I'm always looking for a good local pizza joint to satisfy my thin crust and monster slice cravings. Venezia's does deliver in this department. The pizza is NY style, big slices, and very good sauce with a bit of spice to it. The crust is good (not great) and this becomes a little more noticeable when eating leftovers the next day. Eating a slice of cold pizza separates a great pie from a bad one in this foodie's book. Great pizza is still rockin' good whether cold or reheated. Average pies get rubbery or chewy. Their pizza was just OK on Day 2.
This would normally warrant 3 stars, but I also got a side of wings and Venezia's totally nailed them. I'm a wing snob (no, that's not an oxymoron) and I've definitely been to places that have no clue how to make a decent chicken wing. I paid the extra $1 to get all drums and they were very nice and meaty. I always order medium buffalo style the first time to gauge how spicy their sauce is. The sauce was just the way i like it, with the right amount of heat to make it enjoyable. I seriously could have skipped the pie and just eaten the wings that night. They were so large that I only ate half the order (and they tasted just fine reheated on Day 2)...
I'll be back to get my pizza and wing fix again, though I'd probably opt for a smaller pie and an extra order of wings next time.
Enjoy!
The East Valley Foodie