The Jeff Spicoli lookalike behind the counter informed us that pizza five 85 is set up a lot like chipotle for Italian food. The idea is brilliant and they let you choose between a pizza, pasta or salad. You then get to pick all of the ingredients chipotle style. The ingredients range from meatballs, chicken, sausage, and a whole selection of vegetables. This all sounds awesome until you take a bite.
This is by far the worst pizza and pasta I have ever tasted in my life, including the stuff I make at home and I'm a crappy cook. The marinara used for the pizza and pasta is laughable. It has this disgusting sweet taste to it that tastes like something you would expect from a Peter Piper Pizza or Chuck E Cheese. The pizza dough is pretty much a tortilla, that's how thin it is. When baked, it tastes like a nacho chip with pizza toppings on it.
We ordered the bow tie pasta and it was soggy and overcooked. How do you mess up pasta at an Italian place??? I can't believe how bad this place is. If the word Pizza is in the name of your eating establishment, your pizza better be good. I will never return to this place. Such a shame! It has such a brilliant concept. Too bad the execution is so awful.