SOMETIMES PLANS CHANGE AND YESTERDAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS, WE HAD PLANS TO GO TO MAXIE'S IN OLD FORGE AT 5:30PM BUT A SNOW SQUALL COATED THE ROADS AND MADE THEM ICY. SO WE DECIDED TO DELAY OUR VISIT TO 9PM AFTER OTHER COMMITMENTS WERE TAKEN CARE OF BUT WHEN WE CALLED MAXIES AT 9PM WE WERE TOLD THE KITCHEN WAS CLOSED ALREADY(WE ASSUME DUE TO THE SNOW)
BUT SOME QUICK THINKING RESULTED IN A VISIT TO BROWNIES PIZZA IN WEST SCRANTON. BROWNIES WAS TO BE OUR SECOND VISIT ANYWAY SO WE WILL GO TO MAXIES ON THURSDAY.
WE SHOWED UP AT BROWNIES AND WERE GREETING BY THE OWNER BILLY BEEPER SALERNO WITH HIS TRADEMARK SMILE. THE DINING ROOM WAS NOT CROWDED BUT THE TWO DELIVERY PERSONS WERE BUSY RUNNING IN AND OUT WITH LATE NIGHT DELIVERIES
THIS SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST PART OF THEIR BUSINESS TAKEOUT AND DELIVERY.
BROWNIES AT ONE TIME HAD A SECOND LOCATION IN OLD FORGE ACROSS FROM THE OLD FORGE BANK. BROWNIES HAS BEEN A FAMILY OWNED PIZZERIA FOR OVER 50 YEARS. ACCORDING TO BILL THE PIZZERIA WAS STARTED BY HIS MOM AND DAD BOTH OF THEM WORKED WITH TOMMY FERRI OF FERRI'S PIZZA AT THE SAME RESTAURANT AND BOTH TOM AND BROWNIE STARTED THEIR OWN PIZZERIA AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME IN THE 1950'S. BROWNIES HAS MANY BEST PIZZA AWARDS HANGING ON THE WALLS AND THE ONE TITLE THAT STANDS OUT IS THE TITLE OF BEST PIZZA 1985 GIVEN OUT BY THE AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION FOR A NATIONAL CONTEST.
WELL THE RED PIZZA WE HAD LAST NIGHT WAS A WINNER. THE CRUST WAS GOLDEN BROWN ON THE BOTTOM, THE CRUST WAS ALSO THIN AND CRISPY THE CHEESE MIX WAS OLD FORGE EXCELLENT AND THE PIZZA SAUCE HAD A NICE ONION TANGY FLAVOR. OVERALL WE ENJOYED IT ALOT. I PERSONALLY DOVE IN FOR FOUR CUTS EVEN AFTER IS PROMISED MYSELF I WOULD STOP AT TWO. I GUESS THAT MEANS ANOTHER MILE OF WALKING TODAY. WE TOOK SOME PICTURES AND WILL ADD TO POST LATER.
BESIDES PIZZA, BROWNIES ALSO SERVES WINGS, STROMBOLI, SALADS, SUBS AND A VARIETY OF DINNERS ALL UNDER $10 BUCKS. OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TILL 11PM
SO STOP IN AND VISIT BILL SALERNO AT BROWNIES. HE IS A TOF (TYPICAL OLD FORGER) COMPLETE WITH FRIENDLY SERVICE AND LOTS OF FUNNY STORIES.
OLD FORGE PIZZA CHALLENGE RANKING IS THREE CUTS.
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