Pizza City with Steve Dolinsky

About Pizza City with Steve Dolinsky

Steve Dolinsky, author of "Pizza City USA" and "The Ultimate Chicago Pizza Guide" is also founder of Pizza City USA Tours. Every other Friday, he talks to some of the nation's greatest pizza makers, shop owners, pizzaiolos and other legends about their true passion. Discover how they got into the business, what they learned along the way, and how they came up with their delicious recipes. New episodes are available every other Friday.

Publisher

Steve Dolinsky

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Jan 2019

Latest episode

26 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

43 of 175 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Frank Kabatas - East Village Pizza (NYC)

   Frank Kabatas came to the U.S. in the late 90s, and his first experience with New York style pizza was as a delivery guy for East Village Pizza (https://www.eastvillagepizza.net). He eventually moved to the West Side, working for a different pizzeria, then eventually returned to the East Side, when he bought the business in 2003. It wasn't easy. Kabatas had to learn English, and figure out how to stay afloat in a very competitive environment, but now more than 20 years on, his business is thriving. Note: this is the FINAL show of 2025 and for our podcast. I've decided after seven years, we've covered pretty much all there is to say about pizza right now. I hope you've enjoyed this run, we sure have.

2. 

   5 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Bub & Grandma's Pizza (L.A.)

   Andy Kadin just knew he had to get back into pizza, after spending years perfecting his breads at Bub & Grandma's in L.A. He has opened a sibling pizzeria (https://bubspizza.com) to his cafe on the East Side of the city, where they make an East Coast-inspired pizza that will knock your socks off.

3. 

   7 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   allday pizza (Austin, TX)

   Townsend Smith and Daniel Sorg were friends in NYC, but both moved to Austin and then reconnected over their mutual love of pizza. They converted a former post office in the suburb of Hyde Park into allday pizza (https://allday.pizza), one of the best pizza places in the city, and definitely a must-visit if you're ever in Austin.

Inside a recent episode

Frank Kabatas - East Village Pizza (NYC)

Published 26 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Okay, so you moved here in the 90s, right? 1997. And what were you doing, your delivery driver? I worked here at East Village Pizza as a delivery driver with bike, not electric. After six months, I got fired from here. So I went to West Village to find another job. I did find that's a long story. I didn't even speak enough English. In the time by the time I was going to school, Langan University for English second language. For about two years. After two years, I studied computer science for six months. But I had to drop because I needed the money. I had to work. So I keep working. I had to work. […]

Who has been a guest on Pizza City with Steve Dolinsky

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chris Pandel
• Guillermo Paolisso
• Hunter Leslie
• Jeff Scheer
• Adam Weisell

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

108 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

36 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

95

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