Paul, I'm about 10 minutes west of the Tri-State & 22nd street. 95th Street is a pretty good haul from my place ~ 1 hour. I'll look at it! Bob S.
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:25:55 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where are you located Bob? I was driving from Racine to Detroit, and I > made a detour just to stop at Fox's. It's only fifteen minutes from the > I-294 95th street exit. (I think that toll road is I-294. In my Chicago > days we called it the Tri-State Toll Road.) After exiting the toll > road, you just head east on 95th to Western and turn right up to 100th > street. Fox has another outlet in Oak Lawn, but I think the original in > Beverly is better. > > When I was a teenager I delivered pizzas for a couple of South Side > joints. Avalon Pizza on 79th and Kenwood was my mainstay. I had to > deliver to some dicey neighborhoods. The Blackstone Rangers used to > chase me sometimes. I used to pray that my car would start. > Fortunately, it always did. I went on vacation and had a friend take > over for me. He ended up in the hospital with a severe concussion and > multiple lacerations. I should have coached him a bit more on what to > watch out for. (Example: When they say come around to the back door, > you get in your car and leave.) Those were some tough times on the old > South Side. But the pizza was always good. > Paul > On Nov 20, 2004, at 5:04 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > Paul, > > Agreed, Uno's pizza isn't as good as it once was, but I was still > > thinking of driving into the city to get one tonight. We'll do it 4 > > or 5 times a year, often with the kids. > > My personal favorite is very crisp thin crust pizza, but after 30+ > > years, Alex & Aldo got too old and retired. I'm looking for a new > > place. Fox's Beverly Pizza? 100th and Western is far... > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > > > On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:51:48 -0500, Paul Stenquist > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yes, I miss Uno. Back in the sixties I used to go there at least once > >> a > >> week with my pals. We'd all pile in this guy's 55 Caddy and drive up > >> there from the South Side. In those days, there were names carved in > >> the walls and tables. I carved mine prominently on a table in the > >> corner. The pizza was wonderful then: thick, savory and sweet with a > >> very crunchy crust. I went back there a few years ago with my kids. I > >> wanted to show them my name and have a pizza. Imagine my > >> disappointment > >> when I opened the door and discovered that they had cleaned the joint > >> up. "Yes," the waitress said, "we replaced all the tables and woodwork > >> about ten years ago." It seems that after the franchised Pizzeria Unos > >> had popped up all around the country, people expressed displeasure > >> when > >> they saw how worn and grungy the original was. The pizza seemed more > >> institutionalized as well. It was certainly not what I remembered. > >> Good, but perhaps not great. My daughter who lives in Chicago tells me > >> that Giordano's is now considered the best deep dish pizza. She > >> FedExed > >> me one of theirs a couple of weeks ago. It doesn't have the real > >> crunchy almost mealy crust of the old Unos, but it does have very rich > >> sauce and good cheese. Ironically, Giordano's was on the South Side > >> back when I was a kid, and like most South Side pizzerias, they were > >> known for their thin crust pizza. Which, by the way, remains my > >> favorite. South Side thin crust pizza is the real Chicago pizza, and > >> it's far better than those hefty North Side pies. It's nothing like > >> New > >> York pizza. The crust is much thinner and has a corn meal texture. The > >> sauce goes right on top of the crust. Then comes a layer of loose > >> Italian sausage with lots of fennel. Mozzzarella goes over the sausage > >> and it's sprinkled with a bit of parmesan. When it's baked the sausage > >> gives up a bit of grease, and the cheese just kind of floats above the > >> pie. It's cut in little squares, which makes it manageable by hand. It > >> would be tough to eat doing a New York fold. Very decadent, very > >> fattening, but very good. My favorite is at Fox's Beverly Pizza on > >> 100th and Western. If you've never had a South Side Pizza, you haven't > >> lived <g>. > >> On Nov 20, 2004, at 9:26 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> > >>> The really important part of the shot is Pizzarea Uno, the best and > >>> most famous place for thick crust pizza in Chicago! Regards, Bob > >>> S. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:59:00 -0500, Paul Stenquist > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> So I'm walking in Chicago, and I see a Lucky Jeans billboard. Just > >>>> so > >>>> happens I recently shot a woman for stock pulling on a pair of Lucky > >>>> Jeans. So I think, "I ought to shoot this billboard and replace > >>>> their > >>>> shot with my shot." So I do. Unfortunately, the light was awful, > >>>> but I > >>>> did a workaround in my reconstruct. Anyway, here are the URLs for > >>>> their > >>>> version and my version. WARNING: MY VERSION DEPICTS A YOUNG WOMAN > >>>> WITH > >>>> HER PANTS AT HALF MAST. DON'T LOOK IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE > >>>> HUMAN > >>>> BODY. > >>>> > >>>> Lucky's version: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2894619 > >>>> > >>>> My version: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2894628 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > >
