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| - New Yorkers always think their city is the greatest city on Earth... Last week I was in Philadelphia and had a conversation with a guy from New York who went on and on about how New York is the perfect city and everything was planned perfectly,, yada yada yada. I kept saying "yep, yep" .... Whatever. I gotta admit though, their pizza is the best. New York just knows how to do pizza right. Chicago pizza is garbage, that thick crust sits in the bottom of my gut and I can usually only get one or two pieces down.So I went to Grimaldi's last week because I had seen the owner on the food network talking about how the secret to good pizza is in the water and Grimaldi's has the water they use to make the dough altered in a lab to match the hardness of the water in New York City. I thought to myself, this guy takes pizza seriously and in Arizona good pizza is hard to find. There are a lot of chains, and most of the mom and pop places just aren't up to par.
Grimaldi's pizza was awesome! I think it's the combination of cooking it in a coal brink oven, using real mozzarella cheese, and real tomatoes for the sauce. The crust is fantastic; very light and thin. The cheese is clearly fresh and delicious, and the tomato sauce was very mild, not too sweet, but not bland by any means. I ordered a large pie with pepperoni and extra basil... magnificent! The pepperoni slices were small and slightly crispy around the edges, the basil was fresh... overall the pizza was just awesome. I will go back for another pie. Just a sidenote, the bar has a nice selection of beer a spirits.. just a another plus about Grimaldi's. I would definitely recommend Grimaldi's to anyone looking for good pizza.
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