Hello beautiful Palm Springs!
We're here to celebrate the Ol' Lady's birthday, and to soak up some sun and fun, and to just get the heck out of town (we've got a little lock-down fever.....).
So why not try some local pizza, perfect 110 degree weather food ;-/
After an exhaustive search I discovered this local favorite, Bill's Pizza. Bill claims to have perfected his pizza making skills by traveling through Italy and also participating in a seminar by none other than Chris Bianco (click on the following link for my blog about a trip that the Italian Stallion and I made to Phoenix to enjoy pizza from Chris' flagship restaurant):
First, let's start with a round of beers!
And while we waited we enjoyed some wonderful local art
We began with a very decent Caesar Salad. Nothing too exciting though, I think we were just glad that they kept it straight, no "creative twists" with this classic. Just do the classic, it's already good enough.
Thanks Bill!
As the sign states, fast slices! Cheese is up!
And for the grown-ups, a large pepperoni, sausage, and mushroom.
The style is similar to that of Fillipi's. For those of you not familiar with that type, using the NY style as a baseline, it's got a thicker crust and is more generously topped. This one, however, has a sourdough crust, which really means that they are naturally leavening the dough (there was no sourdough flavor). What this gives IS a lighter crust, and it needs it with the abundance of toppings.
Nice under-carriage. Crisp but not hard, it's certainly able to hold up the slice without any flop.
The only unpleasant part of this experience I'd say is when you get to the very outer range of the crust, it get's really hard, almost inedible. I'm not a fan of pizza bones (aka, not eating the crust), but in this case it was simply unavoidable.
Or
give it to the kid
Hey Mikey, he likes it!
DVA
