Pizza

You read that right, I want to discuss pizza.

Ever notice that everyone seems to know of "the" pizza place? It's that one place, the only place, for miles around that serves a decent pizza. I'm not sure just how that works, but I think it's one of the laws of human nature that we seek out "the place" at some point. Once we find it, there is no swaying us. With the exception of new ownership and a changed recipe.

My wife and I went out for supper last night. It had been ages since we'd had a pie from "the only place" for miles.

I used to work for the couple that owns the restaurant. When they took over, they made some changes. Most important was to change the way certain things were made. Gerry worked forever on the pizza sauce. One recipe was too spicy, another too bland. It had to have just the right consistency. It was several months in the development process. Advice was asked and a considerable amount of small scale trial and error done.

I think the key to deciding that somebody makes the best pizza is knowing that somebody has taken the time to care about the product. You just don't get that from one of those large franchise places.

Which leads to another rule of "the place". It seems to almost always be a smaller "mom and pop" outfit, a little restaurant from the neighborhood. There has to be a certain exclusivity, a uniqueness to the establishment. They may do other things, but you always know the pizza is going to be the best.