WEBVTT 00:00:03.380 --> 00:00:07.280 We are here at Erie Street Gastro Pub in their 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:11.119 event room, and I am with Albert Dumichel, who 00:00:11.119 --> 00:00:14.359 is Wind City Pizza Review. Oh, thank you so much 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:17.219 for having me on. I'm so excited. If you live 00:00:17.219 --> 00:00:19.960 in Windsor, Essex County area, you know that 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:23.899 pizza is big deal here. And actually we're worldwide 00:00:23.899 --> 00:00:27.780 known. Yes. And that's, you know, one of the 00:00:27.780 --> 00:00:31.390 goals of our videos is I want to make sure that 00:00:31.390 --> 00:00:34.490 not only is Windsor style pizza at you know top 00:00:34.490 --> 00:00:37.609 of mind for people in Windsor but bringing it 00:00:37.609 --> 00:00:40.350 beyond the borders of Windsor and uh and so it's 00:00:40.350 --> 00:00:44.429 been wonderful the response that we've had to 00:00:44.429 --> 00:00:47.570 the videos and you know people going out and 00:00:47.570 --> 00:00:50.810 trying new places and I want I want Windsor pizza 00:00:50.810 --> 00:00:54.030 to be on the international stage, you know. If 00:00:54.030 --> 00:00:57.329 you don't follow him on Instagram or TikTok, 00:00:57.590 --> 00:01:02.170 it is again, Wind City Pizza Review. And he was 00:01:02.170 --> 00:01:05.170 gracious to bring us. Three of his favorite pizzas 00:01:05.170 --> 00:01:08.829 from various places to try. Yeah. Well, I was 00:01:08.829 --> 00:01:10.390 gracious enough. I was supposed to deliver it, 00:01:10.390 --> 00:01:13.189 but they were gracious enough. All three places 00:01:13.189 --> 00:01:15.890 that I got pizza from, they donated these pizzas. 00:01:16.230 --> 00:01:20.390 And so thank you to them as well. And yeah, I 00:01:20.390 --> 00:01:22.829 think we've all missed lunch. So it was tough 00:01:22.829 --> 00:01:24.609 driving over here too, with three pizzas in the 00:01:24.609 --> 00:01:27.170 car and it's smells so amazing. And it's like, 00:01:27.170 --> 00:01:29.049 all right, when's this podcast again? Let's we 00:01:29.049 --> 00:01:32.549 got to eat. And I apologize if you are only listening 00:01:32.549 --> 00:01:35.319 to this. you should really check us out on YouTube 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:38.579 or on Spotify video so that you can see these 00:01:38.579 --> 00:01:40.959 fabulous pizzas because you will be hearing us 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:43.700 crunching it. So the three that I picked are 00:01:43.700 --> 00:01:47.540 three from the top of all the places that we've 00:01:47.540 --> 00:01:51.540 reviewed. Amlo's, which is out in Tecumseh. I 00:01:51.540 --> 00:01:53.420 got to give them a special thank you because 00:01:53.420 --> 00:01:56.420 when I was calling these places... and checking 00:01:56.420 --> 00:01:58.560 to see, hey, you know, I want to bring a pizza 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:00.760 onto this podcast. You guys are, you know, some 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:03.280 of our favorite. I didn't realize that Hamlo's 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:07.019 was closed on Mondays. And so they actually, 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:10.340 the owner there, Bassam and his brother Bashar, 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:13.599 they were so kind and they actually opened the 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:16.419 restaurant just to cook us a pizza for today. 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:18.979 So thank you guys. Thank you so much for doing 00:02:18.979 --> 00:02:22.379 that. So that's our first one. And then we have 00:02:22.379 --> 00:02:25.580 Nikki's Pizza, which has been, you know, it's 00:02:25.580 --> 00:02:27.879 a newer place, but it's been, you know, really 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:31.259 taking off on social media. It's a super cool 00:02:31.259 --> 00:02:36.159 spot. It's a food truck that is just on Howard. 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:38.539 And, you know, it's really, you know, it's got 00:02:38.539 --> 00:02:41.400 all kinds of artwork all over the truck. And 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:45.080 Nikki herself is really, really cool. And the 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:49.009 pizza is just phenomenal. And so And then the 00:02:49.009 --> 00:02:51.270 last one we have here is on Armando's Pizza. 00:02:51.370 --> 00:02:53.849 There's Armando's all over the place. But this 00:02:53.849 --> 00:02:56.150 one is from the Walker Road location specifically. 00:02:57.689 --> 00:03:00.569 And this place holds an extra special place in 00:03:00.569 --> 00:03:03.400 my heart because... you know, with with one of 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:05.699 my missions being bringing Windsor pizza, getting 00:03:05.699 --> 00:03:08.099 getting it known outside the borders of Windsor 00:03:08.099 --> 00:03:10.340 and even outside the borders of Canada, if I 00:03:10.340 --> 00:03:13.560 can someday Armando's has already done that, 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:16.500 you know, and they many people in Windsor will 00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:21.360 remember that, I think it was 2014, the 30th 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:24.520 World Pizza Expo, Armando's brought a Windsor 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:26.800 style pizza, a proper Windsor style pizza, and 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:29.280 we won, I think it was third place overall, which 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:33.280 is unbelievable. So AMLO My personal favorite 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.659 so far Nikki's was actually my wife's personal 00:03:36.659 --> 00:03:39.300 favorite so far and then Armando's not only is 00:03:39.300 --> 00:03:41.580 it at the top of the list it's at the top of 00:03:41.580 --> 00:03:44.580 mind for Windsor pizza lovers so I haven't heard 00:03:44.580 --> 00:03:48.280 of amylose until today and Nikki's every time 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:51.800 I go I just miss them is a son of a gun and you 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:54.139 know it's funny because now that you know people 00:03:54.139 --> 00:03:56.259 are recognizing me in Windsor as the pizza guy. 00:03:56.659 --> 00:03:58.879 The number one question I get asked is, you know, 00:03:59.180 --> 00:04:01.060 what's your favorite place? I don't give one 00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:02.979 place anymore just because it's not fair. There's 00:04:02.979 --> 00:04:04.860 just way too much really good pizza. So I'll 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:08.159 give them a list three or five. And generally 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:11.340 