Artichoke Basille

Is a tiny (and I do mean tiny) little pizzeria located in NYC's East Village at 348 East 14th Street. There is only space for about 3 people to perch on a miniature counter inside to eat. Everyone else knows that their order is "to go".

I had the signature artichoke slice ($4.50) and tried the new crab slice ($4.50). Both were very good, but slightly greasy.

Boston Airport - Wolfgang Puck Express

I stopped in for a meal before my flight out of Boston Logan airport.

I had the smoked salmon pizza ($10.79) and a soda ($2.99). The pizza was very good and the crust was nice and crisp and they were generous with the smoked salmon, dill sauce and red onions. Unfortunately, they didn't offer any desserts.

Singas Famous Pizza

...this mini chain offers middle eastern style pizzas - the crust is similar to a french bread crust and all pizzas are dinner plate size.

There are several locations in NYC, all but one is in Queens. I went to the one in Forest Hills at 63-53 108th Street.

I had a plain cheese for $4.95...delicious crispy crust as always.

Mista Chicago

...has two locations in Chicago. We visited the one at 2931 N. Broadway.

They offer extremely thin crust pizzas.

"C", "I", "T", "W" and I shared the following pizzas:

Margherita - sauce, roasted organic plum tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, sea salt and extra virgin olive oil ($12.75/lg)

Napolitano - sauce, roasted organic plum tomoatoes, roasted organic garlic, organic arugula, fresh mozzerella, fresh oregano, sea salt, extra virgin olive oil ($12.75/lg)

Florentine - sauce, organic baby spinach, seasoned ricotta, organic mushrooms, roasted organic garlic, fresh mozzerella and extra virgin olive oil ($12.75/lg)

Chicken Potle - spicy sauce, natural roasted chicken, provolone, fresh cilantro, extra virgin olive oil ($13.75/lg)

The crust was very thin and crisp and the toppings were all delicious.

And the owner was generous enough to give us each a complimentary cannoli - coated with chocolate chips and crushed pistachios. Yum. What a great way to end a meal.

Nook - Vancouver

Nook is located in downtown Vancouver at 781 Denman Street.

I had a San Pellegrino Limonata (CA$3), the antipasto special of burrata with prosciutto with heirloom tomatoes (CA$15), a margherita pizza (CA$15) and chocolate budino (CA$8).

The burrata was creamy and rich and the heirloom tomatoes sweet and juicy. The pizza was brick oven baked, thin and crispy. And the budino was velvety chocolate.

Divine Bites

...is another NYC Midtown Deli located at 1015 Avenue of the Americas near Bryant Park. They have the requisite sandwiches, pizza, hot entrees and tossed to order salad.

After receiving a promo flyer from someone on the corner of Broadway and 38th I stopped by to try their personal pizza $4.95 special (includes free lemonade). I guess I was one of the few people who ordered a personal pizza instead of slices from a regular pie because the pizza counter person had to make a fresh pizza for me. It took about 7 minutes to cook, but it was good - a regular tasting pizza.

I opted for a pink lemonade which was artificially sweet (it tasted like instant lemonade). But a fairly good deal for a midtown lunch.

Adrienne's Pizzabar

...is located at 54 Stone Street in NYC's Financial District.

"A" and I both had a limonata soda ($4). I had a margherita pizza ($12) which had a nice thin crust. "A" had penne a la vodka with shrimp ($18).

Co. (Company)

...is located at 230 Ninth Avenue in NYC's Chelsea.

"A" and I shared the daily special salad - Caprese with fresh mozzarella, basil and tomato with olive oil ($8) and a Meatball pie with tomato, mozzarella, veal meatballs, carmelized onions, olives, aged pecorino, and oregano ($18).

I had a lemonade ($4).

And we shared two desserts: the daily special Affogato Bomboloni - chocolate filled donut with vanilla gelato in a glass of espresso ($8) and the Chocolate breadcrumb torte with chocolate gelato and chocolate sauce ($8). Both were very good, but the torte was excellent with three rich chocolate flavors. The single bomboloni was not an adequate dessert. It needed a friend or two or three. = )

And a bonus is we saw Jimmy Fallon and his wife. He is much taller and better looking in person than on tv!