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Month: October 2005

Pizzeria Bianco – Phoenix, Arizona
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Pizzeria Bianco – Phoenix, Arizona

Gil GardunoOctober 27, 2005July 23, 2018

To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of pizza in America, aficionado Ed Levine ate nothing but pizza for an entire twelve month period, taking a representative pulse of the best from among thousands of pizza purveyors. His terrific tome, Pizza A Slice of Heaven, provides a definitive guide to a…

Lee’s Sandwiches – Chandler, Arizona
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Lee’s Sandwiches – Chandler, Arizona

Gil GardunoOctober 25, 2005July 23, 2018

For years, the American viewing public has been subjected to the bombardment of the airwaves with the exploits of Jared. Once a corpulent fellow who weighed 425 pounds, Jared metamorphosed into a 190-pound shadow of his former self largely through a calorie reduction effort comprised principally of submarine sandwiches proffered…

Cafe O – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
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Cafe O – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoOctober 6, 2005July 23, 2018

Within a few weeks after its launch in late 2003, it seems all the restaurant critics for Albuquerque’s periodicals had waxed poetically effusive about Cafe O, a novel counter eatery whose menu purports to offer a “taste of the world.” Considering those food critics are all women, I pictured genteel…

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