places like Amlow's and Nicky's, there's two 00:04:11.340 --> 00:04:14.240 responses. There's people who go, oh my gosh, 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:16.500 you know, Nicky's that's our spot or Amlow's 00:04:16.500 --> 00:04:18.860 that's our spot. We're there all the time. Or 00:04:18.860 --> 00:04:21.519 there's Oh, I've heard of them, but I've never 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.259 tried them yet. And now I got to go and try them 00:04:24.259 --> 00:04:28.139 right. So that is hopefully driving some business 00:04:28.139 --> 00:04:30.459 towards them. Because if I can even make one 00:04:30.459 --> 00:04:33.540 more person go out and try these pizzas and support 00:04:33.540 --> 00:04:37.040 them, then I'm extremely happy. I hear you. So 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:38.899 why don't we crack one? Oh, yeah, absolutely 00:04:38.899 --> 00:04:40.899 here. Well, Armando's is closest to us here on 00:04:40.899 --> 00:04:43.959 the table. So why don't we? For the viewers that 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:46.810 haven't seen one of your reviews yet. Maybe give 00:04:46.810 --> 00:04:49.069 us a little review of this pizza. I don't call 00:04:49.069 --> 00:04:50.889 in saying, Hey, this is Albert from Wind City 00:04:50.889 --> 00:04:53.910 pizza reviews. It's either I'm calling myself 00:04:53.910 --> 00:04:57.029 or I even get my wife to call so that way you 00:04:57.029 --> 00:04:58.930 know because my voice is getting kind of recognizable 00:04:58.930 --> 00:05:02.209 now I've been told yeah uh and we just call in 00:05:02.209 --> 00:05:04.689 a medium with shredded pepperoni and canned mushrooms 00:05:04.689 --> 00:05:07.149 that's it right because that's the Windsor style 00:05:07.149 --> 00:05:10.110 that's what I really you know there there's some 00:05:10.110 --> 00:05:12.689 debate you know some people say hey you know 00:05:12.689 --> 00:05:15.769 the really it's the supreme with the green peppers 00:05:15.769 --> 00:05:19.230 that is you know really indicative of the the 00:05:19.230 --> 00:05:21.250 Windsor style is kind of the most popular Windsor 00:05:21.250 --> 00:05:24.819 style but for me shredded pepperoni, canned mushrooms, 00:05:25.819 --> 00:05:27.680 are the hallmark toppings, and of course, Galati 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.040 cheese, you gotta have Galati cheese, are kind 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:32.319 of the hallmark toppings that define a Windsor 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.959 -style pizza. So, you know, I call it in, I pick 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:37.819 it up, I try to chat with whoever's at the desk 00:05:37.819 --> 00:05:40.879 a little bit, and I go, you know, hey, what can 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:43.060 you tell me about this place, and how long have 00:05:43.060 --> 00:05:45.199 you guys been here? That way I can kind of incorporate 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:48.279 that into the review a little bit. And then we 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:50.139 just walk right out, and I haven't opened the 00:05:50.139 --> 00:05:52.680 pizza box yet. When I'm opening the pizza box 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:55.660 in the video is my first impression of it. And, 00:05:55.740 --> 00:05:57.279 you know, I would look at something like this 00:05:57.279 --> 00:05:59.259 and the first thing I noticed, you know, hey, 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:01.980 look at how well it's cooked, right? You can 00:06:01.980 --> 00:06:04.100 see there's little crispy pieces on the pepperoni 00:06:04.100 --> 00:06:06.399 here. You can see there's nice brown bubbles 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:09.579 on the outside of the crust. You can see there's, 00:06:09.579 --> 00:06:11.300 you know, brown bubbles mixed in with the cheese. 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:13.319 That's a properly cooked pizza. That's my sort 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:17.529 of first impression. Okay. And then... You know, 00:06:17.529 --> 00:06:19.149 I kind of look at the spread of the toppings. 00:06:19.310 --> 00:06:21.449 I mean, this is really generously topped, you 00:06:21.449 --> 00:06:24.689 know, filled with toppings. And then it's you 00:06:24.689 --> 00:06:26.790 grab a piece and you get into it, you know, it's 00:06:26.790 --> 00:06:28.810 and and so, you know, let's go. Why don't we 00:06:28.810 --> 00:06:37.149 do it? I'm so excited. It's a thing of beauty. 00:06:37.430 --> 00:06:41.569 Yeah, it really is. I love I talk about it a 00:06:41.569 --> 00:06:44.490 lot on the videos I love that chew of the proper 00:06:44.490 --> 00:06:47.529 a proper crust something that's been worked something 00:06:47.529 --> 00:06:50.990 that's been given time to ferment and and rise 00:06:50.990 --> 00:06:53.170 and then you know be stretched out properly and 00:06:53.170 --> 00:06:56.050 you have that there's no substitute for that 00:06:56.050 --> 00:06:59.470 good glutinous chew of a proper crust well and 00:06:59.470 --> 00:07:03.069 I'm going to just show the camera here that it 00:07:03.069 --> 00:07:07.149 has a nice coloring on the bottom too which Shows 00:07:07.149 --> 00:07:10.089 that it is cooked properly properly cooked in 00:07:10.089 --> 00:07:12.870 and especially, you know The the traditional 00:07:12.870 --> 00:07:14.790 because of course now I'm trying to learn more 00:07:14.790 --> 00:07:17.889 about the history of Windsor pizza You know and 00:07:17.889 --> 00:07:19.930 some of the finer points of what makes a Windsor 00:07:19.930 --> 00:07:23.850 pizza because it goes beyond The cheese and the 00:07:23.850 --> 00:07:26.769 pep and the shredded pepperoni and the canned 00:07:26.769 --> 00:07:31.870 mushrooms and everything there are some commonalities 00:07:31.870 --> 00:07:34.410 obviously the type of oven that was traditionally 00:07:34.410 --> 00:07:37.910 used for cooking it was a stone deck oven and 00:07:37.910 --> 00:07:41.120 because of that the stone deck ovens, you have 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:44.019 control, two temperature controls in every sort 00:07:44.019 --> 00:07:46.939 of oven chamber, and you have the top and the 00:07:46.939 --> 00:07:49.800 bottom control. And so there is, especially when 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:52.420 you're using one of those more traditional ovens, 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:56.439 there's more of an element and more of an opportunity 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.540 for the skill of the pizza maker to come through. 