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| - You have one. I have one. And the fortunate people in the NW of Calgary have this one. A true neighbourhood resto that's been owned and operated for years and untouched by the chain restaurants. The type that serves homestyle food at a good price and decent taste, with little pretentions and bells and whistles. No laughing clown or talking mexican dog as a mascot is seen anywhere. Places that you would consider to be a greasy spoon, yet still be good.
Al's is definately one of those places. It's a nice pleasant little resto hidden in the NW, complete with the menu of burgers, fries, pizza and pasta. But what differenciates this one from most of the others, with probably the only exception of Bella Roma near North Glenmore Park, is that it makes it's own pizza dough.
Honestly, this pizza dough is honestly one of the best I've ever had west of the legendary New York Pizza. The toppings are fresh as expected, and the sauce, I believe is possibly home made as well as it didn't have that generic flavour, as it had a bit of a bite, yet still didn't overwhelm the ingrediants. Either way, I still mentally rave about the pizza dough in my head even now, as it was simply that good.
Best of all, the resto has a pretty reasonably priced take out special for small to X-Large take out pizzas with 3 toppings of your choice. I only wish I was closer most days to take advantage.
Just a friendly word, the lunch service tends to serve only the basics, pizza and burgers and none of the rest. My guess is that they have a professional cook for the dinner service only. Still, as you've read by now, it's simply awesome pizza and well worth having if you're in the area.
Review #4 of Yelp's 30 Day Challenge 2012
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