Spillery Pizza and Piccola Cucina Amaretti
Question: is it really 2 for 1 pizza when one pizza is $9.75 and two are $18.95? I didn’t think so.
So we passed on Inglewood Pizza for Spillery Pizza (yes, the website still says Paul’s – it hasn’t been updated yet), which was really very good, and chased it with a little bag of delicate, chewy, gluten-free amaretti made by my friend Pina. She and her mom have launched a delicious biscotti/amaretti company called Piccola Cucina, and I’m proud to say she’s managed to get in with some coffee shops around town, and these little babies are served at Holt’s trunk sales and private shopping nights. (If you need someone to take care of your holiday baking and package it all up for you, she’s your girl. And a really sweet one at that.)
One Year Ago: Baked Penne and Caramel Cake with Caramelized Butter Frosting
November 29 2009 06:51 pm | eating out
the other Al on 29 Nov 2009 at 7:03 pm #
Pizza eh, seems like all we’ve eaten this weekend is the cheese pie also. I never looked at the difference in price between a single and two for one. Not pleased with your discovery. Means I’ve over paid for YEARS!
Vivian on 29 Nov 2009 at 8:13 pm #
Hmmm, well you “can fool some of the people some of the time…” but a “savings” of $.55?!, I don’t think so. Somebody didn’t pass Math 20. That pizza does look dam(n) good tho’. So do the Amaretti. Makes me wish I lived in Calgary. (Well, except for the sudden blizzards).
Debbie on 29 Nov 2009 at 9:30 pm #
I drive past Paul’s (now Spillery…noticed the name change the other day) about 3 times a week on my way home from work and have never ordered from there.
Now I will have to, because that just looks too good.
Jan Yip on 29 Nov 2009 at 10:46 pm #
Yum! I love deep-dish type pizzas, and this one looks pretty good! Which one off the menu is it?
JulieVR on 29 Nov 2009 at 10:49 pm #
Bacon, mushroom and double cheese. See how it gets all crispy on top? So gooood…
Kate on 30 Nov 2009 at 7:32 am #
Looks crispy too!
Pizza and amaretti sound like a culinary haven after an OD of turkey and pie. (A Freudian slip… I just wrote “turdey” … it’s about how I am feeling about turkey right about now)
I have to say it’s one of my least favorite holiday meals. Give me pizza!!!
Elaine on 30 Nov 2009 at 8:46 am #
As an East Coaster-turned-Chicagoan, I’m forever arguing the merits of NY-style pizza to the thick crust fans around here… but I have to admit, that pizza looks pretty awesome.
Robyn on 30 Nov 2009 at 12:21 pm #
Okay, maybe it’s not really 2 for 1, but that pizza certainly looks worth the price. Our local pizza joint is called Mountain Station Pizza and one that looks like your photo would go for $25. Mmmm, pizza . . . What is it that makes us want more? Happy week ahead!
JulieVR on 30 Nov 2009 at 12:26 pm #
No no, I was referring to Inglewood Pizza’s bad 2 for 1 math. Spillery pizza doesn’t do the 2 for 1 thing – it’s just small, medium or large! And yes, totally worth it!
Lynn on 30 Nov 2009 at 2:32 pm #
Oh man! I have been craving pizza and this didn’t help at all! That looks divine.
Barb on 30 Nov 2009 at 3:21 pm #
Looks like a great meal to me.
Beverley on 30 Nov 2009 at 3:53 pm #
Julie, I keep seeing you everywhere I go these days, it seems! I had a magazine (Glow, I think) that had your “fried” chicken recipe… and just now I saw your picture at http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/holiday-guide/gift/Gifts+from+kitchen+Homemade+presents+warm+hearts+fill+tummies/2276105/story.html
Kind of fun seeing you all over the place
Beverley on 30 Nov 2009 at 4:00 pm #
PS — I just tried to click through the links from your bookstore page (to see how much they are) and after logging into paypal and trying again, it says the links are outdated
inner.ironman on 16 Dec 2009 at 10:50 pm #
grew up in saskatchewan living in the US now and this picture of the pizza immediately reminded me of the ‘meat laden’ pizzas we were accustomed to having from places like Western Pizza. Rarely have found anything quite like those pies outside of western canada!