I am a day away from starting a clean eating challenge - and pizza isn't on the menu. I guess you could call this my 'Last Meal'. Appropriate... and perfect.
Everything about my experience with Big House Pizza was top notch. Let's start with the food.
I ordered a pizza for delivery. They have a minimum $20 order for delivery, which is honestly no big deal. Just order a large pie. You'll eat a large pie (and if you won't, people will help you). It's that good. I wanted something simple, and although they have some stellar-looking gourmet options on the menu, I went with the Jimmy "Margharittaville" Buffett. My pizza arrived and I gasped as it came out of the carrier. It was steaming hot! Steamy! Straight from the oven to my door! It's the stuff dreams are made of. I am so sick of getting warm delivery.
The crust was dense, but I found it perfectly cooked - not undercooked, not too chewy. It also has really great flavour. Reminded me of the bread I used to eat in Germany. Salty with olive undertones. The toppings were fresh and well dispersed on the pie. I would have liked a bit more basil but that would be my only improvement.
Aside from the pizza I feel I couldn't do this review justice with commenting on the service. Absolutely perfect. I called in without knowing where the delivery zone was and had a great chat with the guy on the phone. Living in the east end is usually a hit or miss for delivery joints and I was thrilled to hear I could get delivery to my place. The dude on the phone also let me know about some recent specials and took the time to enquire how I had heard about them. It was a genuinely great chat - which you normally don't have when ordering pizza. And the guy who delivered (I believe the man on the phone referred to him as the 'Dragon') was friendly and helpful. He even stopped my cat from escaping - which happens all too often.
As I eat my pizza I'm becoming more and more sad. First, because I am starting this silly clean eating challenge tomorrow and second because I am moving out of the delivery zone in two weeks. I guess that just means I'll have to make some trips to the Danforth in the future....