This salad is a burst of tropical freshness, made with roasted corn kernels, red bell peppers, daikon spouts, jicama and bits of pineapple with passion fruit vinaigrette. or the sweet yellow made out of fresh sweet corn. You can enjoy the classic white made with Harina P.A.N. It is a grilled corn pocket, crunchy on the outside and moist on the inside cut length-wise and stuffed with savory goodness. I do, however, still question their lack of pizza knowledge considering their length of being in the Philadelphia pizza business.Roughly translates as “A little bit of this, a little bit of that.” In Spanish, Picar has multiple meanings: hens peck spicy to eat little bits of different foods. They serve 8 slices in a pie for a reasonable price of around $10.Īll in all, I liked Pica’s pizza as they are truly an original and historical pizza place in Philly. The crust is slightly blackened (charred) and has a small crackly edge on it. Also, the pepperoni pizza had giant thin slices places two on top of each slice. The cheese is a nice amount under the sauce and is very stringy when you bite into it. It is a very basic tomato sauce yet very sweeter than many other Philly pizzerias. Pica’s put their cheese on the bottom and then sauce on the top. Their pizza is served fresh on the square tray it was cooked on. They have only square pizza like Santucci’s Brothers Square Pizza but yet different. How can you have a pizza business this long and not know pizza’s roots and history?ĭespite their lack of pizza knowledge and Margherita pizza option, Pica’s pizza was very different than many other Philly pizzas. Even though the pizzas can be very good and unique. This pizza establishment has been in existence since 1941 and they don’t even know what a Margherita pizza is. Actually, this is what bothers me a little that I know New York pizza critics will give Philly slack about. Their options are all square pizza but have many toppings to choose from. They have a bar that you can sit and drink at too.Īlthough the menu was very large, I came there for the pizza. The staff was very friendly and made me feel at home. The place is very nice and would be a few steps down from being a high class restaurant. Pica’s small pizzeria is now a large restaurant that features a large menu of food in addition to the original square pizza that built this business. It is interesting to compare these prices to that of today where pizzas went up on average almost 1500%. Also, Frank Pica’s original pizzas were $1 for a large and $.75 for a small. There were no exceptions as this was the house rules at the time. Some interesting observations about Pica’s old pizzeria:Īt that time women had to be accompanied up to the second floor by gentlemen. In 1956, Pica’s growth required the move to a much bigger place at their current location. Frank Pica sold only his original square pizza there as a very modest business. The history of this restaurant is worth mentioning here as this is one of the oldest active pizza places left in Philly.Įstablished in 1941 by Frank Pica, Sr., Pica’s first location was in West Philadelphia on 62nd and Race Street. Pica’s Restaurant is located at 7803 West Chester Pike, Upper Darby, PA 19082.
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