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:03.360 Because calibrating it, getting it so that way 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.139 the bottom is nice and crisp but you know not 00:08:06.139 --> 00:08:10.040 dried out and the top is properly cooked and 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:13.199 nice and you know the toppings the pepperoni 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:15.459 gets that little bit of the crisp the cheese 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:17.439 gets nice and bubbly but the outside of the crust 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:20.620 doesn't get too you know dry and crackery you 00:08:20.620 --> 00:08:23.839 know and and armando's they you know they know 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:25.779 obviously they know what they they're doing they've 00:08:25.779 --> 00:08:27.759 been doing it for years and years i think it 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:32.539 was 67 that Armando's the the original Armando's 00:08:32.539 --> 00:08:34.899 on Walker Road, which is where we got this was 00:08:34.899 --> 00:08:40.779 was started and then Andre who is now currently 00:08:40.779 --> 00:08:43.759 running of it is the son of the original owners 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:46.200 and so it's it's it's in the family and they've 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:48.519 been doing it for a long time and and they have 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:51.759 a distinctive sauce. I like their sauce because 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:55.820 you can taste it. It's not overbearing and when 00:08:56.139 --> 00:08:58.539 when you take that bite, there's a creaminess. 00:08:58.539 --> 00:09:01.120 But then there's a little, a little zip at the 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:04.179 end. Yeah. And it's nice because some pizzas, 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:07.399 there's just so much sauce. Yes. Yeah. And we've 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:10.120 had a couple of those, right. And for me, it's, 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:12.279 you know, there are there are people who, you 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:13.840 know, you like a sauce or your pizza. And that's 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:16.779 why I always try to, in the reviews, if there's 00:09:16.779 --> 00:09:19.659 something I don't like, personally, I really 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:21.779 want to frame it positively. I never want to, 00:09:21.779 --> 00:09:24.840 you know, I never want this is somebody's livelihood 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:29.039 and and and so because I'm really the videos 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:32.279 are my opinion at the end of the day, I try to 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:34.100 frame it away. Hey, if you like a sauce your 00:09:34.100 --> 00:09:35.600 pizza, you might like this a little bit better 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:40.200 than me sort of a thing. But this is perfectly 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.820 sauced. And you're right, it has a great flavor. 00:09:42.899 --> 00:09:44.519 It's nice when you can notice the sauce flavor, 00:09:44.539 --> 00:09:46.940 but it's not crazy overpowering or anything. 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:50.679 So we're gonna take a second and Maybe move this 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:58.799 one out of the way and let's try. I have an actual 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:01.539 audience sitting here waiting to eat these pizzas 00:10:01.539 --> 00:10:04.379 and I'm going to have another bite. This is breakfast. 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:07.240 It would have been nice if we had beer with this 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:13.259 pizza. Only there was anyone in this room that 00:10:13.259 --> 00:10:17.120 knew about beer. We're surrounded by some of 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:21.429 the fines now. Our next pizza is from Nicky's. 00:10:21.429 --> 00:10:24.330 That's right. And this one is one of your favorites. 00:10:24.990 --> 00:10:28.110 It was reviewed with you and my friend Jake from 00:10:28.110 --> 00:10:31.049 Made in YQG. That was great meeting Jake. Super 00:10:31.049 --> 00:10:32.990 nice guy. He's awesome. I didn't tell him about 00:10:32.990 --> 00:10:35.210 today, so I didn't want to share. Well, you know, 00:10:35.289 --> 00:10:36.850 there's only so much pizza to go around here. 00:10:37.009 --> 00:10:38.529 You know, I can't have everybody showing up. 00:10:38.769 --> 00:10:42.950 This is true. So why don't we open this bad boy? 00:10:43.149 --> 00:10:46.850 Absolutely. Right now I'm gonna throw this one 00:10:46.850 --> 00:10:49.129 out. I can't believe how big the crust is. I 00:10:49.129 --> 00:10:52.629 know it's wow one of the things That people say 00:10:52.629 --> 00:10:54.970 to me when they recognize me as the pizza guys 00:10:54.970 --> 00:10:57.929 Oh, you know look at that puff right because 00:10:57.929 --> 00:11:00.309 I do say when I open up the box and I see a really 00:11:00.309 --> 00:11:03.149 nice puffed crust like that I get excited because 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:05.720 like I said before when when I know it's from 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:07.799 a quality place and I know that it's going to 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.360 be a really nice good proper chewy glutenous 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:14.179 dough and then I see a puff like that I know 00:11:14.179 --> 00:11:16.419 it's going to be really amazing because it's 00:11:16.419 --> 00:11:18.980 got that kind of like you know almost like a 00:11:18.980 --> 00:11:20.700 focaccia kind of thing where it's puffed but 00:11:20.700 --> 00:11:23.669 it's got the chew Oh, you know, I get excited 00:11:23.669 --> 00:11:25.710 when I see a pizza that looks like this. And 00:11:25.710 --> 00:11:28.529 this one looks really nice, too. Now, do they 00:11:28.529 --> 00:11:31.649 use colade cheese? Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. And 00:11:31.649 --> 00:11:33.629 and that's one of the things you can definitely 00:11:33.629 --> 00:11:37.600 tell. Even as you're pulling out the first slice 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:40.440 and it's nice when if half the pizza sticks there 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:42.779 You know exactly when you're able to sort of 00:11:42.779 --> 00:11:45.340 you know arms length pull a pull a piece of pizza 00:11:45.340 --> 00:11:47.299 where you still got the cheese there Generally, 00:11:47.340 --> 00:11:49.480 that's that's when you know, it's gladi. Yeah 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:52.580 now we're not going to have a huge pull It doesn't 00:11:52.580 --> 00:11:55.460 mean it's not gladi. It's just we had set up 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:58.419 to do before the podcast So it is not right out 00:11:58.419 --> 00:12:01.980 of the oven, but it's still Tastes amazing and 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:05.240 it looks amazing. And since I've never had Nicky's 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:09.440 I'm I'm getting in here. Yeah, let's go This 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:15.259 looks amazing Now that one's really good and 00:12:15.259 --> 00:12:18.100 I do notice a garlic to it yeah, I love garlic 00:12:18.100 --> 00:12:21.399 that's something that I've noticed I've started 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:25.519 to try to classify some of the Windsor Windsor 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:27.279 pizza some of the commonalities that you start 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:30.139 to see between them all you have a lot of your 00:12:30.350 --> 00:12:32.669 I've called them first generation Windsor pizza 00:12:32.669 --> 00:12:34.909 places. These are places that, you know, they've 00:12:34.909 --> 00:12:38.610 been open since the 50s, 60s, sort of a thing. 00:12:39.370 --> 00:12:44.110 Your Capri pizzas, Arcata, Armando's on Walker 00:12:44.110 --> 00:12:49.649 Road, obviously, right? And there's not as much 00:12:49.649 --> 00:12:53.029 of the garlic butter on those. So I think that's 00:12:53.029 --> 00:12:55.669 obviously less of a traditional thing in terms 00:12:55.669 --> 00:12:59.789 of Windsor pizza. But then you have places like 00:13:00.810 --> 00:13:05.409 Nicky's and Amlow's Maestro, you know slice of 00:13:05.409 --> 00:13:08.750 pie, slice of pie exactly where and crusties 00:13:08.750 --> 00:13:12.730 where garlic butter is not just embraced. It's 00:13:12.730 --> 00:13:15.429 like it's like obligatory. You know, it's you 00:13:15.429 --> 00:13:16.870 got to you know, if you're a crusties, you got 00:13:16.870 --> 00:13:19.429 to get it dirty. If you're at Nicky's and slice 00:13:19.429 --> 00:13:21.490 of pie, you got to get the garlic butter on it. 00:13:21.490 --> 00:13:25.210 And I love it. Is it the most traditional? Well, 00:13:25.210 --> 00:13:28.070 I never claimed to be out hunting for the most 00:13:28.070 --> 00:13:30.909 traditional Windsor pizza. I like garlic butter 00:13:30.909 --> 00:13:34.629 on it. And I think it does really bring something 00:13:34.629 --> 00:13:37.190 to it. It does. And I'm sorry, my husband, a 00:13:37.190 --> 00:13:39.049 lot of times he'll leave the crust when we have 00:13:39.049 --> 00:13:41.629 a slice of pie. And it's like, seriously, I just 00:13:41.629 --> 00:13:44.110 eat off his plate. I eat all the sacrilege. It 00:13:44.110 --> 00:13:50.149 is. Now, what made you love pizza or want to 00:13:50.149 --> 00:13:54.090 review pizzas? Well, so I've always loved Windsor 00:13:54.090 --> 00:13:57.590 pizza. I didn't know. when I was, you know, a 00:13:57.590 --> 00:13:59.529 teen and that sort of thing and I'm hopping on 00:13:59.529 --> 00:14:01.870 my bike and driving through LaSalle with my buddies 00:14:01.870 --> 00:14:04.190 and, you know, you stop at Bull's Eye or you 00:14:04.190 --> 00:14:06.690 stop and grab a slice. I didn't know how good 00:14:06.690 --> 00:14:11.830 we had it until my wife and I, we lived in Hamilton 00:14:11.830 --> 00:14:14.990 for a little, well, together a little over a 00:14:14.990 --> 00:14:17.409 year. We lived in Toronto for about three and 00:14:17.409 --> 00:14:20.720 a half, almost four years. And not to say, you 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:21.879 know, I'm not gonna sit here and say, oh, the 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:24.019 pizza at Hamilton's terrible, the pizza in Toronto's 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:27.179 bad. There were good places that we found, but 00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:30.899 you start to get the contrast of, oh, pizza's 00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:35.600 not serious here, right? Like, Windsor, it's 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:39.720 serious because we're upholding a style, we're 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.940 upholding a legacy, right? And there is great 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:46.639 pizza in Hamilton and there's great pizza in 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:50.259 Toronto, but... I stand by that Windsor has, 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:55.700 per capita, the best pizza in Canada. Maybe I'm 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:57.720 teasing somebody off in Cornwall, Ontario by 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:06.240 saying that, but there's a reason why 200 -plus 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.659 pizza places can survive in Windsor. Not only 00:15:08.659 --> 00:15:11.840 is it a serious craft here, people love it here. 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:15.919 Pizza is a weekly, if not... you know multiple 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:19.259 times a week ritual uh with people well and people 00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:22.299 they they have their favorites and they like 00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:24.740 it but it's nice to be able to switch it up and 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:28.039 say uh this week i want to go to maestro's or 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:30.879 i'll hit arcada and that's that was one of the 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:32.700 things is even though i've always been such a 00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:34.860 huge advocate for winzer pizza i mean growing 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:37.820 up i maybe only ate at five or six different 00:15:37.820 --> 00:15:41.539 places. And so one of the reasons why, and basically 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:43.620 the reason why we started doing these reviews 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:47.080 is because I looked at my wife, Ellie, and I 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:50.379 said, hey, how fun would it be just going and 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:53.100 trying all the major Windsor pizza places and 00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:56.200 see which one we like the best? And she said, 00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:58.899 well, if we're gonna do that, let me turn the 00:15:58.899 --> 00:16:02.379 phone on. Let me make a little video recording 00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:05.039 of it and then we'll post it on social media. 