Bravo, Grotto!

I was in Delaware yesterday and stopped to enjoy a Grotto pizza.

If you are a pizza aficionado (as I am) then you've gotta try Grotto's pizza.

Grotto boasts 15 Delaware locations and three Pennsylvania eateries. It's near impossible to travel anywhere in The First State without encountering Grotto. I first discovered this extraordinary pizza nearly 20 years ago while visiting the Delaware shore.

And the Grotto pizza that I ate yesterday is every bit as good as the one I first tasted so many years ago. The taste is consistently good.

Grotto's pizza is thin crusted and extra crispy.

Grotto Pizza was founded in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware in 1960 by 17 year old Dominick Pulieri along with his brother-in-law Joe Paglianite and sister Mary Jean.

What makes Grotto pizza so special?

At Grotto, Pulieri explains, the cheese is laid down first, and then the sauce is added. At most other shops, he says, the sauce is put down first and then the cheese goes on top; that makes other pizzas look like they have more cheese when, in fact, they don't. Pulieri also points out that, as a quality measure, the cheese that Grotto uses is made to specifications at a Wisconsin cheese house. "It's a very controlled thing."

Although Grotto Pizza has expanded its menu and its size from that tiny pizza only take-out stand, Grotto Pizza continues to adhere to its philosophy of quality food and friendly hospitality. Even today, it’s not unusual to find Dominick stationed at the pizza table in one of the restaurants, making pizzas and serving customers with the same quality and care that has made Grotto Pizza a family tradition for more than 45 years.

Grotto is definately worth the trip.