Uncommon Pie

So somehow we're on a pizza kick.  We love @Mphispizzacafe (read: we are not betraying you!), but we like to venture out.  Variety, right?  So first up, thanks to a tweet from @laurenleefox13, we decided to find High Point Pizza and give it a shot.  Sounded like our kind of place.  Local, out-of-the-way, and as good as it is, kind of a secret.  It was just me and the wife, no picky teenager.

So if you don't know, High Point Pizza is on High Point Terrace, which dead ends into Galloway golf course on Walnut Grove.  High Point is in a small, but quaint business center.  I guess that is a fair name for it?  If coming from Galloway, just over the Green Belt and you are there.  First of all, there is more seating outside than in.  But that is fine.  Looks like a great stop on a trip down the belt.

The menu is a little beyond standard fare with a better ingredient mix.  HPP Facebook  The wife had a Greek pizza, and I went with the meat medley.  Generous portions on a crispy, but not burned crust generously basted in some kind of buttery garlic coating.  Not a garlic fan?  Might not be your favorite.

All in all, we were very pleased.  Pizza was tasty, fairly quick, and service was good.  Not fancy, but quality eats.  We will be back. 

Next stop, the new Aldo's Pizza Pie on S. Main.  Aldo's FB Coming up Barboro Alley from Peabody Place, we were surprised to get to the corner at main to see how big and open Aldo's was.  Big and bright with high ceilings and big patio on Main.  They are still on the "soft" menu since they've been open less than two weeks, but still plenty of choices.  All four of us ordered a small pizza.  A mistake both financially and volume-wise.  We had a pepperoni, sausage, BBQ chicken and Gina Bellina.  All good.  All similar, standard crust with potent flavors.  I could have used a little more of the toppings, but I don't think their pizza is that kind of style.  It is more of a New York style.  Oh, what is Vodka Cream pizza base?  Whatever it is, they have it.

The interior has a wide open industrial area feeling with high ceilings and a window to watch pizza dough being processed.  Most impressive is the beer on tap.  Get a load of this (they have Yazoo, right @Scootette?):

Lastly, but maybe most important, and way off the path, we have a place in Cleveland, MS we like to hit when going down 61.  Heard of the Lost Pizza Company?  It is on the right just before you get into town.  We stumbled in once, and now we hit it every time we roll through.  Salads and pizza are awesome.  Even picky teen likes it.  Toppings are loaded on, and options are plenty.  I recommend the "Otis".  Basically it is a meat lovers type of pizza add lots of chicken.  It is very kid friendly.  In fact, there is old VW van inside with a TV endlessly running cartoons for kids.

Friendly service, spacious seating, and good pizza makes this one of our favorites.  And it is coming to Southaven!  Lost Pizza

Speaking of the Tip, if you like Chicago style pizza, the only place I know of to get it in this area is at Wiseguys in Horn Lake on 51.  Take 55, right on Church past the Landers Center, then right on 51 and it will be on your left in what used to be a house.  Good stuff, if you can get past all the Cubs stuff on the walls. Order a personal size if first time.  Call ahead (662) 342-5334. Don't dress up. =)

Lastly, Arkansans like us know all about Larry's Pizza.  Last year they opened one in West Memphis.  Now there is a new one at Quince and Kirby.  Larry's is a very different experience.  It is buffet by definition, but in reality it is the Lambert's of pizza places.  They not only take your order, but bring you different other kinds of pizza while you wait for yours.  They have some interesting flavors, like Loaded Baked Potato, which was a very pleasant surprise.  Check it out.  It is quick and different.

That's all for now!  Let us know what you think!