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Friday, April 11, 2008
Who Needs Pillsbury? We’ve got Shorty’s
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
AT RIGHT: NOW that’s a pie: Rosa’s Pizza on Broad Street downtown makes the best pie in town.
Photo: Phil Skinner/AJC staff
As the Pillsbury Cook-Off gets off the ground today, it seems appropriate to announce a baking contest a little closer to home.
Shorty’s, the neighborhood pizza joint in Atlanta and Tucker, has announced their first “inaugural pizza design pro-am” contest.
Here’s a (short) list of the rules:
Anyone can enter as many times as they like.
Each entry costs a buck.
Bootlegging recipes from other pizza joints is okay. (This one really disturbs me in the originality department, but it’s not my contest.)
The pizza name must have street cred. (I’m not sure what they mean by this one, either — does this mean the pizza name should be recognizable, or that is should sound like a rapsta? Since all — or most — of Shorty’s pizzas are named after rock stars, maybe that’s what they mean.)
Write neatly. (This one cracks me up. But if they can’t read it, they can’t judge it.)
Max number of toppings allowed is five.
Pizzas are judged on name, originality, appearance, taste and here’s the best one — food cost. (So don’t go thinking this is the time to introduce that foie gras pizza you’ve been working on to the world.)
Competition begins now and ends on June 6 at midnight. Ten finalists will be announced on June 10. Final judging and awards will be given on Sunday, June 6 at 2 p.m. at the Tucker location, 3701 Lawrenceville Highway, 770-414-6999. The prize? The winning pizza will be put on the menu at both Shorty’s locations.
More info? Call Bryan Wilson, 404-315-6262, or Brian Hogan, 404-285-7234.
So here’s the real question: Who makes the best slice in Atlanta? My vote, as I’ve stated, many, many times, goes to Rosa’s Pizza downtown. Second would be Floataway Cafe. Third - Baraonda in Midtown.
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