Vincent's Pizza Park
Alan Disler
When I was a Pitt student in the 60's there was a pizza place on Ardmore
by the name of Vincent's Pizza Park. Anybody know if it still exists?
Cheers,
Alan
nmg
In article <31ABB4...@primenet.com>, Alan Disler
<adi...@primenet.com> wrote:
It is still there....sloppy as ever! They also have a "mini" Vincent's in
Squirrel Hill next to the former Rosen's Drugstore. Don't know how that
one is.
Nanci M. Goldberg
gold...@chapel.fcasd.edu
Kate Connally
nmg wrote:
> In article <31ABB4...@primenet.com>, Alan Disler
> <adi...@primenet.com> wrote:
> > When I was a Pitt student in the 60's there was a pizza place on
> > Ardmore by the name of Vincent's Pizza Park. Anybody know if it
> > still exists?
>
> Vincent's in Squirrel Hill next to the former Rosen's Drugstore.
> Don't know how that one is.
The old Vincent's is as GREAT as ever. The one in Sq. Hill stinks.
I like the one in Irwin. Haven't tried the one in Holiday Park.
Isn't there another one somewhere, like maybe the North Hills?
Kate
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James W Walden
Excerpts from netnews.pgh.food: 29-May-96 Re: Vincent's Pizza Park by
n...@chapel.fcasd.edu
> Squirrel Hill next to the former Rosen's Drugstore. Don't know how that
> one is.
Despite all the good things I had heard about the original Vincent's, the
Squirrel Hill one is quite bad. You can smell burnt pizza as you walk by
and so far every pizza that I or anyone I know has had from them has at
least been slightly burnt.
Paul S Galvanek
In article <0lf5Au200...@andrew.cmu.edu>,
James W Walden <jw...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>Despite all the good things I had heard about the original Vincent's, the
>Squirrel Hill one is quite bad. You can smell burnt pizza as you walk by
>and so far every pizza that I or anyone I know has had from them has at
>least been slightly burnt.
Actually guys and gals, the one in Squirrel Hill hasn't been a Vincent's
for at least a month or two. There's still a pizza/sandwich shop in the
spot but it's under a new name and ownership.
Paul S. Galvanek
Kate Connally
James W Walden wrote:
>
> Despite all the good things I had heard about the original Vincent's, the
> Squirrel Hill one is quite bad. You can smell burnt pizza as you walk by
> and so far every pizza that I or anyone I know has had from them has at
> least been slightly burnt.
Ah, but they're *supposed* to be burnt - that's what makes a Vinnie pie
a Vinnie pie! And the charcoal helps you to digest them. Of course,
it shouldn't be overdone, just a black spot here and there. I don't know
what it was about the Sq. Hill version but it just wasn't up to par.
I think it was undercooked.
Kate
skau...@pitt.edu
Kate Connally wrote:
>
> The old Vincent's is as GREAT as ever. The one in Sq. Hill stinks.
> I like the one in Irwin. Haven't tried the one in Holiday Park.
> Isn't there another one somewhere, like maybe the North Hills?
>
> Kate
>
The one in Holiday Park turns out pies just as Vincent would make them
himself. The woman that worked for him for years down on Ardmore Blvd.
is the pizza maker there. I did hear there is one in the North Hills,
but don't know where.
--
Suzanne Kaufman "America wasn't founded so that we could all
skau...@pitt.edu be better. America was founded so we could
all be anything we damn well please."
--P.J. O'Rourke
Alan Disler
Kate Connally wrote:
>
> nmg wrote:
> > In article <31ABB4...@primenet.com>, Alan Disler
> > <adi...@primenet.com> wrote:
> > > When I was a Pitt student in the 60's there was a pizza place on
> > > Ardmore by the name of Vincent's Pizza Park. Anybody know if it
> > > still exists?
> >
> > Vincent's in Squirrel Hill next to the former Rosen's Drugstore.
> > Don't know how that one is.
>
> I like the one in Irwin. Haven't tried the one in Holiday Park.
> Isn't there another one somewhere, like maybe the North Hills?
>
> Kate
>
threatening customers who walk by their cage by the parking lot?
Cheers,
Alan
John Kochmar
In article <31AD01...@pitt.edu>, skau...@pitt.edu writes:
|> Kate Connally wrote:
|> >
|> > The old Vincent's is as GREAT as ever. The one in Sq. Hill stinks.
|> > I like the one in Irwin. Haven't tried the one in Holiday Park.
|> > Isn't there another one somewhere, like maybe the North Hills?
|> >
|> > Kate
|> >
|> I agree, Kate. I've been eating Vincets Pizza since the 60's :)
|> The one in Holiday Park turns out pies just as Vincent would make them
|> himself. The woman that worked for him for years down on Ardmore Blvd.
|> is the pizza maker there. I did hear there is one in the North Hills,
|> but don't know where.
|> --
|> Suzanne Kaufman "America wasn't founded so that we could all
|> skau...@pitt.edu be better. America was founded so we could
|> all be anything we damn well please."
|> --P.J. O'Rourke
The one in the North Hills was right Across from North Hills Village,
and I do mean was...
J
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Kate Connally
Alan Disler wrote:
> Glad to hear Vince is still in business. Are those killer dogs still
> threatening customers who walk by their cage by the parking lot?
