Lately the Pizzaiolo franchise locations have been popping up like wildfire. Noticed this location passing by the Yonge and Sheppard area
The chain they pride themselves as offering gourmet pizzas and they usually do have a good selection of ready made pizzas available if you wanted to pick up a slice.
So one day I was passing by the area and stopped in for a slice. To my surprise they offered a deep dish pizza. Wow in Toronto??! Oh the fond memories of Chicago deep dish. It was not exactly Chicago deep dish but was the closest thing you'd get at a Toronto Pizza chain.
It was amazing though, a ton of cheese, three kinds of meat (sausage, peperoni, bacon) pan crust about 1" thick, it's the stuff pizza dreams are made of. They call it the Godfather. haha
Let me tell you a story..
It was New Years Eve and I had fond memories of my deep dish slice I had here at the North York Pizzaiolo a couple weeks so I for NYE I decided to order entire pizza.
When I arrived, I let the fellas working the oven know I was here to pickup a Godfather. There eyes widened and shortly after came a smoking burnt pizza. Oops! They left the pizza in the oven too long and burnt it. Boo!!
Anways the manager was there and he quickly apologized . He said if I had 15mins to spare he'd make another one for me at no charge. I was really pressed for time and wanted to stop in and go. I didn't even put money in the parking meter out front.
As I was contemplating the decision... he gave me money for parking. So I went to the car to put it into the meter.
When I got back, he suggested if I was interested in getting their already cooked Godfather pizza they had (for the slices). I said sure, since it was all already to go. He also threw in 4 cans of pop. I thanked him for his generosity.
The manager said that this rarely happens and if it does happen they go over and beyond to make it right. Really swell guy and great customer service here.