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Background: I'm not from 'round these parts.
On a business trip to Pittsburgh (the second time I've been in the city and the first time I've been on my own) I had no idea where to go for dinner. Being a little on the south side (Green Tree) area, I decided Yelp was my best answer to avoid chain after chain after chain restaurant. If there had been photos of Police Station Pizza online I might not have gone. It *is* a hole in the wall but I find that these are some of the best places.
Like Jake says this is not your average pizza. Most people expect pizza to be NY or Chicago style crust, sauced, topped and cooked. At Police Station Pizza they warm up some pizza on a thick, foccacia style bread, and then top it for you with whatever you want. However, they don't have exotic food here. So when Brian asked me what I wanted I said pepperoni and pineapple he cut me off to say pineapple was too exotic for them! Well, after that I just said give me three slices - your favorite, one I have to try, and one that's unique to the area. I ended up with plain, sausage, and peppers (hot and banana) in that order.
Unfortunately I got pretty effing lost between the pizza place and the beer store (damn your Puritan laws Pittsburgh!) and the hotel. So by the time I got back to the hotel the pizza was lukewarm at its best but my stomach was grumbling and didn't care. I imagine the pizza is a helluva a lot better hot but even lukewarm it was pretty damn good. The sausage isn't too salty and not really spicy which I liked. Sometimes I find that ground sausage at pizza places comes across as super salty & spicy. The pepper pizza slice was unique and I might try them again on a NY thin crust style and, well, by the time I finished those two slices all the toppings had fallen on to my plain making it...unplain.
So 3 slices, $5.25 total, and ready within minutes. For the ability to get pizza by the slice by some nice, local guys, I totally recommend Police Station Pizza. For the best pizza you've ever had in your life? This isn't the place.
EXTREME NOTE: Cards are not accepted here. Bring cash or forfeit fees at the ATM at the convenience store next door.
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