Jackson Jambalaya

what part of lakeland?

AWESOME! I LOVED their pastas!

still put my home made up against any--

Had a pizza at Basil's last week. What are you talking about?

Since when?

Last one I got at PS was, imho, better than anything else we have around here.

finally! but don't they know that all the cool kids live in jackson now? i guess lakeland is a good start.

...and in reference to basil's pizza. they have it again. i think they serve it everyday at the fondren location.

Sal & Mookies pizza is really good too.

I usually go to the one in Belhaven.

Sal & Mookies is gross, and it makes you feel terrible afterward. It is soggy and too laden with cheese and grease.

But, you can get a pretty good stromboli there, which for some reason isn't quite as greasy.

Pizza Shack is the best pizza in town hands down. Sometimes they can be soggy when they load it down with toppings, but it holds up best after a few days.

PS is the only food I miss from Jacktown, beside the chicken pesto salad sammy from Bravo and, of course, Cock of the Walk catfish.

Last few times I've been to Pizza Shack I was disappointed. Crust was gooey and not even a golden color on the bottom. Last straw was when they cooked a pizza so greasy the grease soaked through the cardboard and completely drenched my leather seat. Only had to drive two blocks and it didn't tilt or turn over, it was just that greasy. At the time it seemed like they had new faces every time I went into the place.

It's not actually going to be the "Brick Oven", it's some of it though with also Fresh Market mixed in. Sounds to me like delicious and healthy food, a great substitute for fast food.

PieWorks in Madison has great pizza. The wheat crust is sooo good!

I went to Basil's for lunch today and they do not serve pizza !!! That is why I quit going there last year !!! I loved their pizza and don't understand why it was discontinued....

Is it in the old Pizza Hut location across from Prep? Saw a sign for "Grant's Kitchen" when passing it today...

Yup. You are correct. 2:31 and 8:50

Pizza Shack is disgusting. The pizzas are dripping with grease and the pizza is almost always undercooked.

Soulshine is still the best.

Madison sucks.

Maybe they can share a building with the new Mickey D's.

Hey, Jeff Good here with Sal & Mookie's. I wish to try to share some insight about the grease comments above for oru pizza and, if appropriate, for the benefit of the great guys at Pizza Shak too.

We serve "New York style" pizza... and, by definition, it is supposed to be greasy. But greasy is a real negative term... it is fat.

Our pizza may seem greasy, but this is a by-product of the fact we use very high end, high butter fat cheeses. WHOLE MILK mozzarella... WHOLE MILK fontina... ricotta... high fat parmesan... and more.
So, while our melted cheese may often yield a “greasy” appearance, its taste and resistance to burning makes it far superior to the “low moisture, part skim” cheeses often used by more institutional operations.

I hope that helps explain... it is a matter of taste... as for us... we love butter fat... thus the ice cream as well.

I welcome your comments here, or to my personal e-mail jeffg@bravobuzz.com. Also, we have a write up on this on our website... www.salandmookies.com.

Thank you, and thank all of you for your interest in eating at, and supporting, local independent businesses. The participants on kingfish's blog are great folks!

I've heard Sal and Mookies is just too expensive, especially when you have your kids in tow.

You have got to love Jeff Good! I'm not a big pizza connoisseur, but his grease confession and tutorial makes sense to me. Personally, I go to Sal and Moo for the Hebrew National (-best panini period.)

(Btw Jeff, you don't know who I am but I sold and unsold you a boat once, ha ;-))

Sal & Mookie's slice of pizza & soup or salad lunch combo is one of the best values around.

The S&M gyro sub is quite good. It is a different take on the gyro and a nice change of pace.

As for the participants here being great folks ... Damn right Jeff.