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| - After seeing the ad in the New Times, I found all of these wonderful 5-star reviews here on Yelp! However, this can be a bad thing, since it can set expectations unreasonably high.
The biggest problem is the location. Because it's not located directly inside of my house, I have to go out in public to get there. That's a special occasion, so to find it in an old, run-down strip mall is a bit disheartening.
There is room for just 30 chairs inside. When it's about 2/3's full of customers, it gets very loud! I said, IT GETS VERY LOUD!!! However, the owners did a great job making the place look (and sound) much better on the inside than it does on the outside!
I have confirmed, as stated in previous reviews, it takes 30-45 minutes to receive food. (counting chairs is one way to pass the time...)
They also have very young (pre-teen) children delivering food to customers and clearing tables. I absolutely loved this. Proof it's a hard working family and everyone contributes. I hope those kids know how lucky they are to be participating in the process of building an American Dream (and that the restaurant is not owned by Kathie Lee Gifford!)
At the counter you order and pay for your food, as you would at a fast food restaurant. I'd describe Classic Crust as a Bistro. Seat yourself, put the number card the table and then wait.
The LED lighting they have is very cool.
They serve beer, but also have a serve-yourself Coke-branded fountain machine with common Coke products as well as a stand-alone refrigerator with glass bottles of Coke products from Mexico (Coke, Sprite, Fanta and the standard plastic bottle of Dasani water - also a Coke product.) Some prefer the Mexican Coke because it contains real sugar versus high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) they use here in the states.
The menu is above the counter - a large chalk board with everything hand written. Someone in the family must have been a teacher...
The chalk board menu proudly states their Margherita pizza is made with 'fresh mozzarella.' It's not stale mozzarella? Great! The word 'fresh' gets thrown around way too much. It's implied you are serving fresh food. If the food isn't fresh, it shouldn't be served. The cashier clarified it was actually buffalo mozzarella. Can you guess what I am going to suggest? Did you get it? You're going to make me say it, aren't you? Replace the word 'fresh' with the word 'buffalo.' Thank you for playing along.
They offer a gluten free crust. I didn't try it, but I love that they offer it.
At what time does lunch become dinner? I only ask because there was a 'lunch special' listed on the board (2 slices of pizza and a soda for $6), but it doesn't say WHEN lunch is!
From the menu you can choose a personal pizza, a large pizza or an extra large pizza. Let me translate this for you - the large is a medium and the extra large is a large.
We ordered a large pepperoni pizza with 10 wings, and an order of zeppoli.
The pizza is a New York-style thin crust with puddles and puddles of grease. For me, it's just too much grease. I found the pepperoni too salty and the pizza sauce way too sweet for my taste. However, the pizza crust was truly classic! The pizza looked and tasted similar to Papa John's. I wish I had a small ramekin of melted garlic butter to go along with that wonderful pizza crust.
There were 3 flat screen TVs showing sports (no closed captions were on) and music from the Stones, Zeppelin, Humble Pie and even Mungo Jerry, was being played! Classic rock, Classic Crust and a Coca-Cola Classic! That's classic!
The chicken wings were good, however, they appear to be baked rather than fried. The wings had good flavor and the sauce was also very good.
Imagine my surprise to learn the 'zeppoli' everyone here on Yelp was raving about is nothing more than a donut hole/beignet/Indian fry bread! Was it good? Yes. Was it amazing and deserving to be called something other than 'donut hole' or 'beignet' to properly describe it? They could have just as easily called it pelline (look it up - get the joke...)
The prices were fair. Not too cheap, not too expensive. Other reviewers mentioned it was 'freshest' pizza they ever had. Pizzeria Bianco was the freshest pizza I ever had (not the best pizza I ever had, but the freshest!).
I want to reiterate that everyone working here seems like honest, hard working people trying to create the American dream. I'm jealous this is not my family. It is not my intention to disparage their efforts with my review and I apologize if it comes across that way.
Overall, if your expectations are set correctly, you shouldn't be disappointed. Five stars implies a great atmosphere, great food, excellent and timely service and good value. For me, Classic Crust falls short of that, but I think (and I hope) they can get there. It's really just a 3-star for me, but I gave them the extra star because it's clearly a genuine family business and I want to see them succeed!
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