00:16:05.549 --> 00:16:09.289 I myself personally am not a huge social media 00:16:09.289 --> 00:16:12.909 guy. My Facebook group is my Facebook friends 00:16:12.909 --> 00:16:16.230 that consist of usually my best friends and my 00:16:16.230 --> 00:16:18.769 family and I've never really been that active 00:16:18.769 --> 00:16:21.470 on social media. So I didn't think that many 00:16:21.470 --> 00:16:24.409 people were gonna watch. Clearly underestimating 00:16:24.409 --> 00:16:27.250 how passionate Windsor people are about pizza. 00:16:27.590 --> 00:16:30.470 So I think I'm thrilled that it's kind of taken 00:16:30.470 --> 00:16:33.110 off and people hopefully are willing to go, hey, 00:16:33.169 --> 00:16:36.590 you know what? I'm gonna go outside of my five 00:16:36.590 --> 00:16:40.009 or six places that I grew up eating and try that 00:16:40.009 --> 00:16:41.850 new play or try the place he gave a really high 00:16:41.850 --> 00:16:44.230 score to and Not only are they getting business 00:16:44.230 --> 00:16:46.429 now, but you know broaden the horizons of Windsor 00:16:46.429 --> 00:16:49.509 pizza. Oh for sure And this is my personal just 00:16:49.509 --> 00:16:52.149 my opinion There's nothing worse than getting 00:16:52.149 --> 00:16:55.110 a piece of pizza that has the round piece of 00:16:55.110 --> 00:16:58.009 pepperoni and it hits your lip and boom You're 00:16:58.009 --> 00:17:01.039 you got grease burn. I Well, obviously, I'm absolutely 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:03.759 team shredded pepperoni, but it's also for me 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.920 fundamentally just better on pizza than round 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:09.880 pepperoni. And, you know, I'll take that to the 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.299 grave. You get more of it. It's more evenly distributed. 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:17.259 It gives the pepperoni a chance to crisp up in 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:19.420 far more places than just sort of the outside 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:24.599 edge of each individual pepperoni. And more than 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:27.710 that, it's, you know. When you take a bite of 00:17:27.710 --> 00:17:29.990 a pizza with round pepperoni, oftentimes you 00:17:29.990 --> 00:17:32.609 get halfway through that round piece and you're 00:17:32.609 --> 00:17:34.349 pulling it away, you're taking all kinds of stuff 00:17:34.349 --> 00:17:36.930 with you. Whereas with the shredded pepperoni, 00:17:37.109 --> 00:17:41.630 just an even experience. It's a mouth feel thing. 00:17:41.849 --> 00:17:43.710 I know that some people really don't care for 00:17:43.710 --> 00:17:45.849 that term, but it is important when it comes 00:17:45.849 --> 00:17:48.190 to pizza is how it feels when you're eating it. 00:17:48.410 --> 00:17:51.259 And shredded pepperoni is just... It's superior 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:53.579 to round pepperoni. I agree with the mouthfeel 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:55.480 thing because there's nothing worse than that 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:58.140 first bite in. There's all your toppings and 00:17:58.140 --> 00:18:01.579 cheese hanging from your face, and you're left 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:03.359 with crust. And that's one of the important things 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:06.579 about Galati cheese too, is it holds together 00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:10.099 so well. When the pizzas cook properly, it... 00:18:10.170 --> 00:18:13.710 it's like it latches on all the uh all the toppings 00:18:13.710 --> 00:18:16.089 and latches it to the bottom of the pizza and 00:18:16.089 --> 00:18:18.809 generally you know you're getting a nice even 00:18:18.809 --> 00:18:21.190 beautiful piece of pizza instead of pulling it 00:18:21.190 --> 00:18:24.329 away and you know the the back half of the piece 00:18:24.329 --> 00:18:26.849 has left everything back in the box and you know 00:18:26.849 --> 00:18:32.450 well we're going to hand this pizza over to our 00:18:32.450 --> 00:18:36.309 uh crew here that are dying for the nicky's pizza 00:18:36.309 --> 00:18:41.690 and i want to thank Eric and Graham. Erie Street 00:18:41.690 --> 00:18:44.950 Brewery has graciously given us some beer and 00:18:44.950 --> 00:18:47.569 I'm going to be talking to them in another episode 00:18:47.569 --> 00:18:50.089 and we're going to find out all about the new 00:18:50.089 --> 00:18:52.450 brewery that we have here. Is there anything 00:18:52.450 --> 00:18:54.829 better to go with pizza than beer? Never. That's 00:18:54.829 --> 00:18:58.289 why I married a brewer. Now we have our last 00:18:58.289 --> 00:19:02.849 one. Yes, so this is Amlo's and like I said when 00:19:02.849 --> 00:19:06.109 people ask me what my favorite pizza is now I 00:19:06.109 --> 00:19:09.279 am just giving a top three or a top five list. 00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:12.079 But if we're going in terms of the pizzas I've 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:14.680 reviewed and the, you know, I give the driving, 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:17.660 how far would you drive for this pizza? This 00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:20.660 is the one that holds the top spot of 20 minutes. 00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:25.599 And this one I'm most excited about because I've 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:27.799 never heard of them. Yeah. Thank you so much 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:30.720 for opening up for us to be able to have a pizza 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:33.119 today. I know they were so kind. I'm not gonna 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:37.619 lie. I felt terrible. They were so kind. Basam 00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:41.220 and Bashar. And they absolutely insisted because 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:44.579 I gave them sort of, as soon as I heard that 00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.940 they were closing on Monday, I said, Oh, well, 00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:48.240 you know, I mean, we are doing the podcast in 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.700 a restaurant. Maybe you can make one the day 00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:51.819 before half bake, freeze it. I'll bring it in. 00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:54.349 They said no. we're gonna make you a fresh pizza 00:19:54.349 --> 00:19:57.150 uh so there you go that shows the dedication 00:19:57.150 --> 00:20:00.390 to the craft and everything too so it's it's 00:20:00.390 --> 00:20:03.579 one of the reasons why I love being in a pizza 00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:07.180 city. I love living in a pizza city and Because 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:09.819 people take it so seriously. It's beyond just 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:12.660 a you