First visit: Jun 2025
Back in 2017, Mrs. RJG and I were in Pittsburgh. One of many undocumented trips in the RJG, though fortunately I kept my spreadsheet up to date. There was a place called Sharp Edge Beer Emporium (now closed apparently) that had the best thin crust pizza I'd ever had up to that point.
We now have a new winner! Billy's Old World Pizza is heavily Chicago Food focused, and they specialize in Chicago pizzas - both deep dish and thin crust. I'm not a big deep dish guy, and besides even the small is too much for one person. I was very tempted to get an Italian beef and sausage sandwich, especially since we just had similar at Pop's in the south Chicago suburbs. But I was determined to try the thin crust pizza. I got a small 10", which believe me I had all I could do to finish it.
Billy's is a one man shop and he (Jim) takes great care in making your pizza. Mine was with Italian sausage, and he makes his own sausage too! You don't see that much anymore. Just look at how beautiful that pizza is. First thing you notice is all the sauce. How many times have you heard me complain about not enough sauce? Here is was perfect, and very tasty. The sausage was great too. The cheese is a higher grade than what you normally get. Note all the seasonings on top as well. And best of all the crust was crispy all the way to the end. Incredibly great pizza. All of these high end ingredients come with a higher cost, but in this case, it's entirely worth it. Worth budgeting for. I'm certain Mrs. RJG will love it too. We'll be back very soon.
Jim also allowed me to try his Italian beef which was excellent as well. Billy's goes high into the RJG Rotation. My only regret is not having gone here sooner. Apparently they opened (the original Billy) in 1994, when I first moved to the Springs! A complete swing and miss from the RJG. Better than late than never.
6/28/25 (new entry)
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