I visited
on March 27, 2015 with Mike and Carol Thompson to watch the Gonzaga University
Men’s Basketball Game vs. UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen round with the Phoenix
Chapter of the GU Alumni.
I
ordered the Pretzel Fondue – fresh baked pretzel breadsticks cut in long wedge
sticks served with a rich white cheddar and asiago cheese sauce infused with
Old Style Beer. These were quite tasty
with our Fat Tire Beer as we waited for the game to begin. Later Mike and Carol ordered a pizza…1/ 2
cheese and 1 1/ 2 Pepperoni. I ordered
the Italian Sausage Sandwich “wet” – spicy Fontanini Italian Sausage topped
with Sweet peppers and grilled onions….with added giardiniera. It must have been the added giardiniera that
made the sandwich blistering hot.
Ordering the sandwich “wet” means that the hard roll or bun is dipped in
the au jus or drippings of the roasted beef.
I visited
on March 29, 2015 with Joshua, Judson and Jonah Hayes to watch Gonzaga
University Men’s Basketball Game vs. Duke in the Elite Eight with the Phoenix
Chapter of the GU Alumni. Once again I
ordered the Pretzel Fondue…quite tasty with my Fat Tire Beer. We ordered a Cheese Pizza for dinner – a 3rd
generation family recipe from Chicago, featuring a butter and herb flavored
cracker crust topped with Papa Moizo’s sweet red sauce, mozzarella and asiago
cheeses. I love thin crust pizza…so this
was a perfect pizza for me…and it was but in small squares…this is also the way
I like to eat pizza.
History:
Growing
up on Chicago’s North Side I fondly remember walking with my dad down to the
street corner to get an Italian Beef or Chicago Dog. We’d walk with our
brown paper bags and setup to eat on a local park bench. Once a week we’d
visit a friend of my dad at his Italian restaurant on Irving Park, who would
sit and tell stories from when they were kids.
On the weekends my grandfather would make his Chicago Style Cracker Crust Pizza. He would teach me how to roll the dough and the difference between fresh & dry herbs. The undeniable passion for flavor and authentic ingredients were part of those memories and what we are carrying forward to our friends in Arizona. Our dogs are true Vienna Beef served in S. Rosen’s Poppyseed Buns from Alpha Bakery. We fly Eli’s Cheesecakes to the store each week. The Italian sausage and meatballs that fill our Chicago baked hoagies are produced by Fontanini, a Chicago landmark. As for the pizza...that’s ours, made here in Arizona, fresh every day. A Chicago family recipe shared with our family in Arizona.
Our focus with the Half Moon Windy City is to capture some of the essense of
the Chicago through the food, the design of the restaurant and the excitement of
the sports that I grew up with. I hope you enjoy the midwest hospitality
experience! (This is printed on the
menu…as told by Clay Moizo.)
Half
Moon Windy City Sports Grill
2121
E. Highland Avenue
Phoenix,
Arizona 85016
(602)
977-2700
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