know, I make pizza in a in a pizzeria I 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:15.039 make pizza in Windsor. Yeah, it's it's a serious 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:18.640 business So and that's the beauty of businesses 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:21.119 in Windsor small businesses large businesses 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:24.400 local businesses is they will do this for you 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:28.240 It is everybody's just very supportive. And thank 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:31.339 you. And I can't wait to see it. Let's get in 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:34.839 there. And we have garlic sauce. I noticed right 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:39.099 away. Hello. Another very common thing that I'm 00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:41.220 finding with what I what I've been calling the 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:43.059 second generation Windsor pizza places, which 00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:45.319 is these places that are staying, they're newer. 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:47.680 You know, they've they've usually popped up in 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:51.319 the last 15, 20, 25 years, which in the lifespan 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:54.670 of Windsor pizza is, you know, little less than 00:20:54.670 --> 00:20:57.630 halfway through. And they're staying true to 00:20:57.630 --> 00:21:00.750 the form. And you're seeing lots of garlic butter, 00:21:00.869 --> 00:21:02.650 you're seeing lots of garlic sauces made in house 00:21:02.650 --> 00:21:06.170 like this one is. And I mean, I just think it's 00:21:06.170 --> 00:21:09.849 fantastic because it was smells heavenly. But 00:21:09.849 --> 00:21:12.890 not overly garlicky. Yeah, it's like garlic sauce. 00:21:13.190 --> 00:21:18.099 I know that. There's lots of different garlic 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:20.140 sauces, too. You have everything from something 00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:22.779 kind of like a garlicky salad dressing kind of 00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:24.779 consistency all the way up to something that's 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:27.900 almost like tomb, you know, out of a lot of different, 00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:29.640 you know, Middle Eastern cuisines and everything 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:33.519 like that. So it's really nice to see. So obviously 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:35.359 I'm trying a lot of Windsor pizza from a lot 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:38.180 of different places back to back. It's nice to 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:40.400 see the commonalities and talk about them and 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:42.759 celebrate what makes Windsor pizza. But it's 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:46.079 also nice to see, hey, Where are there some creative 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:48.440 liberties taken? You know, there's differences 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:50.519 in the sauces, you know older places I'm finding 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:54.259 have a very herby Oregano forward sauce some 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:56.160 of the newer places. Sometimes it's a little 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:57.619 bit of spice. Sometimes it's a little bit of 00:21:57.619 --> 00:22:00.220 sweetness You know, so it's it's great to see 00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:07.240 the differences, too. So Okay, this one And they 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:09.359 use the cornmeal on the bottom. Yeah, which is 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:11.619 that? Which is that traditional, I mean, the 00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:13.799 reason why the cornmeal is there is, of course, 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.839 because with your traditional Windsor -style 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:19.000 pizza, you know, with the stone deck oven, the 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:21.339 cornmeal helps, obviously, to keep it kind of 00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:24.140 non -stick. I mean, it's the same thing as, you 00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:26.039 know, with canned mushrooms, where at a certain 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:28.000 point, it was out of necessity. You know, the 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:29.660 cornmeal helps it not stick to the bottom of 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:32.140 the stone deck oven. The canned mushrooms were 00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:36.700 available year -round, but they stuck because, 00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:38.720 you know, cornmeal became a textural component. 00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:41.930 It's pleasant. outside of being something that 00:22:41.930 --> 00:22:45.289 makes the pizza maker's life easier, right? And 00:22:45.289 --> 00:22:49.069 canned mushrooms, I have a whole video on about 00:22:49.069 --> 00:22:52.589 canned mushrooms. I've had a pizza, I did half 00:22:52.589 --> 00:22:54.990 with canned and half with fresh. See, I gotta 00:22:54.990 --> 00:22:58.529 do that. It doesn't compare. That's the thing, 00:22:58.650 --> 00:23:01.869 right? And the reason why it works, just to summarize 00:23:01.869 --> 00:23:04.809 my three -minute rant that I did about canned 00:23:04.809 --> 00:23:06.670 versus fresh mushrooms, but the reason why it 00:23:06.670 --> 00:23:10.519 works specifically with Windsor pizza is because 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:12.640 of the shredded pepperoni because you have so 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:14.740 much more pepperoni and because it's so evenly 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:19.160 distributed the canned mushrooms they keep their 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.880 integrity when they're being cooked they keep 00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:23.920 their texture and so they break up the texture 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:27.259 of all of that shredded pepperoni and you get 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.920 you know again a better mouthfeel while you're 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:31.400 eating And the mushrooms, the fresh mushrooms, 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:34.700 they dry up. And at least with the can, like 00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:37.579 you said, they say. And this garlic sauce is 00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:41.839 so good. It's not overly offensive. It's really 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:44.980 tasty. And I know you guys are all drooling. 