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| - We had watched the Sanfrantello's place get set-up, so we were really excited to try. We have been there twice to give it a chance, but we ended up being ok with the pizza. Three things to consider when ordering because if you've never had Chicago-style pizza, you may not know the first two of these things: 1) when they say pan pizza, it's going to be a deeper pizza than Arizonans are used to seeing if you frequently do pizza delivery. It's not crazy deep like you may see in Chicago, but be warned, it's thicker. 2) In an attempt to fix the mistake from the first pizza order and ordering a deep dish, we thought thin pizza was the alternative to the deep dish since we thought maybe their thickness was different than what we say is pan or thin, but it really means thin crust. That was our mistake, but now we both know what we know. 3) The sauce is more sweet than it is savory. I know some people like that, but it's a preference like people love Spinato's pizza because of that. Unfortunately, that's not our preference.
In the two times we went, we ordered mozzarella sticks, hot wings, a pepperoni pan pizza and a thin crust pepperoni pizza. The mozzarella sticks are breaded with Italian bread crumbs and Italian seasoning. The cheese pulls out of there like you would expect at most places, so it is a decent order. The hot wings are also acceptable as well where they cook it thoroughly, it is more cooked to a juicy, tender texture rather than crispy, and it's coated well in the sauce. The pan pizza was a good mix of sauce and cheese considering how deep it was. The crust was okay. It didn't particularly strike any chords with me, so I didn't eat it. The thin crust pizza was a bit on the dry side. It's really hard for places to find that perfect balance of thin while still retaining the sauce and melt the cheese.
The service was acceptable. The delivery people were nice and those that took our order were friendly. I wouldn't say they are particularly wow or outstanding - nothing sticks out - but they are acceptable. It also looks clean when you go in, and it looks like there's a small patio to dine at outside.
Overall, if sweet and deep dish is your thing, this would be a good spot to go. Otherwise, I would pass.
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