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| - I picked this because it was the highest rated pizza place in the area. I read the yelp reviews. I ordered the pizza (a pepperoni and a white). I still regret it.
Disclaimer: I am from New York, and very picky with pizza, though I am fine eating from the national chains since they are usually cheap, and really not all that bad. However, in over 20 years in Cleveland I have decided that Ohio simply does not make good pizza. (So, yes, I am a bit of a snob, so you can take this with a grain of salt.)
Some reviews here talk about the pizza being fresh, homemade style, and not as greasy. Those are all true. The cheese is also pretty good.
But this is not, in reality, pizza. My wife and I discussed this and have independently determined that this is the worst crust we have ever had at a restaurant pizza, hands down. And it is clearly worse than most good frozen pizza.
We have been trying to figure out what was wrong and the only conclusion I can make is that they do not use yeast in their crust. It tastes like a biscuit rather than a bread. Now, granted, there are elite New York pizzas that do not add yeast to the dough, but they still rise with ambient yeast. This is absolutely, 100%, NOT New York pizza. This crust was thick, dry, crumbly, and difficult to eat. It tasted like when my mom used to try to make "quick pizza dough" years ago from some premade mix like jiffy or bisquick.
The sauces (both red and white) were bland, lacking both flavor and salt. Because we only got pepperoni, I cannot comment on the other toppings. I also did not order the deep dish, though I cannot imagine trying to eat and EVEN thicker or drier crust.
So I am certain that I will never order pizza from here again. I literally cannot think of another pizza place that would be any worse.
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