Week 4 of the Easthampton Pizza Challenge is upon us and after today we’ll have seen all of the pizza Easthampton has to offer. Frankly, it has been a little disappointing, especially after some of the delicious pizza we had in Northampton. But we still have to see what Papa George Pizza (you may want to … Read more
Welcome to Week 3 of the Easthampton Valley Challenge! Tonight’s guinea pigs are Nini’s “Ristorante” on Cottage Street and Domino’s Pizza on Union St right next to Big E. I know what you’re thinking, “didn’t you already do Domino’s in Northampton?“. Yes we did, but this is the Domino’s in Easthampton and I wanted to … Read more
We’re now in full stride in our Easthampton Valley Challenge, pitting Village Pizza against it’s across-the-street rival Easthampton Diner. I haven’t had the pizza from either place, despite living in Easthampton for 3+ years (Antonio’s was always my go-to), so I was super curious to see what they was like. One of the things I love … Read more
We’ve made it! Here we are in our first Easthampton Pizza Challenge week pitting Adamo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant against Antonio’s Pizza & Wings. I lived in Easthampton for several years and Antonio’s was always my go-to for takeout pizza, whether I needed a one-off slice or enough to feed a party. I have less experience with Adamo’s, which I’ve … Read more
The dust is barely settling on our surprise result from the Northampton tournament and we are already revving up to start tasting some Easthampton pies! The tasting will begin in the next week or so, but in the meantime here is a preview of all the pizza places in Easthampton, MA we’re going to be trying. … Read more
Welcome to the Northampton finale! Back when we started this project, we had no idea if we would be capable of continuing all the way to the end, and yet here we are! What started with a bracket of 12 very different pizza shops in Northampton, MA has come down to our two intrepid finalists: … Read more
Welcome to week 10 in Northampton of the Valley Pizza Challenge! This week also completes our semi-final round and the winner of tonight’s contest will determine who goes up against Mimmo’s Pizza in the Northampton Finale which should be coming in a couple weeks. Tonight’s semi-final round matches up two solid contenders: Pizzeria Paradiso and Pinocchio Pizzeria … Read more
At long last we’ve arrived at the Northampton semi-finals, and what a fun ride it has been so far! Up on the chopping block today is our wildcard Mimmo’s and Sam’s Pizzeria, both in the heart of downtown Northampton. Mimmo’s has won two rounds already to get here, beating both Roberto’s and Hungry Ghost Bread and definitely … Read more
It has been a wild round 2 with some shake-ups, some rule changes, and a lot of good pizza! I’ve had a blast working on this so far and can’t wait to see who comes out on top. Here is a quick overview of the past few weeks in Round 2. Pizza Paradiso vs. … Read more
Here we are in the final week of round 2, after culling the 12 Northampton pizza places down to the top 8. For the semi-finals we’ll be challenging Pizza Paradiso vs. Pinocchio Pizzeria and Mimmo’s Pizza vs. the winner of tonight’s contest. Tonight we’re getting our first look at Sam’s Pizzeria & Cafe, a popular … Read more