Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was in Chicago earlier this week and he issued a characteristically originalist ruling on pizza:
“I do indeed like so-called ‘deep dish pizza.’ It’s very tasty,” the high court’s most outspoken conservative said after a moment’s hesitation. “But it should not be called ‘pizza.’ It should be called ‘a tomato pie.’ Real pizza is Neapolitan. [from Naples, Italy] It is thin. It is chewy and crispy, OK?”
More "real pizza" is coming to Madison. Naples 15 will soon be opening at the graveyard of restaurants, Butler Plaza.
Salvatore Di Scala, who plans to open Naples 15 at 15 N. Butler St. in December, called from the island of Ischia near Naples, Italy, where he said he is importing flour for his pizza dough.
Di Scala reports that his wife is pregnant, due around the time the restaurant is expected to open.
The restaurant will replace Las Cazuelas Mexican restaurant in Butler Plaza. It was the original location of Cafe Porta Alba, where Di Scala did some consulting work.
Di Scala intends to serve authentic Neapolitan pizza and eventually get certification from the Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana, an international nonprofit organization founded in the mid-1990s by a group of Neapolitan pizza makers, who instituted strict pizza-making requirements.
Born in Naples, Di Scala was raised 20 miles away on the island of Ischia. He considers Madison his "second home."
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