when you close your eyes and see an image of a nice, greasy cheeseburger floating in front of you? Methinks these carrots and hummus aren’t cutting it today. Thank God it’s pizza night.
Leah and I order pizza from three different places: Pagliai’s, Wig and Pen East, and Happy Joe’s. The only thing we ever get from HJ is their taco pie, which is one of Leah’s old favorites (she was a candy striper at the Decorah store back in the day). Pagliai’s is one of my old favorites; I lived two doors down from their place for 11 years during college and beyond. Even before then, I was eating their pizza fairly regularly. Wig and Pen East is a new branch of an old pub located on the Iowa City/Coralville border (really: If you walk from the dining area to the restroom, you’ve just crossed city lines). They have an amazing Chicago-style pizza that is always baked to perfection. What’s more, they always know me on the phone, because I’m the only person who ever orders pepperoncini. Leah, of course, doesn’t care for the pizza at Wig and Pen East, so it’s a rare treat for me. We had HJ taco last week, so I’m fairly certain we’re going to end up with Pagliai’s tonight. Leah will get green olive, black olive, and mushroom, and I’ll probably get anchovy, onion, and mushroom (two pizzas; I can’t tolerate half-and-half).
Why, oh why doesn’t Hardee’s deliver?