Alright, gonna post pics of last weeks winners. Unfortunately, I’m kind of a dumbass, so I forgot to take a photo of the Tuesday winner at O’Neals. They are supposed to play at Rembrandt’s, so I’ll get a photo of them then. All questions are about cities that are participating in the City vs. City Smackdown. One guess per person.

First, on Monday, JGT read the Philly Mag from cover to cover, then gave you his thoughts. At quizzo, we start with an upset, as This is Our Birthday Party, Damn It was the receiver of a birthday miracle, knocking off the Young the Old and the Restless, 101-94. The win earned the birthday party a spot at the City vs. City Smackdown.

Off to the Bards, where Sofa Kingdom essentially put it in cruise control after Round One and crushed Free Prostate Exams in Milwaukee, 105-77. Narkotyzing Dysfunktion was bowled over, finishing in the gutter with 71.

Johnny got to keep his $20 again this week, as the Jams knocked off the Fort Dix Invaders, 93-84, despite not playing with one of their best players. The bounty rises to $30 next week. An inspirational performance at the Vous by Sorry Linda, I’m Having Your Baby, as they only trailed the Jams by one heading into the final round. There is no need for us to discuss what happened in Round Four.

The Black Sheep was the most wide open race for quite some time, with a new winner every week, but lately it’s gone down as a battle between two heavyweights. Duane’s World edged the Satan’s Minions, 105-103, to win for the 3rd time in the past 4 weeks. This from a team that a few months ago had to have a players only meeting to figure out what the hell was going wrong.

An interesting development at the Good Dog, as Chill Rob A and Zombie of MAGMA teamed with Steve-O to form 2 1/2 Armagmians. The result was an easy 87-74 win over the No Talent Ass Clowns-and a lot of questions about the balance of power at the Good Dog. The latest rumor has a MAGMA member dropping out, and a new fiery squad emerging from the earth in the coming weeks. And whither Axis of Evil Knieval? All I know is this: things at the Dawg are wide slam open for a new power to emerge.

Blah blah blah Sofa Kingdom Blah blah blah win Blah blah blah Bards blah blah blah 101 points. Law School GIrls are Easy finished 2nd with 94. Now let’s go bowling.

I’m headed over the river to lovely Camden to see some baseball. Will get back to you this afternoon with some pics and reaction. Also, as soon as Metro posts my column I’ll have some pics from Goat Fest (hold out for online version of this weeks story. They had to chop up the paper version pretty bad to create space.)

After Bards quizzo last night, me and my man DJ headed over to a prime pizza late night spot in CC West, Tower Pizza. Tower is famous for one reason: it is open until 4 am. I don’t know of any other pizza places that can make that claim (What time does Lorenzo’s close? 3 or 4?) Anyways, here was DJs take:
One of the most predominant items visible on Tower Style Pizza’s hanging menu is a cornucopia – and fittingly so. The pizza shop, located on 20th street between Walnut and Sansom, is packed to the gills with a variety of pizza flavors, mixed decor, and a drink selection that rivals that of your local food mart. To top it off they keep their doors open until just about sunrise, allowing the masses to reap the benefits of greasy pizza goodness until 4am.

Tower’s setup is a little bit all over the place. Greek posters, nostalgic World Trade Center photos, and two rabbit-ear laden televisions are crammed into a smallish 20 foot wide sit-down joint pumping middle-eastern music. I’m still a little bit intrigued by their illuminated advertisement for a cheese and pineapple platter, but I’ll dare to sample that when Johnny goes on a city-wide dairy and fruit review.

Despite a menu boasting a dozen or more pizzas, late night selection was slim between sausage, pepperoni, and buffalo chicken. I grabbed a slice of pepperoni (@ ~$2.35) and wasn’t blown away. The thin crust was solid, but the general flavor wasn’t overwhelmingly notable. Service was quick, polite, and friendly, but hardly made up for a relatively mediocre slice. Table napkins were sparse despite the slight greasiness, but garlic and parmesan were plentiful throughout. The latter I encourage to help get through the pizza.

Far more impressive than the pizza was the supplementing beverage collection. Seldom do you find two cases filled with regular and diet sodas, root and birch beers, flavored teas, and energy waters in such a small shop. With the overstock of drink racks stacked literally to the ceiling, locals should keep Tower Style Pizza in their sights should the need arise for a downtown nuclear fallout shelter

Tower Style Pizza’s most defining attribute is not their pizza, decor, or their barricade of beverages, but their accessibility. Average pizza can taste like a 4-roni award winner when you’re stumbling home loaded from the bar at two in the morning. The fact that Tower gives you two more hours to wander around downtown before they close up shop is pure gold. Just remember you’ll need to be mildly drunk to shell out almost 3 bucks for a slice. 2.5 roni’s for dinner, 4 roni’s if you’re destroyed at 3am.

Yeah, my thoughts were similar. The place is kind of weird. Definitely set up for a late night crowd. The pizza was decent. I had a pepperoni slice and a buffalo chicken slice ($3). They were not at all greasy,and neither were they too dry, which was good. Neither blew me away, but they would have been perfect had I been plastered. If you desperately need a slice at 3 am, this place is more than suitable, but I wouldn’t get a dinner slice here. And if you need 325 bottles of Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer in a jiffy, this is definitely your spot.