Ed's Cosmic Pizza Blab: Can Serious Pizza-Makers Have More than Two Great Pizzerias?

Most great pizzerias are the product of one compulsive, obsessive person who lives and dies with every pie. Is it possible for a pizzeria to expand beyond two locations and maintain the quality that makes them great? It's like pizza-obsessed folks have decided that their collective ovens get too hot for them to consider adding a third pizzeria.

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57 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, August 9, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Tagged: Anthony Mangieri, Apizza Scholls, Brian Spangler, Bruce Hill, Chris Bianco, Delancey, Doug Horn, Dough Pizzeria Napoletana, Frank Pepe's, Great Lake, Mathieu Palombino, Motorino's, Nick Lessons, Paulie Gee's, Pizzeria Mozza, Pizzeria Picco, Sally's Apizza, Serious Pie, Totonno's, Una Pizza Napoletana, Zero Zero, Zuppardi's

Blogwatch: 'Foodie Call' Visits Serious Pie in Seattle

Gary of Foodie Call made a pilgrimage to Serious Pie in Seattle recently. He was pretty impressed with the chanterelle mushroom and truffled cheese pie.

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8 Comments | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, October 27, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Tagged: Blogwatch, Foodie Call, Seattle, Serious Pie, Tom Douglas, Washington

Dear Slice: 'You into Nettles on Pizza?'

"It's like French kissing a forest nymph!" [Photograph: Leslie Kelly] Leslie Kelly (former critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and columnist on Serious Eats) just emailed me. Subject line: Ever had nettles on pizza? That's the thang this "spring" in Seattle... at Serious Pie and Delancey. At Serious Pie (picture) they were creamed and served with black trumpet mushrooms... YUM!! Might be of interesting to ask Slice readers: What's the most exotic ingredient you've had on a pizza?...

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6 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, February 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: Dear Slice, Delancey, ingredients, Leslie Kelley, nettles, Seattle, Serious Pie

Seattle: Serious Pie's Cherry-Bomb Pepper and Sausage Pizza Is the ...

[Photograph: Adam Kuban] Serious Pie 316 Virginia Street, Seattle WA 98101 (map); 206-838-7388‎; website Pizza Style: Artisanal Oven Type: Wood-fired The Skinny: The crust is soft and incredibly airy but takes most of its crispness from a dusting of cornmeal. The Margherita is good, but the real thing to get here is the sausage-and-cherry-bomb-pepper pie. It's amazing. Price: $14 to $16. Happy hour half-pies are $5 M–F, 3–5 p.m. After 48 hours of reminiscing, hanging out with old friends, and eating a boatload of pizza in Portland, my next stop was Seattle, aka Jet City, aka the Emerald City,...

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16 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 12, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Tagged: Pizza Madness 2009, Recommended, reviews, sausage pizza, Seattle, Serious Pie, Slice reviews, Washington

Serious Pie: Seattle's Favorite Pizzeria Lives Up to Its Name

Daniel Zemans, our man in Chicago, checks in with another piece of intel from the road, this time Seattle. --The Mgmt. My camera is level; the ground in Seattle is not. [Photographs: Daniel Zemans] Serious Pie 316 Virginia St., Seattle, WA 98101 (map); (206) 838-7388‎; Website Pizza Style: Artisanal Oven Type: Wood-fired The Skinny: The Restaurant King of Seattle turns out some top-quality pies with top-notch ingredients and an incredibly airy crust Price: Pies range from $14 to $16. During happy hour, 3–5 p.m., M–F, half-sized pies are available for $5 each After three fantastic days on Orcas Island, an...

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7 Comments | Posted by Daniel Zemans, September 9, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Tagged: reviews, Seattle, Serious Pie, Slice reviews, Tom Douglas, Washington

'The Best Thing I Ever Ate' Pizza Episode

The Pizza Rosa from Pizzeria Bianco is the best (pizza) thing that food writer John T. Edge has even eaten. Philip G. (aka Prairie) calls our attention to the Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate episode on pizza, breaking down the list for us: Ted Allen: Graziella's, Brooklyn, Pizza Arugula and Parmesan Duff Goldman: Gino's East, Chicago, Sausage-Patty Style Marc Summers: Osteria, Philadelphia Margherita pizza Tyler Florence: Serious Pie, Seattle, chanterelle and truffle pizza...

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17 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, August 3, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Tagged: Food Network, Graziella's, John T. Edge, Pizzeria Bianco, Prairie, Serious Pie, Ted Allen, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, TV

Tom Douglas of Serious Pie in Seattle

Seattle chef Tom Douglas talks to the Savory Cities folks about his pizzeria, Serious Pie. This video appears to be part of a sneak peek at the upcoming Savory Seattle site....

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6 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 22, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Tagged: Seattle, Serious Pie, videos, Washington