pizza ride tomorrow

8 1/2 White Pizza / Calzone

I like a nice 8 1/2 every now and then. Their food is good and I enjoy how different the pizza is from most places around here, and most mid-atlantic places in general. I am pretty narrow with most of the pizza I review, usually just getting a plain cheese, regular marinara. A lot of people would consider it pretty boring. Every now and again I mix it up.

I happen to love the white pizza at 8 1/2. Eating it is so simple. Thin, with cheese nice and crispy on top in some places, a nice spicy kick to it, even the way they cut it, makes it seem fun and like more of a snack to me. If you haven’t tried it, you should.

On a side note, a buddy has been tipping us off to their breakfast pizza. I see a definite review in the future.

Last order of business, this being a spontaneous update. The 8 1/2 calzone marinara is awesome. Its not as pasty as most stuff you find at bigger restaurants and chain places, and it has a very nice light feeling to it. A little oily, but I think that’s a prerequisite when you are eating their food.

shitty cell phone pics on the way

Neckface + Pizza

I got a message from a great friend of mine who owns Wonder this morning. Some of the best news I’ve gotten all year. Neckface and Creature teamed up and did a new board for Al Partenen. Drool.

http://www.nhsfunfactory.com/item/11111858/creature/8.0×31.9-Free-Pizza-LTD-Powerply

Premier Pedicab Co. Cycling

Pamparius are now proud sponsors of Premier Pedicab Co. Cycling. So for the one or two of the regular readers that are interested in cycling, you may see some jerseys out there with the Pamparius “pizza up your ass” image, hopefully placed perfectly above the gyrating ass cheeks of some smooth legged cyclist.

You can check the team out here.

As a part of our sponsorship, the guys at PPC Cycling will continue to receive free pizza entertainment news from us.  And since we’re making money from ads here, we are able to treat the team members to a nutritious slice of pie once a month.

That’s all we can afford, guys.

metal head sign flipper

I actually still have cramps from laughing

strange matter needs pizza

There are a lot of good people with good ideas here in Richmond.  One of the better ones being Strange Matter which recently opened up at the Raygun’s old spot.  The concept is awesome.  Affordable food, beer and arcade games.  I’m talking real, classic arcade cabinets here people, not a Nintendo 64 hooked up to an old TV with a zip-lock bag full of games (though I do appreciate it, 821).  Granted, if this were a video game blog we could argue the value that some of these games have at a Barcade.  Just plain old SF 2?  You couldn’t try to get Turbo or one of the Alphas?  I can’t play this shit!

The point of this post does have some relation to pizza.  I spoke with “Krusty,” the owner of the old Krusty’s Pizza place that closed down a couple years ago next to The Lost Sock laundromat.  I really wanted to do a full on interview with him, he spoke so passionately about his wood-fired brick oven pizza and all I wanted was to do my part in getting his pizza gospel out there as much as I could.

Well, he never called back but he did briefly mention working his pizza mojo in the kitchen of Strange Matter.  Think about that for a while.  How much more rad would this place be if you could buy slices of pie while hanging with your bros (or hos)  and trying to beat Bad Dudes or attempting the Million Dollar Dream on your friend in WWF Superstars?  I think it could get none more better.

We’ll see if this ever happens, because frankly, having an adult version of Chuck E. Cheese in town would make me a much happier lad.

you’re getting stickers

Chez Dooley

more beautiful pizzas from our friend Nathan

Previously on 24……..Hour Pizza Delivery.

this week in pizzapics

cheese from Vito's during USA v CAN gold medal match

free slice of cold dominos at CBC. the new shit ain't good folks.

mister D. sent this in from Commercial Taphouse. Some kind of shrimp pizza.

get a free soda when you buy pizza at Tarrant's.