Author Archives: mbodayle

Midnight Oil—New Pizza Spot on Nashville’s West Side

It had been so long since The Pizza Snob was on an adventure to discover new pizza that I almost forgot what to do. With my lack of travel creating little in the way of opportunity, I had no choice but to get out of the house and check out a new local spot. Since […]

Whole Foods Market–The Pizza Snob Gives It Another Try

Among other things, working at home during the COVID pandemic has disrupted my workday routine of having lunch everyday at the Whole Foods Market in the Green Hills area of Nashville. My brisk walk there and back for exercise and the wide assortment of tasty and healthy things to eat from the buffet, etc. were […]

New York City – Pandemic Pizza Closures

OK, I get it that folks are glad 2020 is over. Yes, there is finally hope that these vaccines will bring an end to this disgusting pandemic. Not to be a total downer, but let’s face it, things will still suck a while before we get back to normal. It will soon be a year […]

Birmingham’s Post Office Pies—Pizza Excellence in Alabama

You have got to admit that it is rather unusual to see a place in Alabama, or anywhere in the Deep South for that matter, regularly show up in lists of the best pizza spots in America. Well, after seeing Birmingham AL’s Post Office Pies show up several times now, it has been on the […]

Panama City Beach’s Bubba’s Pizza—Who Woulda Thought?

During last month’s COVID getaway to the Florida Panhandle, while driving back to 30A from a day trip to Panama City Beach, I spotted a pizza joint with a name that made it a place I just had to visit. I guess that this being the South, there had to be at least one Bubba’s […]

New York Pizza & Grill—Pizza in PCB

Desperately needing another pandemic break, Mrs. Pie and I took the chance on a November trip to the beach. Again, visiting our beloved 30A on the Florida Gulf Coast, we were truly blessed with a beautiful week with the weather forecasters being about as wrong as they possibly could be. This time though we stayed […]

Sauce It Pizza—At The Hub in Florida’s 30-A

Holidaying at the beach during COVID was a great getaway for me and Mrs. Pie. Trying to squeeze in one more pizza joint before we went back home, I took a chance on a place that I didn’t think would be too great. Leaving the sand for a quick afternoon snack, my intuition about Sauce […]

UPDATE: Matteo’s Pizza Space in Franklin/Brentwood Becomes Basil Garden

Original Review: 02/09/13 PIZZA SNOB RATING **1/2 Not a Total Waste       Matteo’s Pizza, who has been in Franklin for around 20 years has left he business. Starting out in The Factory in Franklin, they later moved to a location on Carothers that they pinned as Brentwood. Their space is now occupied by Basil Garden […]

Lola Coastal Italian–A Delicious Pizza Comes to Florida’s 30-A

With COVID isolation driving us both nuts, Mrs. Pie and the Pizza Snob decided that a safe escape from the confines of our Tennessee home was in order. Where safer than then fresh salt air and sunshine of our favorite place on the Florida Gulf Coast. Of course, once we got there, it wasn’t long […]

Florida Panhandle’s 30-A Update 2020

UPDATE: Florida Panhandle’s 30-A—Acme Ice House is No More Original Review: 08/07/14 Previous Rating: ***1/2 Working on a Good Thing Acme was a fun place with a varied menu and a decent pizza, but it’s gone. I’m probably a year or two late on this, but this season their ginormous space has been split into […]