Discussion of Robin Garr's Uncle Maddio’s review

[Robin Garr]

Uncle Maddio’s Wins With Pizza In A Hurry
Voice-Tribune review by Robin Garr

Ahh, pizza! I’ve long argued that this all-American Italian treat is one of nature’s most nearly perfect foods. Salty, crisp, gooey, dripping with delicious cheese and loaded with all manner of goodies, it’s a decadent snack.

And yet, if you bring just a bit of moderation to the party, taking a ration of healthy veggie toppings to ameliorate the meat lovers’ delights – and maybe skipping the extra cheese – you can turn a sizzling pie into a meal that’s arguably … well … if not actually good for you, at least not so bad. And that’s something, right?

Pizza is popular. I can name more than 50 local, independent pizzerias in town, without even counting restaurants that include pizza on the menu without specializing, like Cafe Classico, Cafe Lou Lou and Garage Bar, for example, not to mention (yeah, let’s not) the bland facsimiles of pizza vended by the corporate chains.

It doesn’t take a genius to perceive the connection between intense clusters of pizzerias around the city’s most prominent nightlife zones, Baxter-Bardstown and St. Matthews. Pizza is, after all, an even better antidote to a night on the town than the traditional White Castle burger.

When you’re in a hurry, you won’t find a faster pizza – at least not a faster good pizza – than you’ll get at Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint, conveniently located on the Bardstown strip at Grinstead Drive, in the retail mini-strip that replaced the old green John Riley Auto Service building.

I won’t say Maddio’s builds the best pizza in town, but it’s far from the worst. Locavores will praise its commitment to natural beef and free-range chicken, and the vegetarians and vegans among the strip’s hipster crowd will award it extra points for including such niceties as tofu and vegan “cheez” among the offerings.

Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes.com:
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/uncle ... in-a-hurry

and in the Voice-Tribune:
http://www.voice-tribune.com/life-style ... n-a-hurry/

Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint
2011 Grinstead Drive
690-8871
http://www.unclemaddios.com

I've eaten there a LOT (Trivia Team) and find the pizzas consistently good. But I loooove the magical soft drink machine!!

While they certainly aren't a contender for the best pizza in town they certainly are a worthy contender and much better than many. Looking at their website after reading the article it appears that we're going to get a second location in Louisville. It shows that one was awarded to Louisville. If that's true it will be interesting to see where it's located.

We really like Uncle Maddio's too. I'm also in love with the Coke Freestyle machine, but wish they had more than one as it can get quite a line sometimes because there is a delay to the touchscreen, and it can be hard to make a decision with so many choices.