At my first real job, post-college, there was Extreme Pizza<\/a>. When everyone else was doing the tech startup thing, a co-worker\u2019s husband was starting up his own pizza chain. It was California pizza — the signature pies include Mr. Pestato Head with potatoes and pesto; Pandora\u2019s Box, a Greek-inspired pizza with artichoke hearts and sun-dried tomatoes; and Drag It Through the Garden, a veggie pie.\u00a0 Over the last 15+ years it\u2019s grown into a multi-state chain.<\/p>\n Long after Domino\u2019s ditched its 30-minute delivery guarantee, it became a Two-for-Tuesday regular at our place in LA. Pepperoni and green pepper; and pepperoni and mushroom. This is about the time I discovered all Domino\u2019s pizza tastes the same because the sauce is over oregano’ed. It overpowers all else.<\/p>\n It\u2019s supposed to be the old memories that dim with time, but right around here is where things get fuzzy. We’re living it, there’s too much happening pizza-wise to make sense of it. Neopolitan pies come on the scene, my mom gifts us a pizza stone and peel.\u00a0 Costco Pizza fits into the picture, but I can\u2019t look at the right now and say there\u2019s one pizza or one pizza place that is this phase in our lives.\u00a0 Village Host was a regular for us.\u00a0 Delancey<\/a> is certainly on the list. More and more, it\u2019s the pizza \u00a0coming out of own kitchen that dominates the scene. And yet the old habits die hard. \u00a0The past and present merge in a single pizza. This week\u2019s Friday Night Slice is a classic: pepperoni, mushroom and olive.<\/p>\n![\"pepperoni](\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pepperoni-olive-mushroom-pie-friday-night-slicedailywaffle.jpg\")
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