on the list

of things we miss from Florida when we are in Chicago - grouper, stone crab claws, and pizza!

we have two places we like here and since the demise of Homemade Pizza we have few choices we really like in our neighborhood up north.  but here- we love the outpost of Grimaldi's from under the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC... a long time favorite

Grimaldi’s history of coal-fired brick oven pizza cooking can be traced to the first pizzeria in America back in 1905. Coal-fired brick oven cooking gives pizza a unique smoky flavor and a crisp crust that is just not possible with gas, convection, or wood oven.

there are several in the area although not one really close by-  but the pizza is excellent (the one we regularly order is shown above) and worth a journey!

and when we want to have pizza - last minute right around us... we like VIP (Village Idiot Pizza) which is small and family owned with very very good wood fired oven pizza-

 
my favorite is also "Adam's Favorite" I am happy he is willing to share!

Phil likes "the Flatlander" and also "the Butcher" (shown below)

so while we do miss many of the ethnic foods Chicago offers - we do have good pizza available!

this time they do it

but just barely-

we headed south to Ft Myers for another Cardinals game- this time against the Twins.  They played poorly and so did the Twins but they pulled it out in the last inning and won by a run.... we headed to Grimaldi's for pizza before heading back home- lots of appointments for service and deliveries to the condo to try to get somewhat settled before we leave to return to Chicago...

and our favorite pizza!

so up next- a room evolves and we go to a play...