Marco's Pizza with Jon Daly

"Marco's Pizza with Jon Daly" is Episode 256 of *Doughboys*, hosted by Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger. "Marco's Pizza with Jon Daly" was released on June 18, 2020.

## Synopsis

Actor and comedian Jon Daly (*Curb Your Enthusiasm*, *Kroll Show*) returns to the pod for the 'boys first visit to one of the fastest-growing pizza chains in the U.S., Marco's Pizza. Plus, the crew taste tests Nomad Ice Pops in another edition of Snack or Wack.

## Nick's intro

"The Glass City" - this is one of the nicknames for the northwest Ohio city of Toledo.

In the late 19th century, as industrial production ramped up stateside, Toledo became known for specializing in glass - in particular window panes and, in time, windshields (convenient, given its proximity to neighboring Michigan's automobile-assembly capitol, The Motor City). After American inventor Michael J. Owens developed a way to mechanize glass-bottle production in 1908, drastically reducing the per unit cost of the formerly handmade storage containers, demand for bottles surged in the burgeoning soda pop and macro-brew sectors, and the Glass City's capacity grew to match.

Toledo's manufacturing sector survived through wartime and thrived post-War, but like the Midwest, and America at large, slowly declined as globalization shifted manufacturing overseas and the town transitioned to a service-based economy.

Enter Pat Giammarco, an Italian-American immigrant and the son of a pizza-maker, who in 1978 opened a pizzeria of his own in the Toledo suburb of Oregon, Ohio. The pie shop in the town named for a state within a state was popular with Ohioans and expanded statewide, entrenching itself as a Buckeye fixture until the 2000s, when franchising entrepreneur Jack Butorac laser-targeted the company for national, and later international, expansion.

Butorac, impressed by Giammarco's consistency across locations, added restaurants like a "Midwest pizzeria Ray Kroc," scaling up its footprint, and eventually taking the reins from Giammarco as CEO. Today, four decades after its Oregon, Ohio origin, the once hyperlocal haunt has quietly become the sixth-largest pizza chain in the United States with over 900 locations and has a presence in three dozen foreign countries.

So if growth continues unabated under Butorac's stewardship, perhaps in some distant day, the town that's referred to as the Glass City may come to be known as the Pizza City.

This week on *Doughboys*, Marco's Pizza.

## Fork rating

* Deluxe Pizza Bowl
* Veggie Sub
* Chicken Wings
* Double Chocolate Brownie
 Mike Mitchell
* Large Cheese Pizza
* Small Thincrust Pizza
	+ Garlic Sauce Crust Topper
	+ Old World Pepperoni
	+ Onions
	+ Italian Sausage
	+ Jalapeno Ranch Sauce
* Deluxe Pizza Bowl
* Cheezybread
 Jon Daly
* Deluxe Pizza
* Cinnasquares

## Snack or Wack

In Snack or Wack, The Doughboys have a snack and decide if it is good or bad ('snack' or 'wack').

For this episode, they try Nomad Ice Pops, a brand of gourmet, handmade popsicles located in Southern California.

They were sent these flavors: Mango Chili, Lychee & Cantaloupe, Pink Lemonade, Orange Cream, Berry Peach Lemonade, Strawberry Mint with Chocolate, Vanilla Coconut Raspberry, Vanilla Coconut Blueberry, Pistachio with Chocolate, Salted Peanut Butter Honey with Chocolate, and Vietnamese Coffee.

The Doughboys weren't necessarily into every flavor, but overall, thought these were very high-quality popsicles.

* Vietnamese Coffee
* Strawberry Mint with Chocolate
 Mike Mitchell
* Salted Peanut Butter Honey with Chocolate
* Pink Lemonade
* Orange Cream
 Jon Daly

## Quotes

**Mitch**: You never got a cum medal?!

## Related Episodes

* 256. **Marco's Pizza**
* 283. Jersey Mike's 2

## Photos

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