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| - Here's a shocker: The best pizza in Vegas is not on the Strip. Yes, I know you're gobsmacked, but it's true and Naked City Pizza is the proof. I usually don't pay that much attention to the Triple-D man, Guy Fieri, the man who single-handedly destroyed the Food Network, but occasionally some places he recommends are actually good. One was Broken Record back in San Francisco, but this may be his best find yet. This isn't the one he went to either as another Naked City Pizza, presumably the original location, is on the other side of the Strip in the back of a dive bar on Arville. Now that sounds like Triple D. Off the hook, dude.
This one is in a makeshift office building on the way to the airport which is exactly why Jamie W. and I ended up here. It wasn't crowded at about 5PM, just one ravenous family next to the window. The paper menu was a bit tattered, but we thought everything they offered appeared quite tempting. We decided the share the $7.50 Naked Salad, a bargain that combined iceberg lettuce, spinach, roasted sweet peppers, white onion, marinated tomato, and shredded mozzarella, all of it tossed in a housemade vinaigrette (photo: http://bit.ly/1RCNyjX). It was that tangy dressing along with the fresh ingredients that made this salad really hit the spot.
Because of the subheader description, "Featured on Food Network's DDD", the Guinea Pie was our pizza of choice. It's made the old-fashioned Sicilian way in a rectangular, cookie-sheet shape with a soft, aerated dough that was quite amazing. The main topping was what they referred to as Grandma's Meatballs, which looked to be sliced and mixed with mint, accompanied by baby spinach leaves, heaping spoonfuls of ricotta, mozzarella and white garlic sauce. We decided to go for the $14.95 quarter sheet, which was plenty since it consisted of six hefty pieces (photo: http://bit.ly/1QoTOco). I think that dough could have handled any topping, but the white-on-white, Buffalo-style combination worked really well. OK, it was off the hook.
FOOD - 5 stars...genuinely exceptional pizza with a crust that really stands out
AMBIANCE - 3 stars...nothing special but certainly clean
SERVICE - 3.5 stars...initially a bit icy but warmed up as we shared our praise of the pizza
TOTAL - 5 stars...really unique pizza well worth getting out of the casino for
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