Southside Pizza’s Mexican pizza is loaded with seasoned ground beef, pineapple pico, shredded lettuce and jalapenos. (Contributed photo)Slick’s Burgers co-owners Eric Taslimi and Robb Peterson are continuing their efforts to bring quality food to the city’s fast-casual dining scene with their latest concept, Southside Pizza.
The business partners opened Slick’s Burgers, offering burgers with creative toppings along with craft brews, in St. Elmo in 2013. They later moved the restaurant to Main Street on the city’s Southside, where Peterson is a resident.
Noticing the lack of a neighborhood pizza joint, they found a location where they could create their own and fill the void.
“We thought it had ‘pizza shop’ written all over it,” Taslimi said of Southside Pizza’s Main Street location, which they opened in October.
The New York/Brooklyn-style pizza features a fairly thin 20-inch crust, and can be purchased whole or by the slice. Slices are available in five or six different varieties at a time and are ready to eat within two minutes, Taslimi said.