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| - I was over at a friend's to watch the Superbowl, and another friend was supposed to be bringing the pizza. We were like, wtf, what is taking so long to get pizza? So we call and he's like, "I'm getting some special pizza. It'll be worth it." He finally showed up with not a pizza box, but a slab of cardboard wrapped in a sheet of white paper. I've eaten a lot of pizza, but a pizza that can't even be contained within a pizza box? I knew some ridiculousness was ahead of us.
This so-called special pizza was Vincent's. It was pretty special, indeed. In my mind, there's two categories of pizza: authentic Italian-style pizza, and cheap takeout pizza. Vincent's is one of the best examples I've had of the latter type. This is a cheese-lovers' pizza for sure. Massive globs of milky mozzarella cheese cover the pizza. I'm not sure if the cheese is homemade, but it had a tangy taste that usually comes from a fresh mozzarella. The water seeps out of the cheese and collects in the center of the pizza, which is a characteristic of traditional Neopolitan-style pizza. Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but personally, I love myself a pizza with a soupy center. And while normally I like a New York style thin crust on my cheap pizza, Vincent's bready crust is the perfect complement to its over-the-top cheesiness.
Vincent's strikes me as a hybrid between traditional pizza techniques and the good ol' American appetite, and they definitely make it work for them. As a little pizza-obsessed Italian girl, I'm very glad I was introducted to Vincent's. I wish they delivered, but then again, I would probably be eating greasy pizza every day, so it's probably for the best.
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