| Little Rhody's pizza strips aka "party pizza" or "tomato | | | | forewarned, I offer you a smattering of strip joints with |
| pie," are the perfect food staple for toting in coolers to | | | | a crusty reputation, scattered throughout the state: |
| beaches along our Atlantic shoreline, ideal party fare, | | | | Crugnale Bakery and Pizza: 567 Reservoir Avenue, |
| heart healthy snack, bag lunch, football season cuisine, | | | | Cranston; 1342 Douglas Avenue, North Providence; 11 |
| sustenance for singles on the go, and Rhode fill for | | | | Newark Street, Providence; 237 Newman Avenue, |
| savvy road warriors foraging for a quick bite en route | | | | Rumford. |
| to any destination within the state's 160 mile | | | | DePetrillo's Pizza and Bakery (Home of the Original |
| north-south span. Too bland, you think? All it takes is a | | | | Pizza Party Tray)-- 797 Tiogue Avenue, Coventry; |
| shake of grated cheese or a sprinkle of red pepper | | | | 1073 Park Avenue, Cranston. |
| flakes to hightail into fourth gear. | | | | D.Palmieri's Bakery (Our famous pizza was one of our |
| Where does one begin to conduct a strip search for | | | | original and now best selling products)-624 Killingly |
| strip pizza in Rhode Island? Most bakeries carry this | | | | Street, Johnston. |
| plain product because they roll in the dough. Some | | | | Zaccagnini's Fine Cakes and Pastries (The |
| bakeries sell them to the local Shaw and Stop & | | | | Wonderbread of Pizza Strips)-- 701 Oaklawn Avenue, |
| Shop supermarkets. I highly recommend a bakery pit | | | | Cranston. |
| stop with the intention to purchase at least a dozen | | | | Though grease may be one of the dividends of |
| strips, as you can freeze the surplus for thawing on a | | | | handling a pizza strip, you won't get soaked otherwise |
| rainy day. Each strip will be neatly arranged in a box, | | | | at 3 for $2.75 or so. No matter how you slice it, the |
| waxed paper separating the layers from touching. Do | | | | pizza strip is worth sinking your teeth into for a |
| not be alarmed by the grease stains from the oil which | | | | rewarding off-road culinary experience without the |
| will eventually penetrate the cardboard. Schooled and | | | | expense or time consumed by fine dining. |