{"id":661,"date":"2010-08-09T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T16:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/?p=661"},"modified":"2010-08-09T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T16:24:16","slug":"damgoode-pies-chicago-pizza-in-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/italian-cuisine\/damgoode-pies-chicago-pizza-in-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Damgoode Pies – Chicago Pizza in Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com<\/h4>\n
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The Greek Pizza with Spicy White Sauce<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve been a patron of Damgoode Pies<\/a>for many years now, including back when it was called Pie 2 (square) Pizza in the Heights.\u00a0 They now have two sit-down locations, one in the Heights and one on Cantrell, and a take-out location on Rodney Parham.\u00a0 They also have a location in Fayetteville.\u00a0 For this review I went to the one on Cantrell with a good friend of mine for a quick dinner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We arrived at 5:30pm on a Friday and were greeted by an empty restaurant which was to be expected given the time of day.\u00a0 We were quickly seated and placed our drink orders.\u00a0 Damgoode Pies is a very casual place to eat and you can expect to see plenty of people in shorts and t-shirts.\u00a0 The decor reminds me of old-school punk and rock clubs with all black paint, odd lighting, and even foam noise insulation stuck about the ceiling.\u00a0 It\u2019s funky and welcoming.\u00a0 I especially like the clouds painted on the ceiling in the back area.\u00a0 The only think I would change is the bright lighting in some areas.\u00a0 It reminds me of the lights that used to go on after concerts were over or when bars were closing. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I ordered the usual which for me is a Large Stuffy (+$5)\u00a0Greek Pizza (+$16.95)\u00a0with pepperoni added (+$3.25) and topped with their Spicy White Sauce.\u00a0 Yes, they are on the\u00a0expensive side.\u00a0 Damgoode Pies is the only place in Little Rock I will go to for a Chicago Style stuffed pizza.\u00a0 There are other places that claim\u00a0to have stuffed pizzas but they pale in comparison to what I have had many times in Chicago.\u00a0 I used to travel to Chicago for my work and spent over a year commuting there almost every week.\u00a0 My favorite thing to do was to go by Gino\u2019s East Pizza<\/a> or Giordanno\u2019s Pizza<\/a>and get a stuffed crust pepperoni pizza.\u00a0 I don\u2019t go to Chicago very often anymore so Damgoode Pies has to do it for me.\u00a0 Luckily, they almost always deliver on quality.<\/p>\n

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Slice of The Greek Pizza<\/p><\/div>\n

The Spicy White Sauce is a sauce made with\u00a0Parmesan cheese,\u00a0garlic, ricotta, basil,\u00a0and red pepper mixed in.\u00a0 They also offer a very garlicky Pesto Sauce, a \u201ctraditional\u201d Red Sauce, an Alfredo Sauce, a Tomato Basil Sauce, a Pesto Cream Sauce, a Garlic Butter Sauce, and a Pink Sauce.\u00a0 The sauces are really what makes the pizzas and I recommend you try them all to see which one(s) you really like.\u00a0 The Greek pizza comes with spinach, feta cheese, tomatoes, and black olives.\u00a0 I like to add pepperoni for the salt and the depth of flavor.\u00a0 Unless you are a vegetarian I highly recommend this step if you order the same thing.<\/p>\n

The pizza came out about 20 minutes after we ordered it and looked great.\u00a0 It was almost over-cooked but had a decent texture to it.\u00a0 They also didn\u2019t cover the entire thing with the Spicy White Sauce.\u00a0 The stuffed pizza is made first with a layer of dough.\u00a0 They then cover the dough with the toppings.\u00a0 And lastly, another layer of dough is put on top before they bake the pizza.\u00a0 When the pizza is almost done they remove it from the oven and add whatever sauce you order.\u00a0 They then put it back into the oven to finish cooking the pizza and the sauce.\u00a0 The only problem I see them run into with this method is that sometimes they don\u2019t use enough sauce.\u00a0 The sauce is so good that I don\u2019t want any bare spots on my pizza; therefore, I usually end up ordering a side of sauce to fill in the gaps.<\/p>\n

The pizza as ordered has an amazing texture and taste to it.\u00a0 You get a tiny crunch from the pizza crust that is quickly followed up by the smoothness of the sauce.\u00a0 The vegetables come next which are very moist and the whole thing is finished with the spiciness of the pepperoni and an after-kick of the red pepper.\u00a0 This is one of the few pizzas that I don\u2019t have to add red pepper to it since it\u2019s already baked in!\u00a0 The flavor is amazing and has kept me coming back over the years.<\/p>\n

Make sure you bring your appetites or a to-go box as you will get plenty of pizza if you order a Large Stuffy Pizza!<\/p>\n

Damgoode Pies<\/strong>
\n6706 Cantrell Road
\n501-664-2239 (All LR Locations)<\/p>\n

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by Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com I\u2019ve been a patron of Damgoode Piesfor many years now, including back when it was called Pie 2 (square) Pizza in the Heights.\u00a0 They now have two sit-down locations, one in the Heights and one on Cantrell, and a take-out location on Rodney Parham.\u00a0 They also have a location in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,4,205],"tags":[224,112,225,45,72,131],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-italian-cuisine","category-reviews","tag-damgoode","tag-little","tag-pies","tag-pizza","tag-restaurant","tag-rock"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}