Bellini’s Pizza – My Opinion on the Coal Fired Pizza in Fort Lauderdale
A few weeks ago I noticed a new sign had been put up blocks away from my humble apartment, Bellini’s Coal Fired Pizza. Naturally, the first thing that came to mind was, “I better tell Lapp immediately.” Despite his busy schedule of pissing people off, we managed to schedule a dinner there for the same week. Imagine my excitement, another possibly delicious pizza option close by. Score. I waited for our night to come with baited breath.
Although I usually have a place in mind, when I roll into a town, sometimes I like to play pizza roulette, and take my chances on any one of a dozen goofy factors, i.e. largest yellow pages ad, 3rd pizzeria on the left, and like that. This stems from adventures some buddies and I used to have back in the day, when we would take a deck of cards to the airport on a Friday nite, draw two cards, and subsequently go have an adventure (for example) at the destination of the 4th flight leaving from the 3rd counter. Ah, those were the days. The places I have (wished i hadn’t!) seen! LOL.
Go ahead and find someone from the Coral Springs area of Florida and ask them what their favorite pizza place is, and you are more than likely to hear Pizza Time as their response. Let me make it clear, you would never hear this response from me.
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Just heard from a credible source that Augy’s Pizza in Boca Raton, has the original owners back. About three years ago, the family that ran Augy’s (they also own the plaza) sold the restaurant to a family out of Long Island. Well I guess business started to go downhill, and the original family repurchased the store and are trying to turn it around and bring it back to its original glory.
Yet another disappointment…Went back to Boca Pizza the other day, and ordered a slice. From my previous review of this place, you probably know that I found the pizza to be pretty damn good. It had a different taste to it then any other pie I have found locally. This turned many off, but I found the uniqueness in it, and enjoyed it. The slice I had today was quite awful!
Got to wondering about c-mart and gas station pizzas/foods after writing about a couple of them here, Hunts Brothers and Bellarico NY Style. I’m only talking about small licensed operations, not co-branded c-stores that have full-size food franchise operations within, like Pizza Hut, Pizza Inn, Dominos, and so on.
On our way to buy some holiday gifts down in Coconut Creek, we passed by the spot that used to house Tony’s Authentic Brooklyn Pizza, and realized it had reopened under a new name. Mr. Pronto Pizza Restaurant did some minor redesigning, applied some ugly color paint on the walls, and took down some of the photos that once adorned the walls, and seem to be taking a gamble at making this location work.
Starting with a single Iowa location in the 50s,