PizzaMecca

PizzaMecca Pizza reviews by Bobby Pickles, Charrman of the PizzaMecca™️ of the Universe—Connecticut! Sometimes NYC and the rest of the Northeast. Florida, too.

Plus, PizzaMecca™️ Clothing "The Promised Brand." 🍕🕋

06/01/2026

🍕 Happy Birthday, Pizza Hut! 🎂🏠🇺🇸

On May 31, 1958, brothers Dan and Frank Carney opened the first Pizza Hut in Wichita, Kansas.

Sixty-eight years later, I drove three hours out of the PizzaMecca™️ to Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, to visit one of America’s most famous Pizza Hut Classics.

The red roof.

The red cups.

The Pac-Man machine.

The salad bar.

Pure, gonzo nostalgia.

Owned by the Daland Corporation, this location has become legendary among Pizza Hut fans for preserving the classic experience that so many of us grew up enjoying.

So on Pizza Hut’s 68th birthday, I decided to celebrate the only way I know how:

By eating greasy pan pizza and experiencing a slice of American history.

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05/31/2026

Is This Even Pizza? Rhode Island’s Cold Pizza Cult 🍕🔮

We’re outside of the PizzaMecca™️ (but the locals might disagree) in the great state of Rhode Island trying what these Rhodies call “party pizza” — or “pizza strips” — although as a self-respecting Connecticut Yank, I have a hard time actually considering it “pizza.”

P-Town Patrick Reilly joins me in an inner-ring suburb of Providence at D. Palmieri's Bakery trying their signature Party Pizza Strips — and yes, that initial “D.” is probably there because Rhode Islanders can’t pronounce Italian surnames like De Niro or the Italian word for “of” properly.

Pizza strips look akin to garlic bread… hold the garlic — smather (yes, it’s a word, you idiots) it with tomato sauce, bake it low and slow, then serve it cold.

I love cold pizza… and I guess Rhode Islanders agree. Dave Portnoy doesn’t, but he’s not even Italian, so who cares what he thinks?

Eric John Pizza Artist fifth-gen pizzaiolo of the D. Palmieri posse — transforms these party pizza trays into prodigious, palatable portraits using toppings like icing on a cake.

One of his standout creations was Hulk Hogan.

So while outsiders debate whether this even qualifies as pizza… Rhode Islanders turn it into art.

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05/26/2026

Borderline Poisonous Pizza 🍕☠️🌲

Seven hours outside the PizzaMecca™️… and somehow I ended up in Houlton, Maine — practically in Canada — eating a pizza topped with something that’s only edible for about three weeks a year.

Fiddleheads.

The curled young shoots of the ostrich fern.

Apparently people in Maine looked at a seasonal forest plant with a microscopic edible window and collectively said:

“Yeah… put that on pizza.”

So naturally, I had to try it.

This review comes by way of Market Pizza — where manager Jamie agreed to make me a fiddlehead pie and risk my future dependency on green budding plants.

Outstandingly delicious.

Now I get it. A few bites and suddenly I’m calculating mileage, checking fern forecasts, and wondering how many pizzas constitute a seasonal habit.

And in this economy… I’m glad they’re regularly poisonous. Because with these gas prices, who can afford to drive up to Maine every time they’re jonesing for a fix?

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05/18/2026

Working on My Ah-Beetz Bod: Sally’s at Seaside 🍕🕋

Happy Sunday. After Mass this morning, we found ourselves at Sally's Apizza
in Fairfield.

When you live in the PizzaMecca™️ on a warm spring day — in preparation for beach season — sometimes the best way to work on your beach bod is strengthening the stomach muscles directly. Working on the Ah-Beetz Bod.

Pepperoni and burrata pie down the hatch… consumed oceanside like civilized Connecticut heathens. Salty pizza and salt water were designed by God to coexist.

There’s something deeply spiritual about leaving Mass and immediately engaging in the sacrament of molten dairy products on the sand. The Eucharist for the soul… followed by charred apizza for the gains.

05/16/2026

No Picking Lanes in Maine 🍕🔥❄️

Earth. WIND-ham. Fire & Ice… Four Elements. Four Pizza Styles. One Irish Mental Patient.

