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| - Had an opportunity to stop in at Art's Place. I had an Entertainment Book coupon for $5.00 off a large pizza so I decided to use it before it expired. Normally I buy medium 12-inch pepperoni pizzas to review so they are all on equal footing, but I have a hard time turning down a deal, so ... .
Art's place is located in one of many look-alike plazas on Graham Road in Stow. I nearly drove past it as everything else was closed when I was looking for it. But there it was, situated in the dark corner of the plaza, just a narrow space easy to overlook. I saw a small OPEN sign in the window and movement inside, so stopped to order. Normally a large one-item pizza costs $13.25 but I with a $5.00 off coupon I paid only $8.25. Actually, a very nice deal.
Now I need to say that when I stopped in I was just happening to be driving by and it was a spur of the moment decision. I decided to wait onsite while the pizza was being made. The man-behind-the-counter said he'd try to hurry so as to get me on my way. I mention this for a reason.
The pizza measured from 14 3/8 to 14 5/8 inches across. The edge crust was 3/4 of an inch. And it was covered with 34 slices of pepperoni. Pizza was very good. I enjoyed pretty much all aspects of it. The one drawback was it was, in my opinion, slightly underdone. When removed from the oven the cheese was just starting to bubble but not yet browning, the pepperoni could have been baked a tad more to crisp them up. I know it was removed once it passed the official "done" test, but I would have preferred it to have been left in the oven just a minute or two longer. Well, the guy was trying to do me a favor, so I won't hold it against them.
The leftovers were even better the next day.
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