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:48.240 So we're going to we're going to give them the 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:54.000 garlic sauce and the pizza to try. It's fun to 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:56.460 have an entire group of people here that are 00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:59.240 just dying for pizza. I honestly don't know. 00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:02.339 They are all really, really good today. Yeah, 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:05.019 I don't have a favorite. These are all the top. 00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:10.240 like these there are others that you know I didn't 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:14.960 include today there's a few that are at the top 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:18.480 of my you know minute driving score list that 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:20.579 that aren't represented here just because of 00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:23.500 you know there's only so much pizza I can I can 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:25.960 brown run around town picking them up and everything 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:28.859 but um you know isn't that nice that you know 00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:32.779 we can sit here three different pizzas all of 00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:37.160 them fantastic And there's even more to come 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:40.579 in different ways. They're all fantastic in different 00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:43.960 ways like Armando's I probably like their sauce 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:48.559 the best Nicky's I love her crust and the garlic 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:52.740 and amylose Like I love the cornmeal the flavor 00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:56.059 the garlic sauce just the cook on all of them 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:58.559 is perfect and that's like I said that is the 00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:01.920 the the true show of the skill of the pizza maker, 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.559 because you can have all of these ingredients. 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:06.079 You can have the right dough. You can make a 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:08.740 great sauce. You know, you can be using the, 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:11.640 you know, high quality pepperoni and on the gladi 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:13.539 cheese. And then at the end of the day, if it's 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:17.660 not cooked properly, it's it's sort of, you know, 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:20.240 miss the mark there, you know, and, and why I 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:23.640 wanted to do this podcast now is we have New 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:25.680 Year's Eve coming up, New Year's Eve, and then 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:29.490 you got Super Bowl and Pizza is going to be flying 00:25:29.490 --> 00:25:32.210 everywhere in Windsor. Pizza days, yeah. Yes. 00:25:32.650 --> 00:25:35.589 So whether you want to try these three or you 00:25:35.589 --> 00:25:38.569 want to go to say Maestro's, which is a really 00:25:38.569 --> 00:25:41.750 cost effective pizza, you have a slice of pie 00:25:41.750 --> 00:25:45.509 in LaSalle. Have you tried any out in say, Leamington 00:25:45.509 --> 00:25:48.269 Kingsville area yet? Well, actually, okay, so 00:25:48.269 --> 00:25:50.309 they're not out yet. So this is a bit of a bit 00:25:50.309 --> 00:25:54.210 of a spoiler perhaps, but the next video or video 00:25:54.210 --> 00:25:56.000 that's going to be coming out. actually this 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:01.880 week is the OGs in Wheatley. And then I love 00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:05.720 OGs because they've carved out this sort of not 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:08.880 only the great pizza, but they are in all of 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:10.920 these unexpected spots. You know, they got one 00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:13.519 in Wheatley, one in Cottom. All of a sudden, 00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:16.539 I'll be driving out in the county and I'll be 00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:18.440 driving through one of the small towns and boom, 00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:20.799 there's an OGs there. You know, so I love that 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:23.400 they do that because then you can be way out. 00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:25.380 Well, I'm not going to say in the middle of nowhere, 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:29.180 but way out far away from, let's say, the city 00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:32.140 centre of Windsor, and you can still get a really, 00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:36.160 really good pie in a small town. After that one 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:38.339 the following week, we're starting sort of a 00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:40.880 I get a lot of messages Obviously, right where 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:42.359 people are going. Hey, you got to try pizza from 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.880 this place. You got to come check out this place 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:46.960 It's my favorite and some of the requests are 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:50.779 are totally weird Some of them I go they make 00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:55.180 pizza what? and so we're gonna kind of take four 00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:59.960 of those kind of Requests and go do like a hunt 00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:02.740 for the hidden gems sort of a thing So, you know 00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:06.680 the first one we did was near Leamington, Colisantes. 00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:09.980 And I didn't know that Colisantes did pizza. 