Riverside Pizzeria is a restaurant located in Iron River, Michigan. It opened as a bar in 1946 by World War II veterans and brothers-in-law Nello Silvestrini and Leonard Scalcucci; food was added later.[1] In the 1980s, the restaurant was purchased by the Fritz family, who as of 2020[update] continues to run it.[2]
The recipes and menu items used by Riverside are essentially the same as those created when the bar introduced food. Their pizzas are cooked in a flattop slate oven at a temperature of 550 °F (288 °C) for about 20 minutes. After the pizza is removed from the over, a second layer of cheese slices is added to the top of the pizza to melt before it is cut into squares for serving. As of 2013[update], Riverside sells more sausage pizzas than it does pepperoni.[2]
In 2016, MLive acclaimed Riverside as having the second-best pizza in the state of Michigan.[3][4] The restaurant was also recommended by Eater in 2022.[5]
References
edit- ^ "About Riverside Pizzeria". Riverside Pizzeria. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Klug, Fritz (November 19, 2013). "Michigan's Best Pizza: Riverside Pizzeria in western UP offers same pizzas as 50 years ago". MLive.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sherman, Amy (October 25, 2016). "Michigan's Best pizza: our 12 top choices revealed". MLive.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sherman, Amy (July 7, 2019). "Michigan's Best 2019 road trip across the Upper Peninsula". MLive.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ponzio-Mouttaki, Amanda (April 28, 2022). "An Eater's Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula". Eater.
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