Which Pizza Is Your Favorite: La Pizza or Joanie's?

Riverfront Times readers rated the Soulard pizza spot above U City's La Pizza in both thick and thin crust categories. Do you demand a recount?

RFT readers chose La Pizza as one of the St. Louis area's best pizza makers, the publication revealed in its Restaurants 2013 guide. The U City restaurant ranked in the top five for Favorite Thick Crust and Thin Crust pizzas, placing third and second, respectively. Why didn't it place any higher? Blame Joanie's Pizza, with spaces in Soulard and Oakville. While Tower Grove’s Blackthorn Pub took the prize for Favorite Thick Crust, Joanie’s was named the Favorite Thin Crust and second Favorite Thick Crust. Rankings were determined by reader votes, according to RFT.  Both La Pizza and Joanie's offer several sandwich and salad options (not to mention awesome lunch specials). Do you think La Pizza should have ranked above the rest? Who makes …

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Raise Enough Dough, Get a Pie Named for You

Katie's Pizzeria owner is just over $6,000 away from meeting her Kickstarter goal for an artisan pizza and pasta spot in Rock Hill.

There are just a few days left to contribute to a Kickstarter campaign that would allow Katie’s Pizzeria owner Katie Lee to expand her artisan cooking to Rock Hill. Lee launched a Kickstarter campaign in late January in hopes of opening Katie's Pizza and Pasta, and is now less than $5,000 away from her $40,000 goal. Interested backers have until March 15 to contribute funds. In exchange for their financial support, Lee is offering perks from a complimentary drink to a pizza designed and named in the backer's honor. Read previous story: Clayton Pizzeria to Expand to Rock Hill With Kickstarter Help Support to the Kickstarter began rapidly. The restaurant was approximately 25 percent of the way to their goal prior to a KSDK report on Feb. 7; …

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Pi Pizza Food Truck to End Service July 31

The Pi truck was one of the first food trucks in the St. Louis area.

Pi Restaurants will discontinue regular operations for its food truck service in the St. Louiis area on Tuesday, July 31, according to the Pi Pizza web site.  Pi has locations in the Delmar Loop, Kirkwood, the Central West End, Chesterfield and a new location in the Merchantile Exchange in downtown St. Louis. The statement on Pi's web site reads as follows: July 31st, 2012 will be the last day of regular operations for both our St. Louis and Washington, DC trucks. We are thrilled to have led the way in STL food truck scene, scouting out the most popular spots for trucks in St. Louis City. We’ve enjoyed bringing our Pi to guests who couldn’t otherwise enjoy Pi in our full-service restaurants during their lunch hour. But now we want to re-…

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Jean Whitney

8:25 am on Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Chesterfield Pi Pizzeria is located on Clayton Road at Baxter Road, same corner as Phillips 66 gas station.   more ›

Pi Pizza First in MO with Meatless Monday

University City's Pi Pizzeria is the first Missouri restaurant to start Meatless Mondays, the international campaign for veggie-only dishes once a week.

Pi Pizzeria is the first restaurant in the state of Missouri to adopt Meatless Mondays, an international campaign to cut meat consumption once a week. The concept may sound unusual, especially since pepperoni has long been America’s documented favorite pizza topping, but going meatless on Mondays has a long history in the U.S. During World War I, Herbert Hoover, then head of the U.S. Food Administration, campaigned for families to limit consumption of scarce items—including meat—so there’d be enough for the troops. A Saturday Evening Post article in 1929 reported on the movement: “Americans began to look seriously into the question of what and how much they were eating. Lots of people discovered for the first time that they could eat less …

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Food Fight

Mid-County Patch Readers Say twinOak Has the Best Pizza

We had a great debut to our first Mid-County Food Fight. Here are your other top picks.

The people have spoken (or, at least, some of the people): twinOak Wood Fired Fare has the best pizza in Mid-County. TwinOak, located at 1201 Strassner Dr. in Brentwood, received 27 percent of the vote in our first Food Fight poll. Pi Pizzeria, located in Kirkwood and near University City, and Dewey's Pizza, located in Kirkwood, University City and Webster Groves, tied for second place with 15 percent each. La Pizza in University City came in fourth place with 10 percent. Voting took place from Wednesday morning until Thursday at 5 p.m. Congratulations, twinOak, and thank you to all who participated in the Food Fight by voting in the poll and leaving comments on the site. We look forward to hearing from you again in the next edition of …

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Erin Nelson

11:54 am on Friday, January 20, 2012

I am at TwinOak right now, congrats!   more ›

Food Fight

Food Fight: Time to Vote in the Pizza Poll

We got your nominations, Mid-County folks. Now we ask you to vote among the top choices for the pizza champion.

When we asked Patch readers for their favorite pizza joints in Mid-County, we got plenty of suggestions—and we're grateful for your help getting our first Mid-County Food Fight off the ground. We read your comments on Patch, as well as comments posted to our Patch Facebook pages. Here are your choices: To finish off this Food Fight, we need you to vote on your favorite pizza place in our poll below. Leave a comment on why you voted, or share your choice on Facebook and Twitter. You can also leave a review of these restaurants on Patch. You have until Thursday at 5 p.m. to vote, and we’ll announce the winner of the Food Fight on Friday morning. Thanks again, and happy eating.

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Looped In

Looped In: Jan. 17 Edition

All the news you need for Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Good morning University City! Welcome to the column that will help you get through the day. Every Monday through Friday, we'll tell you what's going on around town, what you need to know and where the traffic snags might be. Have a suggestion to make University City Patch more helpful? Leave a comment or drop me an email at maggie.rotermund@patch.com. Do you use social media? Check us out on Facebook and Twitter. 

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Food Fight

Food Fight: Who Has the Best Pizza in Mid-County?

Let us know your favorite place for pizza by leaving a comment below.

Pizza is on the menu for our premier edition of Mid-County Food Fight. Each week, we'll be looking for your suggestions on the best restaurants, diners and cafes for pizza, barbecue, pasta and more. Please vote, nominate and spread the news about our friendly competition. This week: Who has the best pizza in Mid-County. By Mid-County, we are referring to Brentwood, Clayton, Des Peres, Glendale, Kirkwood, Maplewood, Oakland, Richmond Heights, Rock Hill, University City, Webster Groves and Warson Woods.  Please post a nomination in the comments below. You may submit comments until 5 p.m. Tuesday. We'll take the top three or four nominees and post an article on Wednesday morning. Then, you can vote in a poll to decide the Food Fight champion…

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Frugal Family

Clothes and Food Deals Ease Wallet Pressures

Each week, University City Patch provides you with five great money-saving opportunities.

This week, Frugal Family scoured our local sources to come up with great deals that make it easier for families to eat out. Also on the list are clothing and shoe deal. Remember to check with the merchant for additional conditions. FRANK  & HELEN'S PIZZERIA : Kids Eat Free Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after 5p.m. with the purchase of an adult entree of greater value. Good through: Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after 5p.m.. SOLE AND BLUES : Subscribe to the Sole and Blues Newsletter, on the left-hand side column of the Sole and Blues website and get $10 off your next purchase. Also on sale at Sole and Blues: Dar See Ankle Bootie in grey and black-Diba shoes, regularly priced at $124, on sale for $86.80. Several styles of men's …

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