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| - Yay! Very good NY-style, thin-crust pizza.
Yes, I know y'all are sick of hearing us yankees complain about pizza, but we take our pizza seriously. So far, this is the best pizza I've had in the Charlotte region since moving down here 13 years ago.
I ordered a lunch special of a slice of pepperoni with a small salad and a fountain drink for $7.50. I think this is pretty pricey for a lunch special, frankly. I think this should have been maybe $6 tops. Not because it's inferior or anything, but just because I don't think a lunch special should be so expensive. That being said, theirs was a larger-than-usual slice--very generous. A lot of places take their large pie and take more than 8 slices out of it for their lunch specials, so you get smaller pieces. Not here. This is a full slice from a large pie.
First, the crust is the most important. Tony's was nice and crispy on the bottom, and doughy underneath the toppings. I prefer a big, poufy edge crust, and this was very thin, but it was yummy. Very good crust, with a little dusting of flour on the bottom. Perfect for folding in half--the way pizza should be eaten.
Then, the sauce is important, too. This sauce was just right--not too tangy, not too sweet. Very simple and tasty. Lots of places just don't get this right, or they use whatever marinara sauce they usually put on their pasta dishes. There should be a difference. This was very good.
The pepperoni and cheese were, well, pepperoni and cheese. Not too much or too little, and very tasty. I'm not a big fan of lots of toppings (usually just pepperoni & mushrooms for me), so I'll leave the toppings comments to those of you who pile it on.
The salad was a typical slice-and-salad kind of salad: a little clamshell box with lots of pale iceberg lettuce and only 2 little cherry tomatoes (I like lots of tomatoes), but there were lots of black olives and some banana peppers in there, as well as fresh shredded mozzerella on top. It's just a salad--nothing to get excited about--and I guess it's what you'd expect. Doesn't matter cuz I'm all about the pizza anyway.
I will definitely go back when I need a pizza fix, which is unfortunately all too often for the sake of my waistline, but what can I do? Guess I'll order a salad with it. ;)
Yous guys enjoy your pies, ya'll.
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