![]() ![]() I kept it simple and ordered a 16″ Pepperoni for carry-out. We didn’t want to go crazy like we do when we order pizza at home because we didn’t want the leftovers. With such a weak Internet presence, it should be no surprise there isn’t an online ordering option so I had to call it in. There isn’t one big site for all the locations and it took me forever just to find one of those YP.com pages for the Stickney location. Villa Nova has a very minimal web presence. ![]() We didn’t realize when we ordered this was a Southside Chicago shop, but being fans of that kind of pizza, we were stoked when we found out. The other locations are in Lockport, IL (southwest Chicago suburb), Chesterton, IN and New Buffalo. That location opened in 1955 and has been in the family ever since. The original is in Stickney which is on the south side of Chicago just to the north of Midway International Airport and I-55. The New Buffalo shop is one of four Villa Nova Pizzerias. You’re getting the exact opposite with crispy thin crusts instead. The “Southside” part is important because on the Southside, you’re not getting the big deep dish pizzas you’re used to when you think of Chicago pizza. The thing is, is a Southside Chicago pizza restaurant. Villa Nova Pizzeria is a Chicago pizza joint that set up in New Buffalo. I looked up the menu and things looked good. I’m always fine with that and I saw an advertisement in the room for a pizza place. J suggested we order a pizza instead of packing everyone back up and heading out in the storm that was just starting to move it’s way into Michigan. We didn’t stay too long because we wanted to give my parents some time to relax before their show and really, all L wanted to do was play with her toys, so after about an hour, we headed back to our hotel. L and I hung out with my parents for a little while longer while J & B took a nap after my brother left. The Fairfield was a little on the expensive side, so I did the Priceline thing and got a room incredibly cheap at the Baymont Inn & Suites pretty much across the road from the Fairfield. ![]() She just wanted to play with her new Barbie’s and all the Barbie clothes she got to go with them. Our plan was to get a hotel with a pool so L could swim, but she didn’t want to. My sister-in-law had to get home to “log-in” to work Sunday morning so my brother and his family took off ahead of the snow storm that moved in Saturday night. My parents were going to see Donnie & Marie and Four Winds New Buffalo and the Michigan border town is about halfway for all of us. We finished up lunch at Casey’s Bar & Grill then headed to the Fairfield Inn & Suites back towards the highway to open presents. ![]() All of us are financially stable and in a position where we can get our kids pretty much what they want, but my mom still shops for Christmas just like she did when we were growing up. Christmas has always been her favorite holiday. In years we didn’t have a lot of money, my mom would buy things throughout the year and stash them until Christmas time just so there were several gifts under the tree for my brother and me. ![]()
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