Category Tennessee
Franklin TN’s Wall Street Pizzeria—A New Issue on the Rise
Life as a Pizza Snob means that friends and family love to take you to new pizza places they have discovered. Such was the case recently when The Kid’s girlfriend’s family invited Ms. Pie and me to join them and our young ones for a Sunday lunch after church. The chosen place was the brand-spanking new […]
Two Boots Pizzeria – Nashville Welcomes Colorful Chain’s Incredible Pizza to Town
Two Boots Pizzeria’s name represents the geographical shapes of both Italy and Louisiana, a tribute to the founders’ love for both pizza and New Orleans. Two Boots Pizzeria Nashville is located on the triangle where 21st splits into Broadway and Division. They reside in a colorfully refurbished building previously occupied by The Great Escape, one […]
R.I.P.—Nashville’s DaVinci’s Gourmet Pizza
It embarrasses the Snob to admit that there was a time in his life when he was not involved in serious pizza eating. This period of lost opportunity existed during my vegan years when my family and I stopped eating all meat and dairy. The dairy part eventually came to an end when I realized […]
Franklin’s Brothers’ Pizza—An Average Pie with Good Intentions
Since his pizza-loving nephew Tayster was in town, the Snob decided they could explore together Brothers Pizza Company, a place the Snob had been once before several years ago. My recollection about it was neutral, obviously not impressed enough to make a return visit. So, the whole fam made the journey across town for a […]
UPDATE: Nashville’s Joey’s House of Pizza
Original Review: 09/05/12 Previous Rating: ***** Sets the Standard Music City pizza-lovers need not worry. Joey’s House of Pizza is not losing its five-slice rating. The Pizza Snob just wanted to gloat and boast about how his home town has one of the best pizza joints in the USA. It seems that as of late […]
UPDATE: Nashville’s Five Points Pizza
Original Review: 08/25/12 Previous Rating: ***** Near Perfection I have nothing more to say other than that I mis-rated it the first time. Simply stated, Five Point Pizza makes a perfect slice of cheese pizza. The Snob has now made three follow-up visits, and each time I was served a flawless slice. Since my first […]
Soulshine Pizza Factory—Nashville’s New Hot Spot Is Not For the Snob
The news broke last November that Mississippi-based Soulshine Pizza Factory would be opening its first out-of state location in Nashville. This Pizza Snob had zero interest after looking at its menu and pizza photos on its website. Nothing classic or traditional about this place that offered only gourmet-style pies overloaded with toppings. Not that there […]
Crust Pizza–Sewanee, TN’s Place for Cracker-Thin Crust
The Snob recently helped arrange an adventure bringing together the worlds of hiking and pizza. When Bassman Steve suggested we get a group together for a hike in the Tennessee hills, I thought we could tag it with a visit to Sewanee’s Crust Pizza. The “Hike and Pie” event was set on Facebook and 11 […]
Cool Springs Brewery—A Reinvented Pizzeria in Franklin (TN)
It was a lazy Saturday night, and no one in the house felt like cooking. Ah! The perfect opportunity for the Pizza Snob to have a local pizza adventure. So, The Philosopher and I hopped in the car and journeyed over to Cool Springs Brewery, located in a strip center in the Cool Springs shopping […]
Caesar’s Italian Restaurant – Late Night Disappointment in Downtown Nashville
When searching for something to eat late at night in any major city, you can almost always find a pizza joint still open somewhere downtown. One recent Saturday night feeling a bit hungry after a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds concert at the Ryman Auditorium, I thought I’d give Caesar’s Italian Restaurant a try. […]