Gluten-Free Pizza!

On another blog, I once wrote an article about a local pizzeria that was offering a gluten-free pizza. Ironically, I wrote that post almost exactly two years ago, on February 6th, 2008. For me, the idea of getting a take-out gluten-free pizza was amazing, because I had not been able to do it for five years. Sure, there were a few fine frozen gluten-free pizza offerings, but there's nothing quite like being able to feel normal again, and being able to go to a local pizzeria, and get something to go. Sadly, that pizzeria, the NY Pizza & Deli, had to close for reasons that I won't go into, here, but the good news is that there is another famous local pizzeria offering a gluten-free pie.

O'scugnizzo's Pizzeria was the first pizzeria that ever opened in Utica, in 1943. Why, just the other day I learned that my dad took my mom there for their very first date. Our family always enjoyed their pizza, and it was our pizza of choice for many years. When I was diagnosed with Celiac disease, of course, that all changed. But now that O'scugnizzo's is offering a gluten free pie, I am happy to report that they will once again be my pizzeria of choice.

Right now they are only offering a 9-inch personal pie, but I know that their gluten-free crust supplier offers other sizes, so I hope that they expand their menu to include larger pies in the future.

Buon Cibo!