Easily the best pizza I've ever had in my life. Easily. Josh, you shoulda been there.

The setting: I went to Black Thorn a couple Sundays ago with a group of friends. It's a tiny place, tucked away so much that I never knew it was right around the corner from my best friend's house. It was decorated mostly with grafitti covering the walls, everything from stickers to intricate doodles to large chalk drawings. It was dark, it was kinda creepy, and it had games.

I played some mean shuffle board, despite the fact that the table was low on that grain/salt stuff. I still won. A lot. Also there was Ms. Pac Man, a $4 golfing video game, Galaga, Donkey Kong, air hockey, foosball, darts, and a Terminator 3 pinball machine.

Thankfully they had all those games; we ordered pizza... and waited about an hour for it to be ready. It was worth it. It claims to be Chicago-style, but, having eaten actual Chicago-style in Chicago, it wasn't.

It was however, the best pizza I've eaten in my life. (See above) It's also made from scratch. The sauce was garlicy and almost spicy. It was super cheesy, and good cheese too. Sausage and pepperoni. It may not have been Chicago-style, but damned if it wasn't just as filling. I ate a slice and (reluctantly) a half and was considerably uncomfortable for the rest of the evening.

It was well worth the wait, though I must say, by the end of that hour or so, all I could do was sit at the table and complain with everyone else about how hungry I was. It was comparable to when your mom fixed dinner when you were a kid. You'd ask how much longer, and when she said, "About 15 minutes," you thought you were going to die waiting for those minutes to pass.

Who knew that such a dingy, hole-in-the-wall looking pub could host this miraculous gift to the pizza world?

Full, Kate

Black Thorn Pub
3735 Wyoming Street
St. Louis, MO 63116