Freedom Rolling once again brings you another set of consumption reviews. Instead of turning to the potent potables this time, we'll be looking at some various pizza establishments and giving our take on them. Pizza is one of America's favorite foods, but not everyone does it very well. We'll see how these folks do.
Our first stop is just north of Chicago, Illinois, in the suburb of Morton Grove for Giordano's. Anyone who experiences pizza in the Chicago area will come to understand the deep dish variety, and this restaurant has been serving the midwest's famous pie for over 50 years across several locations across the country. Deep dish pizza does take a bit longer than your typical pizza to prepare, but is well worth the wait. Even if you don't care for pizza, the chicken carbonara served family style is always a winner. Even if you're 106 miles to Chicago, whether or not you smoke, you might want to fill that fuel tank because you could just find yourself taking a trip to Giordano's for a good bite to eat.
We now take ourselves to Custer, South Dakota for Pizza Mill, the area's local pizzeria. Clearly as the concept of pizza traveled west, something went terribly wrong in the execution. Their attempt at pizza was basically nothing but a mountain of dough with a very small amount of toppings thrown in. The only way to get any sort of semblance of toppings was with one of their offerings where they basically took a side salad and threw it on top after the fact. Coupled with charging ridiculous tourist prices for terrible fare, you're better off going to one of the national chains for anything that would be considered pizza.
Finally heading up to the small community of Campton, New Hampshire, just outside of Franconia Notch, we come across Chesley's Pizza, a small convenience store with pizzas, calzones, and sandwiches to satisfy the New England traveler. Although we've heard from locals that this location declined a bit since the original owner sold the business, it doesn't seem to us that they've lost too much of a beat in their concoctions. This is certainly a good place to go if you're looking for a simple slice or even a whole pizza, but much of the other fare will also be one to try.
So while you Follow Your Internal Compass across this great nation, you may or may not find a good pizza, but there will almost certainly be hiding a diamond in the rough.
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