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| - The Skinny update: skip the Dillinger - the "world's best pizza" is pretty terrible; hit the spaghetti & meatballs special, sausage and peppers or the sautéed spinach instead (3.5), service is pretty good at this pizza joint (4)value: with some hits and misses on the menu this place rates a 3.5 with bump up to 4.
Okay, right off the bat, there are some great things about Little Tony's but some changes have happened since my last review.
The complimentary soup is now gone which isn't a huge loss in my eyes as it wasn't that great to begin with.
The spaghetti and meatballs special for 2 on Sundays is still really a great value and absolutely delicious for $26.99. The generous helpings of garlic bread (half a loaf) , Caesar salad (large portion, also really good with their house dressing) that come with it are also excellent Italian American classics (see previous review for more details).
So we came in with a $50 Groupon we got. We finally deviated from our spaghetti special leanings to try the Dillinger. At $35, it is the most expensive pizza on the menu... But was it worth it? Magic eightball reads absolutely not.
Sporting a kind of deeper crust with a coating of cheese, the Dillinger crust was too doughy and thick in texture for my taste. It's not a really good representation of deep dish pizza at all (hardly a Gino's or a Lou Malnati's). The sauce was very bland for a "smoky vodka sauce", and the vegetables were not completely cooked on top of the pizza. As a matter of fact, the broccoli was on the verge of rawness which was off putting. The small slice of dry chicken on top really didn't do it for me in terms of protein/vegetable ratio. Overall, the flavors and textures didn't work well together at all and I would hate for others to think that this dish is representative of what this restaurant has to offer.
We also got the fennel sausage with peppers and sauteed spinach. I loved the tangy, rich tomato vodka sauce that smothered the fennel sausage. It was so good and such a guilty pleasure. I would not hesitate to order it again and the serving size is quite generous (it sports at least 3 large sausages in the dish). The only thing that would have made it better would be some bread to mop up some of the delicious sauce. The sauteed spinach was also a solid dish but didn't have the wow factor of the fennel sausage.
Despite the disappointment with the Dillinger, we still really love this place and are interested in exploring their menu. Service is still good and prompt with refills. The spaghetti Sunday special is the best value here and we'll definitely hit this place up again for that alone (3.5 starred review with a bump up to 4 stars).
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