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I've been meaning to try Grimaldi's at the new Park West complex for a while now. I'd heard good things from family members, and last week the opportunity finally presented itself. The first thing I noticed is that their lobby is virtually non existent, tons of people huddled around the hostess podium with a wait upwards of 30 minutes. To be fair it's about 6:30PM on a friday and they have a bar, but the bar is completely full as well. many patrons were waiting around the edge of the glass enclosed kitchen in the middle of the restaurant which I found odd.
When we finally got seated our waiter greated us promptly with what seemed like a very "forced" brooklyn accent, " Ya Evah Been Heeyah Befo,... It's Good Pie" pleasantries aside he was very prompt and took good care of the table. He even gave my neice who was with us some pizza dough to keep her occupied.
I ordered an individual red sauce pizza with with pepperoni, sausage and mushroom. They have 3 different sauces, red, white and pesto.
The pizza came and was actually very good, the mozzarella was the fresh kind, not too much cheese, the sauce was a thick puree without being chunky. the toppings were very fresh, everything in sliced form, even the sausage. definitely need a fork and knife to eat this. supposedly it was a 12" pizza, but being new york style it was very thin, and I was actually kind of surprised I finished the whole thing.
All in all not a bad restaurant, not a bad pizza and I would go back.
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