It’s been a month or so since I met Seth at Homeslice to enjoy the sun-dappled patio and a free pizza. My day job keeps me pretty much tied to my desk so I asked Seth if we could go early to beat the lines. I walked in when they opened at 11:30 a.m. and saw a line of work-a-day type dudes wrapped around the building, waiting for their pizza fix. It wasn’t even a Friday!

Luckily, Seth lives down the street and offered to walk over a bit early to …

Jen Strickland, co-owner of Home Slice Pizza joined us today on KGSR to chat about the staff’s recent pizza research trip to New York City, their blog, share some Home Slice goodies with us (like pizza, calzone, salad, garlic knots, and a rice krispies treat).

We also talked about their new patio bar with ping-pong table, upcoming expansion into the building next-door, Carnival of Pizza coming up on Dec. 5, and Seth Mazow’s “Year of the Pizza.”
Check out that calzone. HUGE. Delicous.

And you can download and listen to the show here:

When I first moved to Austin back in October 2003, I mourned the loss of a good New York City pizza. We had Saccones, but it was way up north and I was a south of the river girl back then. It felt like I had two choices for every meal I ate: Tex Mex or BBQ.
Austin has changed in the past five years and the dining scene has become more varied and interesting. While we have lost some wonderful spots like Las Manitas and Texicali Grille, we have gained …

I don’t remember the first time I saw Giovanni Pizza Stand on South Lamar at Barton Skyway, and was surprised to learn when I finally visited this past weekend that it has been there for two years. Giovanni is easy to miss – it’s a small white trailer with unassuming signage set in the back of an empty parking lot.
Owned by Julio Rangel, word is he settled on calling his little pizza and pasta stand by an Italian name to avoid people driving up and asking for tacos. Julio …

For many years, when you went out to dinner in Austin you had one choice to make – BBQ or Tex-mex. When I moved to Austin five years ago from New York City, the food that I missed the most was the pizza. Over the past few years, Austin has seen a flowering of respectable pizza joints throughout the city.

My favorites are spread throughout town so I’m never far from a slice of heaven – Homeslice in South Austin, Salvation in Central Austin, Saccones in North Austin, and Cipollina when …