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Tacconelli’s Pizzeria

Tacconelli’s Pizzeria
2604 E Somerset St
Philadelphia, PA 19134
(215) 425-4983

Today we went to Tacconelli’s.  I like that the pizza is backwards with the sauce on top and the cheese under it.  I like that it has lots of tomato sauce.  I really like the tomato sauce; it’s liquidy.  The cheese is stringy and the crust is thin and crunchy.  Carl said that Uncle Larry once ate two whole pizzas here by himself.  Uncle Larry almost forgot to take my picture because he was too busy eating the pizza.
They have a lot of different sodas and you can even bring in your own stuff.  There was a party going on and they brought a lot of food and drinks.  But I can’t wait for them to bring out our second pizza.
4.0 slices I wish they could make a pizza slice as big as a whole pizza.
I give this place four stars!!!!!!
Jacob with a slice of Tacconelli's pizza

Jacob with a slice of Tacconelli’s pizza

Slice Pizza

Slice Pizza
1180 South 10th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215)  463-0868

We went to Slice tonight.  We ordered plain pizza but it is not like one of those places with a waitress.  We had to go to the counter to order our pizza.  We sat outside and we got a bottle of orange soda for our drink.

The pizza is good, two thumbs up.  It’s crunchy and if you push it down with your thumb, it doesn’t break.  It holds its shape, and it’s good hard.  It’s nice and hot.  The parmesan cheese is fresh and good too.

The people are nice.  They gave us extra parmesan and the tomato sauce is very tomatoey. There was no waiter so you have to go to the counter and ask for stuff.  You have to ask for them to open your bottle and anything else you need.  We sat outside at a table and were left on our own.

It’s just across the street from Capitolo playground.

4.0 slices I rate this place 3 and a half stars. They lost half a star because you had to ask them for stuff.
Jacob outside with pizza at Slice Pizza on 10th Street

Jacob outside with pizza at Slice Pizza on 10th Street

Marra’s

Marra’s
1734 E Passyunk Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19148

We went to Marra’s tonight because the mussels are so good and we like the pizza too.  We came here a few months ago and the waitresses still remembered us.  We got a Shirley Temple.
These are the best mussels in the whole city especially when you dip them and the bread in the garlic sauce.
4.0 slices
The pizza is very good. The crust is chewy and crunchy and it had the perfect amount of cheese and sauce. The staff is really nice. I give it 4 slices!

 

Jacob eating some Marra's Pizza

Jacob eating some Marra’s Pizza

Roman Delight

Roman Delight
1418 Old York Road
Abington, PA  19001

Tonight we went to Roman Delight for Carl’s birthday.  It is close to zaydas and we were going to the Poconos and it was easier to go here.
 3.5 slices The pizza was ok and i would give it like maybe 3.5 slices.

 

Carl at Roman Delight

Carl at Roman Delight

Nomad Pizza Company

Nomad Pizza Company
611 South 7th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

We used to come when they first opened but they didn’t have drinks we liked so we stopped coming.  But now we like Roy Rogers and Shirley Temples so we came back.  We are sitting at an outside table and we ordered meatballs and a margherita pizza – how wonderful dinner!!  The meatballs are good and the bread with the meatballs was really really good.
The waiter, David,  just brought us out 4 extra cherries for our drink and we didn’t even ask him.  Yay!  The waiter is really nice.
The pizza sauce is like tomatoey so it tastes more like fresh tomatoes. The pizza is made an old fashioned oven where me and Carl looked at the fire through the window. For dessert we had raspberry and line sorbet and it was excellent!
4.0 slices The nomad pizza is actually really good. I give it all 4 stars!

 

Jacob outside with pizza at Nomad Pizza Company

Jacob outside with pizza at Nomad Pizza Company

Stogie Joe’s Tavern

Stogie Joe’s Tavern
1801 E Passyunk Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19148

We came here because we heard from Uncle Larry that it was voted one of the best places in the country.  I told the waitress that they can put the sauce on the top and cheese on the bottom and I got mushrooms on it too.  We also ordered mussels and Roy Rogers to drink.  The mussels are almost as good as Marras which is right there (pointing across the street).  Some mussels are orange and my favorite part is the stringy part.
4.0 slices I give this pizza 4 slices even thoigh the crust was a little burnt.
I like the way they have a garage door in the seating area and you can see good. Its a really big window.
Stogie Joe's Tavern

Jacob & Carl with one pie and bowl of mussels

Lickety Split

Lickety Split
401 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Every week we went for pizza and saw a sign that said “Best Pizza on South Street” but it was at a bar.  One week we finally decided to try it and it really was the best.

The pizza is big like Lorenzo and Sons and it should get 4 slices.  The fries are really good also.  Carl added that “the pizzas are really, really, really good.”

You can sit upstairs or downstairs but we like to sit upstairs where it’s quieter and it’s like our own place because we’re the only ones who sit upstairs.   They also have drinks like Shirley Temples and Roy Rogers (which Uncle Larry says is cola and grenadine).

Carl just said that he wanted me to write that down but he didn’t tell me what to write down.  Sometimes Carl doesn’t make any sense.

4.0 slices I’m giving this place 4 slices because the pizza is really good, the pizza is really big, and the servers are really nice.
Carl says “You also get 2 cherries in your Shirley Temple.”
Lickety Split

One slice of pizza, cut in half, at Lickety Split in Philadelphia

La Fourno

La Fournos
636 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

This is a very nice place. I like it here. The people here are very nice to us. Carl added that this place is very fancy too. We miss the old bartender because she was really nice and she suggested Shirley Temples the first time and Carl remembers that they got 2 cherries the first time too.

This is the first place that I had mussels but I also like the pizza.

I like the pizza because it has a thin crust. I like thin crust better.

small 4.0 slices I’m giving this place 4 stars because the pizza is really good, the service is good, the bathrooms are nice and the restaurant is nice so that makes 4. Carl wants to give it a 5 for the mussels but 4 is the highest.

la fuorno

Lorenzo and Son’s on South Street

We decided to go to the famous Lorenzo and Son’s for our first trip. The pizza was big and good. It was thin but very filling. I did not even finish my pizza because it was so big and filling. I drunk Orange Crush soda. I put oregano on my pizza and we’re lucky that we go on Tuesday because it is Topping Tuesday and we can also get mushrooms and olives if we want.

They had no bathrooms so my brother had to hold it in until we found one in The Lite Choice. They had some seats but they were tooken up because there weren’t that much. So we had to walk all the way to the South Street bridge and sit on the grass right before you got on the bridge.

small 2.0 slicesThis got 2 slices out of 4 because they had no bathrooms and tables but the pizza was big and good and the employee was nice so it got 2 pizza slices.
lorenzos-small