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| - I like Westgate. Who knows if it'll last as a Glendale/Arizona destination for outdoor excitement for bored Phoenicians, but I hope it does. Unfortunately, the new Mama Gina's Pizzeria isn't helping.
Is there a better time to test a restaurant than when they're dead at 4:30PM on a Wednesday? They should be both: at their best and thankful they have paying customers to pay their salaries. And at this time, there were three times the number of cooks than customers...so, that means, it was JUST me and my mother in the (INCREDIBLY SMALL) dinning room and six of them. Surely, six employees behind the counter couldn't screw up a simple pizza, right?
What is that old phrase about too many cooks in the kitchen? They spoil the soup? Fine, switch that to pizza (AT A PIZZERIA, no less) and you'll have this generic place.
Don't be fooled by the "New York Style," 'cuz it ain't thin. Don't be fooled by the high prices, 'cuz it ain't chic. They use stock cheese, pepperoni and ham and they burn the bottom crust. So, why did I pay $22 for a 16" + just two drinks? Because the place looked good when I attended a movie at AMC Westgate?
Looks are deceiving. Trust me: this place is mediocre at best. The service is good, though the waitress sat in the dining room eating a salad while I waited patiently for her to refill my iced tea.
I'm not into gourmet pizza - GIVE ME the GREASE, GRANNY! - so I was a little hesitant entering this restaurant, which, by the way, stated they're CLOSED on one side of their establishment, yet OPEN at another entrance...that should've been an indication of their insecurities. Luckily, the absolutely mediocre food swayed me from eating epicure pizza.
Though it was not the worst I've eaten - I have ordered that $5 Little Caesar's (counterfeit) pizza deal, after all - it was sooo "okay" that I simply cannot recommend this place to anyone. Even "New York" pizza lovers. Don't go. You can do so much more with $22 and your time.
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