While traveling throughout the Northeastern United States, me and my weird Cousin Mike — found ourselves at Fire & Ice — in Windham, Maine — situated on the shores of Sebago Lake.

Earth… WIND-ham… Fire… Ice… all four elements.

And apparently FOUR styles of pizza too!

Owner Chris — an Irish mental patient with an encyclopedic knowledge of regional pizza styles — learned New Haven pizza in New Haven, bar pies in Massachusetts, and rolled ice cream in Orlando, Florida.

No mozzarella sticks.
No salads.
No distractions.

Just outstanding pizza and hibachi-style rolled ice cream.

Purple lighting. Inflatable elephants. Carbohydrate chaos.

Chris also informed me that if I didn’t give him a good review, he’d come for me personally.

Fortunately for me, everything at Fire & Ice is Out-Fu**ing-Standing!

God. Pizza. Country.

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Dear I need to know who makes THE BEST “Fiddlehead Pizza” in either Maine or Vermont!I’m planning on driving up next we...
05/14/2026

Dear I need to know who makes THE BEST “Fiddlehead Pizza” in either Maine or Vermont!

I’m planning on driving up next week to do some reviews. Please drop your recommendations in the comments. 🙏

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Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉Mike Piccirillo Crypto, Boomy Brown, Sam ...
05/11/2026

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉

Mike Piccirillo Crypto, Boomy Brown, Sam Knights, Evan Doucette, Laura Frazier Connors

05/11/2026

Raw Milk and Breakfast Pizza… VacationLand Breakfast of Weirdos 🥛🍕

The farther north… the more strange the pizza.

Up in St. Albans, Maine at Indian Lake Market, Kevin and Mary are baking up breakfast pizza pies loaded with farm-fresh eggs, bacon, sausage, and cheese…it’s like quiche on steroids minus the steroids.

Wash the pizza down with fresh, raw “Vitamin Double D” milk…while “Ooo Baby I Like It Raw” plays in the background and you’ve got a breakfast of champions…or just weirdos.

Well… at least one weirdo: my weird Cousin Mike.

Weird is good… and outstandingly delicious.

Owner Kevin takes pride in the quality of his pizza pies and one-liners. Therefore, I gifted him a PizzaMecca™️ shirt and informed him that Indian Lake Market is officially a foreign embassy of the PizzaMecca™️.

“Long live breakfast pizza.” — Cousin Mike

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05/05/2026

Al’s Pizza (Maine) for Dinnah: Le Big Mac Pizza Review — Zero Flop

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Cousin Mike and I — Robert Vincent Piccirillo — traveled outside the PizzaMecca™️… past Mohegan Sun… and straight into the Skowhegan rain — some extended family in tow…

Typical New England weather… for atypical people.

Up here they’ve got three meals:
Breakfast. Dinnah. Suppah.
This was Dinnah.

We pulled up to Al's Pizza — Best Pizza in Maine (2023 & 2024).

The Main(e) Event: what I call “Le Big Mac” — on the menu, the Cheezeburg Pizza.
Hamburg… three cheeses… tomatoes… pickles — the most important ingredient… all smothered in that Big Mac-style dressing.

Pizza verdict:
Outstanding. Zero flop — despite all the toppings.

Dessert? Homemade MoonPies — Little Debbie ain’t got nothing on Big Debra.
PFG (Pretty Fu**in Good).

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05/04/2026

Two FLORIDIOTs vs New England “Beach Pizza”

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Two FLORIDIOTs stumble onto a New England beach…

they eat beach pizza — but it ain’t the “beach pizza” they grew up on.

On Salisbury Beach — right on the cusp of New Hampshire and Massachusetts — they do beach pizza… weirdly different.

Square.
Flat.
Melted slice of provolone on top.

(Also got videobombed by a local Masshole content creator — — dropping a Borat soundbite.)

Tripoli vs Christy’s…

and after tasting both, Cousin Mike and I, Robert Vincent Piccirillo, concur:

Tripoli Pizza and Bakery is the no-holds-barred heavyweight champ of the beach pizza game.

Sweet sauce.
Crunchier dough.

Weird Pizza = Weirder Family

Tripoli > Christy’s

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