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| - I've honestly never had "Buffalo Style" pizza before, even though I've been to Buffalo several times (I always eat wings or a good beef on weck when I'm in town). So I figured I'd give it a shot. I was very pleasantly surprised! We ordered takeout - a pizza for the family and some wings to see how they compared to wings in Buffalo.
The wings were great - meaty, plenty of buffalo sauce, and good homemade blue cheese. I didn't order the specialty wings, which I probably should have. These didn't really represent what I've eaten in Buffalo very well - more like what we in the South are accustomed to for "Buffalo" wings. But they were good nonetheless. Next time, I'll go for specialty wings, though.
The pizza was fantastic - a good departure from what we're used to in Charlotte, from the many chains, NY style, Neapolitan style, and build-it-yourself pizza joints. We stuck with the basics - pepperoni and Italian sausage. The pepperonis were tiny, but plentiful and flavorful - the kind that curl up while baking (my favorite). I would prefer more finely crumbled Italian sausage, but it was still good. Next time, double pepperoni for me!
Now as far as the crust goes, I'm probably going to commit some sort of blasphemy to Western New Yorkers in my description (so forgive my lack of knowledge about Buffalo-style pizza). And by that, I'd say it's a cross between NYC-style and Chicago-style. The pizzas/slices are large like NYC style, but the crust has a certain fluffiness to it reminiscent of a less-deep Chicago-style deep dish. It kind of gave the best of both worlds. Normally, I wouldn't think this description would be all that appealing if I were reading it, but biting into a slice with that fluffy-in-the-middle, but crisp-on-the-outside crust was very nice in fact. Great flavors, great pizza - my wife and I both enjoyed it thoroughly, and it was nice to have a different type of pizza than we were used to.
I'll most certainly be back. I need to try those specialty wings, as well as give the beef on weck a shot, not to mention that this will be one of our new go-to spots for pizza!
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