A taste of Chicago in
Alabama Joe’s Pizza serves up traditional Italian and more At Joe’s Pizza in Woodville, the most popular pizza variety — meat lovers — isn’t listed on the menu that includes muffulettas, catfish, hamburgers and traditional pizzeria fare such as spaghetti and lasagna. Most of the restaurant’s business is carryout, so there are only a few dine-in tables at this small Northeast Alabama eatery. But perhaps it’s this pairing of the expected and unexpected that has kept loyal regulars coming back for nearly two decades. Manager Mary Thompson says her parents, Alvaro and Diane Ramos, followed her mother’s dream and started the restaurant in 2000 with only the guidance of Thompson’s pizza restaurateur uncle. Her parents, who had no previous restaurant experience, still work in the kitchen. “We’re from Chicago so we kind of have pizza in our blood,” Thompson says. 6 JULY 2019
Alvaro Ramos piles on the fresh toppings for a 12-inch supreme pizza.
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