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:12.500 Not only do they do pizza, I called because I 00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:14.619 want to make sure that I'm going to be reviewing 00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:16.680 something that really is Windsor -style, right? 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:19.319 So because I had some doubt, I called and said, 00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.779 hey, you know, I just wanted to ask about your 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:23.099 pizza. You know, do you use, you know, Galati 00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:26.119 cheese and, you know, do you have shredded pepperoni? 00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:29.960 And they said, oh, yeah, we only use Galati cheese 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.900 and we only have shredded pepperoni. And I go, 00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:35.130 oh. Oh, okay. All right. You know, that's sounds 00:27:35.130 --> 00:27:37.069 like somebody who takes it seriously. So, you 00:27:37.069 --> 00:27:40.750 know, it's exciting because, you know, everybody 00:27:40.750 --> 00:27:46.319 knows. lot of the big names and of pizza and 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:49.859 Windsor, you know Armando's and Capri and Naples 00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:52.960 and some of these big big names and It's gonna 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:55.579 be exciting to kind of hunt down some of the 00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:58.319 lesser -known Places places where you know what? 00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:00.359 There's somebody in the kitchen who is taking 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:02.740 Windsor pizza really seriously and maybe they 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:05.279 deserve some you know some credit So yeah, I'm 00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:08.480 excited to try to find the hidden gem now when 00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:11.180 you are at OG pizza Have you tried their subs 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:15.700 yet? I haven't see this. Jake told me that out 00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:18.819 in Kingsville. He was working and it was later 00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:20.720 on at night. And he's like, I don't care. Just 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:23.240 make me something. And he said it was the best 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:26.079 sandwich he had ever had. And I'm like, oh, from 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:29.160 a pizza place. But then I've been to pizza places 00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:31.880 like Maestro's that will do a really good fish 00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:35.119 and chips. So Yeah, other menus are good as well. 00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:37.599 I guess you know what that's that's pretty indicative 00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:40.519 of of that passion right because if you're passionate 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:42.960 enough to be taking Windsor pizza really really 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:45.779 seriously and you're you're Taking all the right 00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:49.140 boxes and you're doing it properly odds are you're 00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:50.539 gonna be really good at cooking other things 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:52.420 too because you know if you're willing to take 00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:56.519 that care and follow the the Windsor style legacy 00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:59.420 You know, yeah, maybe you also do a killer fish 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:02.700 and chips. Why not? Thank you so much Albert. 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:05.380 I really appreciate you being here today and 00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:08.480 sharing all this lovely pizza Well, this is I 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:11.329 was thrilled because one of the biggest I say 00:29:11.329 --> 00:29:15.470 pet peeves of me doing these reviews is, okay, 00:29:15.529 --> 00:29:18.069 I hit a place like Nicky's or Amlo's that I end 00:29:18.069 --> 00:29:23.130 up loving so much. Well, I can only, you know, 00:29:23.369 --> 00:29:26.029 eat so much pizza in a week. And so generally, 00:29:26.069 --> 00:29:28.069 it's like, I don't get to go back to those places 00:29:28.069 --> 00:29:30.549 very often for my own personal consumption. Because 00:29:30.549 --> 00:29:32.190 if we're going out for pizza, well, we might 00:29:32.190 --> 00:29:35.210 as well go do a review, right? So this has been 00:29:35.210 --> 00:29:38.970 nice to kind of hit back. three of the top places 00:29:38.970 --> 00:29:40.990 that I really, really loved. And did they still 00:29:40.990 --> 00:29:45.109 hold up? Absolutely. No, I stand by it. I stand 00:29:45.109 --> 00:29:49.349 by these. They are absolutely terrific. All three 00:29:49.349 --> 00:29:52.450 of them. Amazing, you know, businesses as well. 00:29:52.549 --> 00:29:55.210 All the owners, extremely kind for, you know, 00:29:55.309 --> 00:29:59.190 donating these pizzas and recognizing that, you 00:29:59.190 --> 00:30:02.490 know, Windsor pizza is it's not just pizza, it's 00:30:02.490 --> 00:30:05.589 community too. We're passionate about pizza in 00:30:05.589 --> 00:30:07.609 Windsor, and that means we're passionate about 00:30:07.609 --> 00:30:10.829 supporting local. It is. It's true. And make 00:30:10.829 --> 00:30:14.089 sure that you follow Albert, Wind City Pizza 00:30:14.089 --> 00:30:18.230 Review on Instagram and TikTok. He also has merch 00:30:18.230 --> 00:30:22.789 now. And this is a comfy hoodie. And again, thank 00:30:22.789 --> 00:30:26.730 you also to Amelos, to Nicky's and to Armando's 00:30:26.730 --> 00:30:30.069 on Walker Road for donating the pizzas today. 00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:33.539 as well as Erie Street Gastropub for lending 00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:37.059 us a space and Erie Street Brewery for the beer. 00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:39.680 We have a lot of people behind this one today. 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:42.500 Again, my name is Tracy Martens and thank you 00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:44.720 so much for joining me for another episode of 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:46.700 YQG & Bloom. You guys have a great day.