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| - Edited after getting a whole pizza for take-out. It was the Chicken Carbonara and it was magical. The veggies tasted fresh sliced, the bacon was crispy, and there were big chunks of chicken. It was one of the best pizzas I've had. Not super cheap for a pizza at about $18 but so, so good.
So some of the best pizzas are the specialty ones on the menu, and not just the ready-made ones under the heat lamps.
So now I say: 5 stars for the pizza, 3 for the empanadas.
The pizza is - for my money - the best of its kind on campus, and certainly the best within an easy walk from the quad. The prices per slice seemed a little high until I went to Sbarro and got a much more disappointing slice for more money. I won't do that again.
Here they usually have the traditional pizzas - cheese, sausage, pepperoni - but the standouts are their more unusual toppings. My other favorite is the hungry goat, which has tomato, basil, mushrooms, and goat cheese. A little bit of hot sauce from the counter and you have the perfect greasy mid-day snack. There are other interesting options that seem to rotate - a potato pizza, a mushroom pizza, a Mexican themed pizza, and the supreme are the ones I remember from last time. I've also seen apple butter pizza and the barbecue meats, which is good stuff.
The pizza slices are about 10 inches long and 4.5 wide. It's a more floppy, chewy pizza. The cheeses and toppings vary, and it's usually a little greasy - though of course, it depends on what type you get. When you order it goes in the oven to warm up.
The empanadas are okay but leave me more hungry than the pizza. I am not that great a fan of empanadas, though. I didn't notice a huge difference between the different fillings. I haven't tried the dessert ones, but I am told they are good.
Convenient and consistently pretty good.
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