Pizza King (Galesburg)
125 W. Michigan AvenueI got to stay a little bit closer to home for my Friday night overtime shift last week. Instead of an hour drive almost to Indiana, I started my evening shift in Galesburg.
I actually didn’t work my normal day shift. I had something else going on so I used the hours from the Sunday that I had worked to have the day off on Friday. I still wanted the overtime shift because it’s something I like doing.
Since I was off, I joined my in-laws at Wings Event Center where my kids were skating. J had to work that night too and both kids had practice so my in-laws were helping us out. I was at the arena long enough to make sure everyone got skates on and were doing what they were supposed to be doing before heading out to work.
I had about an hour before I needed to be at my shift and, of course, it’s pizza night. There’s a pizza place in Galesburg so I called in an order.
Pizza King in Galesburg is on Michigan Avenue (M-96) and Church Street. The building was a computer repair shop for a while but I can’t figure out from Google Maps what it was before that. Pizza King moved in fairly recently after moving from their location a little further up the road on Michigan Avenue in the building currently occupied by Gull Lake Distilling.
There’s no online ordering which sucks for my anxiety. I sucked it up and called in an order for a medium thin crust pizza with Italian sausage and pepperoni. They told me it would be about 45 minutes so I grabbed a Pepsi and filled up my gas tank at a nearby gas station then hung out in the parking lot.
The entrance to the building is actually in the back where the parking lot is. When you come in the door, you’re immediately at the order counter. There is no seating inside despite this being a fairly large building. 90% of the building is taken up by the kitchen.
My pizza was just coming out of the oven when I walked in. I paid the bill which was just under $20 and waited a few minutes while the pizza was cut and boxed up.
I hadn’t planned to eat much before my shift began but I was hungry so I popped open the box. I ordered the thin crust and the first thing I noticed was I should have went bigger. This pizza is a really thin crust..which I love..I just knew the medium wasn’t going to be enough.
I decided to just sit in the parking lot an eat a couple of pieces before moving on. The pizza was loaded with the Italian sausage and pepperoni on top of the cheese. The edges had that nice golden brown crunch to it but the middle was weighted down by the grease from the toppings. It was a delicious pizza. Pizza the way I like pizza. There’s a lot of flavor on top while still have a bit of crunch from the bottom. I had only ever had the regular crust from Pizza King before. I didn’t know this was an option.
I’ve been wanting to stop at this Pizza King for a while. We’ve picked up pizza at the old location before when we went to Gull Lake Distilling. I haven’t had the time to take the detour in to Galesburg since they moved in to the new shop. I’ve always liked the pizza from Pizza King…but I usually like place that aren’t the same old delivery pizza. Pizza King is definitely not the same old delivery pizza.
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