Sammy’s Pizza of Naples or Mikey’s Birthday Dinner

Every year we go out for my friend Mike’s birthday. He is a man of very discriminating taste. His favorite foods: pizza, burgers, Coca-Cola and milk chocolate. We have recently discovered his love of Camembert cheese which threw everyone for a loop.
Of course, being a dear friend, he indulges us by going out to lots of other restaurants. For example, he eats Chicken Tikka at Indian restaurants. He’ll endure a filet mignon if he must. Nonetheless, he eats many $80 bowls of spaghetti with meatballs.
Plus he’s the world’s greatest designated driver because he has one small shot of vodka a year to indulge us and celebrate his birthday.

This year we found a new pizza place near his home in East Naples. Barb and I enjoy a thin crust pizza which was what they offered. Mike and Lynn, Jay and Paula, Barb and I went to check it out and celebrate. We brought a couple bottles of wine and I seem to remember a $20 corkage fee.

We all enjoyed Sammy’s pizza. Almost everyone was thrilled with the crust and toppings. In a later discussion, Jay admitted that he was not happy with the crust because it was a bit too “cracker-like”. I get his point, but have personally come to live the cracker quality of many thin crust pizzas and flatbreads. It’s certainly a point of personal preference.

I feel that Sammy’s is a place that should flourish. The ambiance is “casual pizza joint”. Their menu has just a few offerings other than pizza. The servers couldn’t be nicer. They let you byob. For me it’s a place that I’ll return to whenever I get the yen for pizza. Give it a try.