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| - Sauce is a fast-casual concept chain with quite a few Valley locations, serving up primarily pizza with some other Italian dishes on the menu. With the recent expansions, they seem to be doing well. And it makes sense, because the pizza is solid.
Sauce offers you two different styles of pizza: hand tossed or thin crust. I can say I much prefer the thin crust style which is essentially a very well done bar-style pizza. Ironically, for a restaurant called "Sauce", it's pretty much all cheese. It's not a bad thing, because the mozzarella really packs a nice flavorful punch. It's not overcheesed, but it is definitely cheese-centric. There's a slight layer of grease but it wasn't overpowering or too much. The cheese was slightly dusted with basil on my pizza and it was a nice complement. A lot of the pizzas combine mozzarella with fontina for a nice blend of cheese flavors.
As for the sauce, I really can't say much about it because it doesn't come through in the pizza. It really blended and hid behind the great taste of the cheese. Again, not a bad thing. The crust was similarly average. On the thin crust pizza, it forms a really nice texture on the middle base of the pizza, neither too crispy or soft. I loved that. However, the outer crust rim was cracker thin and I couldn't taste much besides that it was slightly burnt. That's kind of the bargain with bar style pizza though, so if you're looking for a nice outer-crust go for the hand-tossed style.
My main concern with the hand crust style however is the texture on the bottom of the crust. I think they dust the pizza pretty heavily with flour in order to make it easier to transfer in and out of the oven. It's a preference thing, but I hated the texture of burnt raw flour on the bottom of my pizza. I guess I'm a cornmeal guy. Overall, it just distracted from the overall experience, so I prefer the thin-crust even though it's less food for the same price.
Other menu items were a hit. The bruschetta is some of my favorite around, underlying the classic components with a sweet pesto spread which enhances the flavor. The caesar salad is pretty good but there's nothing special about the macaroni and cheese. Service is always good and the food comes out pretty fast. Haven't tried the wine menu but it's a good selection with affordable prices.
Final verdict: It's good experience for some above average pizza with a good supporting cast. Choose carefully between the crusts and don't expect heaps of sauce, but at the end of the day most people will be very happy with what they get here. Pretty good.
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