During my Little League career I picked up a serious vice. My easily influenced ten-year-old self watched MLB players chomp on chewing tobacco and followed suit by developing a habit for Big League Chew. Bubble gum shredded into strips in a baseball-themed pouch meant to resemble their 18+ counterparts. It would barely last an inning and you'd spend most of it spitting out hot-pink syrup like you'd taken a big bite of flamingo you suddenly regretted. That's kinda what it's like to eat at Pin-up Pizza.
It's called Pin-Up because it tastes like someone nailed your slice to a wall for a calendar year with each topping representing a federal holiday or important birthday. The flavor dissipates almost instantly and you spend the rest of your time chewing on a flavorless mass like an astronaut with a freeze-dried bagel. Paper-thin, minimal amount of sauce and a skinny layer of cheese seemingly limited by a dairy accountant.
The price isn't right. A cheese slice, even in New York, has a ceiling of $2. So why everyone boasts that the softball-sized garlic knots are $3 and the HUGE slices are only $6 is beyond me. Asteroids are HUGE too but I'd rather have my dinosaurs back.
The grandiose nature of Vegas peppers the strip with celebrity-themed establishments like Gordon Ramsay's BurGR and Tila Tequila's Stroke Shack that require long waits and little value. It's actually cheaper to buy a 64oz frozen Long Island complete with souvenir "High Roller" pimp cup than a nutritious meal on the strip. Which is probably why the South Side of Las Vegas Blvd is a belligerent stampede of prostitutes and panhandlers mixed with the tourists that support them. Be prepared to see more meat hanging off the patrons than the pies, especially late night.
Pin-up at least offers quick, simple and economical (for Vegas) fuel for your gambling fever. Plus there's a certain kitschiness to a larger than life meal you could wrap around your neck like a scarf. Everyone else should head to do-it-yourself Project Pie at the MGM Grand, at least if your creation crashes you only have yourself to blame.