Anybody remember HELEN'S pizza ????

[someguy]

Correction its stltoday.com [EAT AT JOES] Forum.Check it out Dodge Vader maybe your father in law could franchise Helens Pizza. Lots of people cant sleep at night thinking about that pie....

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relucktent wrote:

The Melrose Pizza I remember was on Natural Bridge near Goodfellow. They then relocated to the Halls Ferry Circle. This was in the 50's thru the 70's. They had the best pizza in town. Now the best is Steffinias in O'Fallon. Always stop there when in the area.
Ellenton.FL

You may be correct about Natural Bridge..Maybe in the 60's.Where was it exactly?

[marie]

dear southside
My husband and I have been missing helen's for a LONG time. He mentioned the same place named Kim's. We're eating it for dinner tonite.:)
Let ya'll know thoughts. I just hope it's at least close to Helen's.
I think the recipe for Helens is the "Holy Grail" to me.:)

[tdaddybone]

jdmdusa wrote:

ol bill are you from St. Louis? remember the watermellon stand near chippewa/gravois? How about Bailey Farm Dairy and Fritzels and Danforth Cottage?

man, I loved Baileys dairy and a trip there for milk and ice cream!!

[www]

does anyone remember "Sam the Watermelon man" on Naturalbridge at Goodfellow in the 50's,and Ed's White Front BBQ across the street on the corner?

[Ellie]

suzzzzy wrote:

oh my how i crave for a sausage pizza......guess they never did open or relocate years ago .......

Helen"s had the best pizza!! It was a real treat. Also, the watermelon stand on Chippewa - we would go there after our CYC softball games!

[Ellie]

Helen's had the best pizza. Where are they now? Also I remember going to the watermelon stand after our CYC softball games. Those were the days!

[LIL Wayne]

No Ya'll but I do knows Helen Waite.
If Ya'lls wants to here my new cd ya'lls can go to see her.

[streamsitter]

Helen's was the best pizza - I found a pizza close outside Chicago but it just makes you want the real thing!!!! I would bet you could make a fortune with Helen's coming back. I would work there just to learn how to make it so my kid could taste what a real pizza should taste like.

[jdmdusa]

marie wrote:

dear southside
My husband and I have been missing helen's for a LONG time. He mentioned the same place named Kim's. We're eating it for dinner tonite.:)
Let ya'll know thoughts. I just hope it's at least close to Helen's.
I think the recipe for Helens is the "Holy Grail" to me.:)

Are you speaking of Kims on South Broadway is south county? Is it good.

[jdmdusa]

Ellie wrote:

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Helen"s had the best pizza!! It was a real treat. Also, the watermelon stand on Chippewa - we would go there after our CYC softball games!

I recall the watermellon stand on Chippewa and I even remember those little salt shakers on the table that were shaped like a Vess Soda bottle.....a real glass bottle. Where have all the good times gone?

[ol bill]

yep i remember those vess salt shakers also they were green if i recall your right about helen's everytime i bit into a pizza i think of helen's,,,oh my what i would give for a 12 inch double sausage....

[jdmdusa]

If I recall I was much younger then too

[A Biker Too]

Yes, I remember Helens Pizza, it did have a big front window so you could see the dough spinning in the air as you drove by, it was on Grand one block north of Gravois, right across the street from the firehouse.
I was in Koch Hospital at the time (1963) recovering from two broken legs, my room mate was a guy named Bill, he hung out in Helens & knew everyone there, he called one evening & talked to her, told her where he was, chatted for a while & then hung up, 45 minutes later, a delivery guy peeps in the door & says, "Bill?", he said
"that's me", the guy says, "here's a pizza from Helen, she said ENJOY".
I've never seen a pizza like that before, come to think of it, even after, THIS WAS AN EXTRA LARGE PIZZA, IT WEIGHED AT LEAST 7 OR 8 POUNDS, I KNOW, I HELD THE BOX WITH BOTH HANDS (had to use both hands, one hand couldn't support it PROPERLY), THIS PIZZA HAD "EVERYTHING, REPEAT, EVERYTHING" ON IT!!!, IT WAS THE BIGGEST PIZZA I'D EVER SEEN & ALSO THE HEAVIEST, BUT ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS WERE BALANCED JUST RIGHT & COOKED PERFECTLY, IT HAD ITALIAN SAUSAGE, HAMBURGER, BACON, CANADIAN BACON, HAM, PEPPERONI, ONIONS, OLIVES, MUSHROOMS, ANCHOVIES, GREEN PEPPERS, & LOTS & LOTS OF MOZZERELLA CHEESE, THE CRUST WAS UP TO THE JOB OF HOLDING THIS ALL TOGETHER WITHOUT COLLAPSING.
Bill managed to eat a (1) slice, trying as hard I could, I was unable to eat more than two slices, & I had the appetite of a 22 year old at the time, YES I REMEMBER HELENS PIZZERA, EVERYTHING WAS IN PERFECT BALANCE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU GOT, BECAUSE AFTER I WAS UP & GETTING AROUND, I GOT SEVERAL MORE PIZZAS FROM THERE, ALWAYS GOOOOOOOOD!!!!!
Sadly there is nothing quite like it around today, there are good pizzas out there but Helens was the very top of the heap as far as I'm concerned, yes please drag that secret receipe out of hiding & PLEASE RESURRECT IT, PLEASE!!!!!!!!

[qsego]

Guess my memory must be fading.

I kept thinking Helen's was on the east side of Grand, just south of Miami - one block south of Gravois. The fire house is at Grand and Potomac - one block north of Gravois.

Was there some other pizzeria on Grand just south of Miami ?

Southside resident 35 plus years...

[A Biker Too]

To qsego in Cuba, Mo., at the time of Helens Pizzera, there was no White Castle, no Taco Bell, no Walgreens, it was a row of businesses all along there from Helens south around the corner going west on Gravois to the alley, a business downstairs, apartments upstairs, this is in the late 50's & early 60's

[A Biker Too]

I lived in St. Louis then by Bevo Mill, now I'm out in South County

[julie t]

qsego wrote:

Guess my memory must be fading.
I kept thinking Helen's was on the east side of Grand, just south of Miami - one block south of Gravois. The fire house is at Grand and Potomac - one block north of Gravois.
Was there some other pizzeria on Grand just south of Miami ?
Southside resident 35 plus years...

yep that was pizza a go go there up on the hill area now still one of the best pizza's around yah miss helen's bad think of them with every pizza i get....wish wish wish...ha ha

[ol bill]

jdmdusa wrote:

<quoted text> I recall the watermellon stand on Chippewa and I even remember those little salt shakers on the table that were shaped like a Vess Soda bottle.....a real glass bottle. Where have all the good times gone?

yep i remember those vess salt shakers also they were green if i recall your right about helen's everytime i bit into a pizza i think of helen's,,,oh my what i would give for a 12 inch double sausage....

[someguy]

Hey dodgeVader Is this a Teal family recipe for Helens pizza...