When was this? I used to go there in the very early 70's, then I was
away for 13 years but have been going there since 86 now and have never
seen any dogs.
Kate
Alan Disler
Spike Lazar wrote:
>
> Vincent's is still on Ardmore Blvd not far from the Westinghouse bridge
> and Vince is still in great form. You will find him covered with flour
> and his place is certainly not Burger Kings (You get it his way or you
> don't get it at all)
>
EXACTLY as I remember it!
Cheers,
Alan
Spike Lazar
Vincent's is still on Ardmore Blvd not far from the Westinghouse bridge
and Vince is still in great form. You will find him covered with flour
and his place is certainly not Burger Kings (You get it his way or you
don't get it at all)
For anyone who has never had one of his pizza's, it will feed you
for two weeks!.Vince uses more sausage on one Pizza than most
Pizza Huts use in a year.
If you like a heavy Pizza, this one will definately slow you down,
its best to bring a designated driver or order a take out!
A mark of a good Pizza is when you can feel all your arteries
closing down from the cholesterol after the first few bites!
Spike
us...@world.std.com
I have moved away from de'burg' but I grew up on Vince's pizza.
Almost every Friday night, through the seventies and early eighties, my family
made the pilgrimage for those bubbly pies! My brother and I would sit at the
tables infront of the plastic partition window and watch grumpy old Vince at
work-throwing all those pizzas around with an unlit cigar stub in his teeth
and flour in his hair and moustache.
I remember waiting up to an hour for one of those pizzas and when they
arrived on the table, it was pure agony: they were so hot and over-stuffed with
toppings that you had to let the pizza cool-down and congeal for a few minutes
before you could take a sliceotherwise all the toppings would slide off and
you'd burn the roof of your mouth on the soggy dough at the tip of the wedge.
And I know that Vincent's pizza park smell (a mix of burnt flour and toppings
and the horrible bathroom facilities) and those caged dogs in the parking lot.
Does anyone know if those dusty old plastic grapes are still hanging from the
ceiling in the bar area?
Vincent's was (is) great.
Jennifer.
Alan Disler
us...@world.std.com wrote:
> =
> I have moved away from de'burg' but I grew up on Vince's pizza.
> =
> Almost every Friday night, through the seventies and early eighties, my f=
amily
> made the pilgrimage for those bubbly pies! My brother and I would sit at =
the
> tables infront of the plastic partition window and watch grumpy old Vince=
at
> work-throwing all those pizzas around with an unlit cigar stub in his tee=
th
> and flour in his hair and moustache.
> =
> I remember waiting up to an hour for one of those pizzas and when they
> arrived on the table, it was pure agony: they were so hot and over-stuffe=
d with
> toppings that you had to let the pizza cool-down and congeal for a few mi=
nutes
> before you could take a slice=ADotherwise all the toppings would slide of=
f and
> you'd burn the roof of your mouth on the soggy dough at the tip of the we=
dge.
> =
> And I know that Vincent's pizza park smell (a mix of burnt flour and topp=
ings
> and the horrible bathroom facilities) and those caged dogs in the parking=
lot.
> Does anyone know if those dusty old plastic grapes are still hanging from=
the
> ceiling in the bar area?
> =
> Vincent's was (is) great.
> =
> Jennifer.
Your memory of Vincent's is impeccable. I was a student at Pitt from =
1964 and left the 'burg in 1971. My friends and I considered Vincent's a =
shrine and made each trip a holy pilgrimage. So far you are the only one =
besides me who remembers the dogs caged by the parking lot, "greeting" =
customers as they walked by. The plastic grapes in the bar was a great =
call. Congratulations on that one! =
Do you remember the names of the pies? One I sort of remember was "il =
posillipo" I think.
Cheers,
Alan
Charles I. Fuller
Alan Disler wrote:
> ...
> Your memory of Vincent's is impeccable. I was a student at Pitt from
I had a friend who claimed that she once sat beside a pitcher of beer that had one of those grape
clusters drop in from the ceiling. She considered it a high point of the evening. (I guess she
really likes surprises.) The only thing comparable I remember was getting grease dripped on me
from an overhead-passing pizza tray...
I've always found it hard to explain to the folks back home how burnt, greasy can be so tasty.
Charles
John A O'Brien
After everything I've heard here about Vincent's, can someone please
tell me exactly where this place is?
Thanks very much.
john
MARY1313
We used to get a pizza but have them hold the cigar ashes.
JWW01
To John and others: take Parkway East to Ardmore Blvd/Rt 30 exit. Go
through Forest Hills and just after you leave the business district watch
for Vincent"s on your right. When you see it pull in for the best pizza
in the universe. Do go on in even though from the outside it looks like
it is (or should be) closed. Trust me, the inside is even worse but even
my wife, a neatness freak, puts up with it for the pizza. I've been going
there since 1973 (can I really have been a freshman that long ago?!) and
it is still my favorite meal. For those asking, as a self-proclaimed
expert, the one further out Rt 30 is very good, the one in Plum is
authentic, the one in Squirll Hill never was as good and is now something
else, and the one in North Hills closed over a year ago and was never even
close to authentic. But you can only get the full experience at the
original. Enjoy!
Jack