Pizza and Beer

While I know there are many out there who think little about pairing the right beer with the right food, in a more general sense some food is just made for beer. When eating a polish dog with sauerkraut, beer is so much better than a coke. And while root beer can work in a pinch, pizza is made better by real beer.

I think it’s time Baton Rouge gets a great pizza delivery place to deliver beer (or wine) along with pizza. We have good pizza in Baton Rouge — Rotolo’s, D’angelo’s, Schlitz & Giggles, Fleur De Lis. The problem is most of our local pizza places have abysmal beer selections. Someone needs to open a place specializing in artisanal pizza, and artisanal beer, and they should offer it to-go or for delivery.

Houston has a place called Pizza L’Vino. I can’t comment as to the quality of their pizza, though it does look good. I can, however, speak of the quality of their beer list. They deliver singles or six-packs of several selections from Saint Arnold, Karbach, New Belgium, and Sierra Nevada, as well as an assortment of beer that’s not worth mentioning. That’s some great, local beer, as well as some more accessible, and more widely circulated craft beer. Conveniently, the good beer has it’s own list, so you don’t have to sort through the swill to find the pearls.

I’m sure it would require changing laws in Baton Rouge to do this, but it’s a service we’re lacking. If you know how to make great pizza, hit me up. This may be the beginning of a business venture.