New Eats: Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria
Slim & Husky's occupies 634 Union, a restored brick building nearly a century old. (Peggy Burch/Daily Memphian)
The house rules for Slim & Husky's, 634 Union, are painted on the glass at the entrance. (Peggy Burch/Daily Memphian)
The interior of Slim & Husky’s features portraits of Ida B. Wells, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin and 8Ball & MJG. (Peggy Burch/Daily Memphian)
The interior of Slim & Husky's at 634 Union looks spacious and airy. (Peggy Burch/Daily Memphian)
If you’re counting, you’ll find the Rony, Roni, Rone! pepperoni pizza has three kinds of pepperoni, one of them quite spicy. (Peggy Burch/Daily Memphian)
The California Love, which we picked from the list of $10 Tuesday specials, is on the husky side. (Peggy Burch/Daily Memphian)
Slim & Husky's doesn’t have just generic cinnamon rolls; it has five kinds of them. This duo is the S&H house with cream cheese and brown sugar sauce (left) and the "Sticky Fingaz" with caramel sauce, bacon and glazed pecans (right). (Peggy Burch/Daily Memphian)
A Nashville export gets a warm welcome in Memphis. A stainless steel screen that dominates the counter at the restaurant on Union delivers the message: Pizza Rules Everything Around Me.
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