Welcome Flat Stanley - Guest Blogger from FLA

CONSTANCE: The package arrived earlier in the week. Flat Stanley, a school project for my niece Emily. As part of Flat Stanley's visit, we're supposed to show him a good time and introduce him to the unique local and regional attributes of our area. What better introduction to Western PA than our Erie Pizza and Wing weekly blog experience.

This week's pizza and wing selection was quite the production. It started with a radio commercial I heard - only once though, so I only had part of the story: hand tossed dough, two blocks west of Peninsula Drive on either West Lake Road or West Ridge Road, and the name had three words in it, and I thought it was "On ... something something".

Mathias and I started on Peninsula Drive and then headed west on West Ridge Road. He took the right side of the road and I took the left. No businesses seemed to match the description from the radio commercial. We circled down to West Lake Road next on our pizza quest. We were almost at Peninsula Drive and then I saw it - the big flashing sign that said ON THE ROCKS! And it got even better - pizza special $5!

We went inside to order and were greeted by a bouncer. It looked like the place was set up for a private party. There was a comedian getting ready to start and since we were placing a carry out order, we could order and wait for free - no cover.

We ordered a large, one item - sausage, my favorite and 20 wings. The wings were on special for 40 cents too. If you eat in, they are 25 cents each! The bartender was very helpful and we chatted it up about the signature wings. We settled on CPR! Cajun-Parmesan-Ranch! Our wait time was 15 minutes and we were just in time for the comedian. And I use the term loosely ...

I'll admit, I was excited when I saw the piano. My experience has been good with piano-guy comedians. Until now ... he was the most raunchy, foul-mouthed man ever. He even looked like a dirty old man. I swear I was blushing. I think Mathias was too. It was the longest 15 minutes ever.

We headed home to watch The Office and enjoy our za and wings. You'll see by the photos that for $15 (including a $2 tip) everything looked fantastic and trust me, it tasted even better.

The hand-tossed dough was crispy and fresh. Mathias said that the sauce tasted like cherries. It was very flavorful and the most unique sauce we've had all year. The sausage had caraway seeds in it too which is my sausage of choice.

The CPR wings were crispy and tangy with a hint of hot. Sinus clearing but not too hot.

Our za and wings were worth the drive time discovery to find On The Rocks, and also well worth enduring the porn version of Weird Al. Flat Stanley, being a minor, waited in the car and didn't enter the bar or have to endure porn Al (thankfully).

My rating ... for the first time, a half-rating ... 7.5 slice rating outta 8 slices. I hope On The Rocks advertises more, so that more people have the opportunity to discover them too. And until then, I'm doing my part as word of mouth, er, um ... blog, is the most successful form of advertising. True that!

The 411:
On The Rocks
3040 W Lake Rd
Erie, PA 16505-3844
(814) 464-1581‎