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| - When Pizza Palermo first moved in to the old KFC location, I was skeptical. With a slogan like "Its X-Traordinary!" I wasn't very hopeful. The fact that their takeout special of a large pizza with one topping went up a buck within the first couple of weeks wasn't exactly a confidence booster, either. But, as things will happen, I finally got curious enough to give it a shot a few months after its initial opening.
I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised with the pizza here. The sauce is a little on the sweeter side, the cheese is just greasy enough, and the dough isn't overly chewy. The pies I've had with pepperoni have been quite good, and the Italian sausage that Palermo's uses is mildly spicy, which I found to be a nice surprise. I also like the little cup of ranch dressing you get with every pizza. It complements the taste of the slices nicely.
The breadsticks are also quite good with just enough of a garlic dusting and not overly greasy. However, the rest of the stuff I have had at Pizza Palermo is just mediocre. The chicken wings are nothing to get excited about. They taste exactly like you would imagine them to. Kind of gummy (they're not fried here) with too much sauce dumped on top (a little BBQ sauce goes a long way, guys) and a bit of stretchy skin. Meh.
The sandwiches are hit and miss as well. The first time I had the steak and ranch hoagie, it was rather tasty. The second time there wasn't as much meat and not enough dressing on it, so it was rather dry. The chicken parm hoagie was a complete miss. It's made with chicken tenders, most of the ones which wound up on mine were rubbery and had way too much gristle on them. Pass.
The staff here is friendly, and whether I've ordered by phone or line, the quoted time to pick it up given to me was always correct. This is usually an average of 20 minutes. In fact, every time I've gone in to pick up my order, it was ready before I even got there, so I will say that these guys are efficient at cranking out ordes for pickup. I haven't tried delivery, so I can't comment on that.
There are some tables at this location, but it doesn't really feel like a place you'd want to eat in, just as much as the old KFC there was mainly about takeout. It is nice and clean though, probably more so than when it was a KFC, so if you do decide to eat here, you don't have to worry about crummy tables, sticky floors and the like.
So pizza and breadsticks = good, and everything else = done better elsewhere. I do like how close this location is to my apartment, but then I'm kind of in the center of everything in Crafton, so location is never much of something to complain about for me. But if you're looking for pretty tasty pizza, Pizza Palermo is good, so give it a shot.
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