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| - There's been a sudden flood of pizzerias and East Coast-themed Italian eateries opening in Las Vegas, all which make that search for a quality pizza not as difficult and daunting a task it used to be. But if you want to know the place that's going serve as the ruler for the burgeoning Las Vegas-pizzeria marketplace to measure itself against, then Radio City Pizzeria is serving up what you're looking for.
Growing up in Jersey, I was surrounded by pizzerias catering up delicious and decisively perfect thin slices of tomato-sauce laden, cheese-stretching slices of pizza. Unfortunately, I was never aware of how lucky I was to grow up in such a delectable environment, and ever since moving away for college in the early '90s, I've found myself rating pizzas with such characteristic phrases as "close enough" or "in-a-pinch, this'll suffice"; every slice always falling short of the pizza I grew up with.
So, in the winter of 2012, amid reviews of Secret Pizza at the Cosmopolitan and a rash of newly opened pizzerias in Summerlin, I found myself quite skeptical of yet one more place heralding itself as authentic-East Coast/NY-style/Italian-recipe pizzeria. Lucky for Radio City (or really, for me), my son attends classes at Kidville in Tivoli Village, which happens to sit right across from Radio City, and the fates dealt me the perfect opportunity to try this pizza joint out.
I met my husband and son on a Tuesday evening after my son's Kidville class. My husband was immediately won over by the giant Pabst Blue Ribbon neon sign and stated unequivocally that, "This is where we'll be eatin' tonight!"
Now, before you beer snobs start furrowing your brows and turning up your noses, this ain't a brewery. This is a pizzeria. And if you got a problem with a good ole family-run joint serving something that's been a quality American-made beer that raised a generation of blue-collar workers on the perfect blend of hops and barley, well, you can take your Ed Hardy-wearing, chrome-tipped tailpipe, never-got-your-hands dirty self and get another mani/pedi instead of readin' any more of this. Pabst Blue Ribbon is a beer's beer, and you might do yourself well to kick off the airs and enjoy one. Radio City serves up drafts for $0.50, and when you're working to get from one paycheck to the next, that's certainly in the budget.
But I digress...
We ordered a 12-inch pepperoni along with a Pabst for my husband, a glass of House Red for myself and an apple juice for the boy. Everything felt as it should. Basketball was on the TV, our waitress (Mimi) brought the drinks, and soon the pizza arrived.
There it sat, on a steel pan, oozing delicious red oil. My heart immediately jumped. It looked authentic -- would it taste that way? As I picked up the first slice, pulling off stretchy, stringy strands of cheese that clung stubbornly to the tray, my instinct-driven index finger immediately bent the crust in half and soon the folded slice met my mouth for the first bite.
I was at once transported back to Little It(aly)'s Pizza in my high school hometown. The mozzarella was melted to a perfect cheesy consistency. The sauce was a delectable blend of acidity and sweetness.The crust was crisp yet soft. My mind rode the pure bite of pizza goodness through decades of desire back to those moments of wondrous New Jersey/New York pizza perfection I enjoyed during my youth.
Alliteration and prose aside, Radio City Pizzeria is it. Buy it by the slice, buy it by the pie, you won't be disappointed. Pull up a stool, pull up a chair, pull up a cold draft Pabst and enjoy pizza the way it should be. We'll be there every Tuesday night, having a slice of pizza as a family over a couple of Pabst Blues, House Reds and apple juices. Come say hi to the Swishers and enjoy a piece of pizza perfection at Radio City Pizzeria.
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