza. But when North End natives start lining up at ten-thirty in the [...] crust, carefully portioned sauce, graceful dabs of mozzarella. But Sicilians don't do restraint. These slices are smothered in blood

+ O'Fame: Fresh Ingredients Do Not Necessarily Make a Good Pizza + Serious Eats Chicago contributor Daniel Zemans checks in with another piece of intel on the Windy City pizza scene. Daniel also [...] the pizza, and that is not a good thing. O’Famé has two specialty offerings, one is the fresh garlic, oil, and tomato, wh

+ Leftovers: The Day's Stray Links + Yesterday's strays—better late than never. — The Mgmt. Crime: Miami-Dade County prosecutor suspended for [...] two-hour workshop. $49, June 25, Foster's Homewares. [ Citypaper ]

+ Pizzamaking.com's May 2009 Challenge: 'Family Supper' + June's Monthly Challenge on Pizzamaking.com is "Family Supper." Says Pete-zza, "You are free to interpret in any way you wish ...

+ Awesome Comment on SILive.com + From ITLBS1 on SILive.com , referencing a pizza war going down on Hylan Boulevard on Staten Island: Some people may like [...] And some people prefer Betamax to VHS, but my Philips 1500 spanks them all.

+ More Richman—This Time He Takes on Grimaldi's, Patsy's, and Di Fara + Admittedly, the previous item I blogged about was a week old*, and in that time Alan Richman has moved on to writing about some [...] Pizza list: The famous thin-crusted pie was crisp and crunchy, not my style, and DeMarco pours on the oil, way too much. The

+ Alan Richman on Tonda, Ignazio's, and Emporio + Hot off his GQ Top 25 Pizza List , Alan Richman (right) takes on a few recently opened NYC pizzerias — Tonda (East [...] to Emporio yet, but I think Richman's analysis of Tonda and Ignazio's is accurate.

+ Openings: Saraghina, Bed-Stuy + View Larger Map Opening Monday, June 8, 2009, is Saraghina in Bed-Stuy. Looks like a rustic Ball-jar joint [...] Halsey Street, Brooklyn NY 11233 (at Lewis Avenue, Bed-Stuy); no phone or website yet

+ Obituary: Sal, of Upper West Side Favorite Sal and Carmine's, Dies + bronxbanterblog.com Sad news. Sal of the Upper West Side's Sal and Carmine's has died. We received a report [...] to Bronx Banter , Sal's funeral was yesterday, and the shop reopens today.

+ Pizzeria Boom Actually Harming New York Pizza as We Know It, Newsweek Says + Newsweek has an interesting take on the latest golden age of pizza in New York City. There's a cloud in the silver lining of [...] means we'll lose a way of life—walk in with $3 and eat your pizza on the street."

+ Dear Slice: A Recommendation for Pizza in Sydney, Australia + Clicking in to the Slice inbox today, we've got some intel from Australia. — The Mgmt. If you or any of your [...] It in Your Mouth] Good Pizza Is Hard to Find in Sydney [Anthony Bosco's Weblog]

+ Salvatore of Soho: Great Pizza on ... Staten Island + Salvatore of Soho 1880 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island NY (Grant City; at Slater Blvd.; map ); [...] with a respectable amount of oven spring and moderate hole structure. At times, however, the crust can exhibit a bit too m