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| - This is a fu-fu pizza place where every possible combination of pizza has a stupid forgettable Italian word name. If you like that kind of thing, you will think this place is the best of everything there is in the world. I like NY style pizza.
I got the oregano pizza and added pepperoni for a $1.50 more. I don't remember the fu-fu name of the pizza, but it was one of the ones in the make your own section of the menu.
The good: The mozzarella has the best flavor of cheese that I have ever had. The sauce, even though it is just crushed tomato, had a very good flavor. The crust, although thinner than I like, was excellent. Quality of ingredients is top notch. The overall flavor of the pizza is good. I would give the pizza 4 stars.
The bad: $1.50 for ~13 really small flavorless pepperoni. Spots on the pizza had no sauce and/or no cheese - as far as I am concerned this is inexcusable. What's worse is that I think they did it deliberately to be more "authentic" or trendy. $1.50 extra for basil or oregano if it doesn't come on your named varietal of pizza. This isn't leaves, this is small amounts of shredded herb. In my opinion, a pizza sauce should come with the seasoning already figured out and included. But again, the sauce is clearly listed as crushed tomato and did taste good. This is why I don't eat at those pick your own ingredient Asian places where they cook it right in front of you. Part of what I am expecting from a restaurant is to do the research work for me. I have no idea of what would taste good together. Why do I have to have a culinary degree in order to eat something that tastes good at your restaurant? Of course, I could be wrong on this as their pizza was good for what it was.
The ugly: This place is the kind of fu-fu that makes you think the owners have their heads so far up their own orifices trying to stick to a very specific idea, that doing something that is better would never enter their minds. Lipstick on water glass.
Recommendations: Provide disposable water cups. Make a pizza named "New York" that mimics the best pizza in the world.
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