Sometimes, life throws you some surprises - like when you find out a friend is holding his three-year old’s birthday party in a brew pub. (He is British, so I suppose it shouldn’t be that surprising.
Last week, we reviewed Old Chicago Pizza, which happens to be owned by Rock Bottom,…

Never deviate from the script, those are the rules, and soon after I go and break them.
I’d passed the Boston’s on University, near the University the other day when I was down seeing Richard Dawkins speaking at Gammage. I made a mental note to come back soon, and the opportunity pr…

Old Chicago Pizza - the name itself suggests that it must have been around for a distant duration - and indeed, it’s been around longer than I knew. I’ve driven past one of their locations for years and never knew it was a pizza place. perhaps they should put better signs out front like…

As is standard procedure here at Pizza Locust, we don’t do formal reviews of pizza buffets; however, I did eat at Cici’s Pizza for lunch that week and have some general observations.
For starters, it’s hard to take a pizza place seriously that serves a macaroni & cheese pi…

On my last night in the Silicon Valley area, I decided to head up the east side of San Francisco Bay to visit Vito’s Pizzeria located in Newark, California.  I have to say it was excellent!  I met the owner (Vito!) and after eating a couple slices I introduced myself.  I was happy to know h…

We’re down in Tucson for the Gem & Mineral show. I was in the area of my favorite Tucson restaurant chain (Lucky Wishbone Chicken) and my favorite bookstore (Bookman’s) and playing with my new iPhone when I happened to catch an open wi-fi signal from some place called “Upperc…

I was at a conference at the convention center in San Jose, and took out for a walk at lunch day.  The prior dawn while getting exercise I had seen two places that sold pizza by the slice and I was anxious to give them a try.    The first stop was at Tony Soprano’s Pizzeria on San Fernando…