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| - This trend of build your own pizza joints sets well with me. I have been to few different places and each offers a similar model. It can be a dubious task telling each apart from one another. That said, the pizza I got from Pieology today was quite good.
I asked for the thick crust pizza. It was brushed on the edges with olive oil which is different than the other places do. I went with traditional sauce, mozzarella, ricotta, mushrooms, olives, minced garlic, ham, salami and bacon. Yes, that is a lot. But it was so good. And crazy filling. With that many toppings on a thick crust I should have taken some home. But I just couldn't stop eating. What does that tell you?
Despite the crust being thicker it still crisped up and was even a little charred. I had black marks on my finger tips when I was done. Just another dimension of flavor and texture. It was a perfect cook and went rather fast at that. That oven must be screaming hot.
One thing I noticed at Pieology was the drink selection. First of all, many of the soda fountainss were out of order. Makes no difference to me. I don't typically drink soda. I do, however, drink iced tea. They had three flavors, regular black tea, Mandarin green tea and watermelon tea. Watermelon tea? That sounded interesting so I tried it. I suppose there was a light sweetness to the flavor. The watermelon was more in the aroma of the tea. It was alright. I may stick with regular tea next time but watermelon tea was refreshing and cool. For a refill I went with lemonade. But not just any lemonade. No, they have three of these too. Regular, pomegranite and blood orange. I had the blood orange lemonade. It was good. Sweet. Tart. Well rounded. Again though, I think I'd stick to the regular stuff in the future. I have no issue trying new things but I love a classic.
So long story short, Pieology is another do it yourself pizza joint. I hesitate to call it a cookie cutter store but there are some very evident similarities to a few other places. And there isn't anything wrong with that. If the pizza is good, eat it. You can try all the places as I have and determine if you like one more than the other. But in my experience, they're all good. Pieology is no exception.
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