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| - I'm so torn on this review...I like the pizza at Grimaldi's. It's not life changing good, but it's very good. I especially like their crust, you can tell they have good pizza ovens.
You walk in and you feel like you're in an old school Italian place...Pretty cool. Red checkered table cloths, Sinatra type music playing, you get the drift. Service is attentive and usually pretty quick. Even if the restaurant is busy they seem to staff it appropriately so your food won't take forever. The wait to get in can be really long, especially on weekends in the fall and winter (AKA tourist/snow bird season).
The thing that kills me about Grimaldi's is the price. It's expensive for what you get. The prices seem reasonable when you sit down, there are different price points for the different sauce options (red/white/pesto), and a large pizza is base priced at $18. Doesn't seem bad, but that's just for sauce and cheese. It's when you start adding toppings that your bill will skyrocket. For example: I came here a few weeks ago and we ordered a large pesto based with grilled chicken and artichokes on half (side note: If you order a topping only on half, they will still charge you the full price for that topping...Seems like price gouging to me, but whatever). This pizza ended up being $27+ tax and tip, and that was for two toppings. If any of you are interested in doing a supreme style pizza, be prepared to take out a loan to pay for it.
Overall the pizza, service and ambiance are good, though it's overpriced in my mind. Grimaldi's is still hands down the best pizza option in Old Town, and I will almost certainly be back at some point.
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