At the Park

A Dane in Dicarlo’s

Smilia Sloth, Staff Writer

March 27, 2025

Pepsi and Pizza? What’s better?

Dicarlo’s is a pizza shop in Wheeling that cooks a little differently. The restaurant’s pizza is square and cooked before adding the cheese. I tried this pizza for the first time recently, and I enjoyed it.

It’s much different from pizza in my home country, Denmark.

When I first tried it, the biggest thing that stuck out to me was the convenience of the square shape. I could tell when I looked at it that this pizza was going to be very different from what I had in Denmark. Another thing that stood out to me was the cheese. I liked that it was still melting while I ate.

It is a controversial topic in Wheeling. The opinion on whether or not the pizza is good is very split.

Sophomore Ty’Aezia Butler said, “I like Dicarlo’s, I am a big fan of square pizza, I think it’s easier than circle pizza”.

On the other hand, some people aren’t fans.

Sophomore, Hannah Heusel, isn’t as fond, “I don’t really like the fact that the cheese isn’t completely melted. I just think it isn’t as good as the other options in Wheeling.”

In Denmark, pizza is much healthier than in America. It is never greasy and is often topped with vegetables, such as spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, and peppers. Pizza in Denmark is also typically round.

If you have never tried Dicarlo’s, I heavily recommend trying it. It is worth the hype!

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About the Contributors

Smilia Sloth, Staff Writer

Smilla Kirstine Sloth is a 16-year-old sophomore at Wheeling Park High School. This is her first year in journalism, and she is excited to help tell the story of Wheeling Park High School and its students. She is an exchange student from Denmark. Smilla is trilingual, she is fluent in French, English, and Danish.

Outside of the Press, Smilla is a member of the Park Girls’ Soccer Team. She is also a member of the Park’s Track and Field team and The Green Club.

Smilla has visited 57 countries in her lifetime and has temporarily lived in four of them, Denmark, Norway, Greenland, and now the United States.

Maliah Miskiewicz, Co-Editor in Chief

Maliah Miskiewicz is the Co-Editor in Chief of the Park Press as well as a senior at Wheeling Park High School. When not designing the Press or taking pictures of everything, she devotes the rest of her time filming, anchoring, and doing whatever she can within WPHP. When not surrounding herself in everything journalism, you’ll find Maliah practicing and competing with the Speech and Debate team where she is not only a State Champion in Humorous Interpretation, but also a qualifier for Pennsylvania’s State Championship. Maliah is also the Humorous and Dramatic Interpretation Squad Captain of the team, where she guides her teammates on the road toward the 45th state championship. Maliah is a freshman mentor, REAP Counselor, the Social Media and Publicity Director for WPHP, member of National Honors Society, SkillsUSA, The Quill and Scroll Society, The Thespian Society, Radio-TV Club, The Park Players, as well as playing tennis recreationally. Maliah is proud to have been a member of the Wheeling Park Press during the revival era of our paper, where our staff only consisted of 16 members who re-built our paper from the bottom up… #FoundingFather. She started as merely a Staff Writer, moved her way up to help develop an official aesthetic for the Park Press as the Design Editor, and now is proud to take on her title of Co-Editor Chief.