Pizza in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
Patti and I "sort of discovered" Rosati's Pizza when we first ate at the IN-N-Out Burger in Lake Havasu City. See our below Post from APR 6, 23..
https://babakaps.net/?p=52026
Rosati's is in a mini-mall with other shops. At the left end of the below photo you see the Axe Throwing Venue. At the right end you have Rosati's. See them?
We ate dinner at Rosati's during the late evening. When we left, it was dark.
Time to go inside and check Rosati's Pizza out.
We sat (it was a warm evening) outside under an overhead awning.
Looking back inside.
Looking out towards the parking area.
Looking back behind where we were seated.
We ordered a Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza.
My very first Pizza, was in October of 1952 at Mario's Pizzeria on Woodward Avenue at Webster Road in Royal Oak, Michigan.
I loved Pizza and I kept eating it.
When my family and I lived in San Francisco, from 1965 to 1968, my wife and sons and I set out to eat at every Pizzeria in San Francisco. We never fully accomplished this task BUT the idea is : I have eaten a lot of Pizza in a lot of places over the past seventy (70) years (1952 to 2023).
Hard as it will be for some of you to imagine, I had never, as in never ever, eaten a Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza.
"Captain! Oh Captain? Were you living under a rock?"
Ike Sewell and Ric Riccardo invented Chicago deep-dish pizza. These two used their love for business and Italian cuisine and opened Pizzeria Uno in Chicago in 1943.
"Yep. I must have been living under a rock!"
Man O Manischewitz it sure looks good Patti!
Our waitress said, "It's loaded with cheese and sauce!"
THAT Sports Fans is a great and a vast understatement.
Below is OUR very own, our very first, and Sport Fans, our very last Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza.
Just look at that beauty! A perfectly baked crust!
"Come on Dad! Snap another photo of me!"
I swear that I am salivating as I look at these photos!
And now I will explain the above title of this Post!
NEVER .. NEVER EVER .. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT .. BUT IT'S TRUE ..
For the very first time in my entire life, I was NOT ABLE to finish a Pizza!!
Can you believe that Walter?
Thank the Good Lord for friends. Friends who "Are there for you in your moment of need!"
I immediately called Michael, Lil' Bits Daddy..
And when he answered my call I said to Michael..
"Michael, Olde Buddy, Best Pal, Our Ally, will you take the final full 1/4 of a Rosati's Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza that we cannot possibly finish. We'll drop it off in 10 minutes?"
"Sure Cap."
Now how is that for a friend!
And there you have it, The Rest of the Story, about the title to this post.
Man O Manischewitz what an adventure!
Smiles .. Cap and Patti
Michael began nibbling away at the pizza as soon as we dropped it off. He really liked it. Again Thanks Michael!
A delightful and colorful post Cap.
"A precise rendering of "The Night a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza Gastronomical Delight came to Lake Havasu City".....via my good friends Cap and Patti! And like you, Cap I had never eaten a Deep Dish Pizza, at least nary a one that could compare to Rosati's serving. Comically when Cap called I had just finished a light meal at home and was already filled to the brim. Having mentioned that, Cap said I'll drop it on by....just put it in the refrigerator. Yep, 10min later Cap handed me the remaining pizza. Without opening the box I was puzzled and curious. This box weighs a ton (slight exaggeration!). So I opened the box and marveled at all of the melted cheese so perhaps I will just take a little taste. That's all she wrote! The pizza was so scrumptious that I finished 1/3 of a slice. Man-O-Man was it tasty! And so, I disciplined myself and had another 1/3 the next night....and Yessiree-Bob!, the final coup-de-grace on the 3rd night. This pizza was one complete meal. Thank you my dear friends. Another shared memory. And full stomach!
Love you both.. Michael d.
