I'm sitting here eating some leftover BobbiO's pizza (from last night), so it can't be that bad. Matter of fact, this is some of the better left over pizza I've had (all too often the crust either gets soggy or chewy). So it's got that going for it.
I wouldn't call this place a gourmet pizza place, not by a long shot. I'm not even sure it lives up to the "east coast taste, west coast style" tag line they have on their site. Based solely on the product, it seems to be your run of the mill generic neighborhood pizza joint. And that's not a bad thing.
For one, at certain pricing options you get a decent amount of bang for the buck. I found their large pizza prices to be on the high side. Their large prices (especially for their gourmet/named pizzas) are as expensive as Kaleidoscope, yet are 16" rather than Kaleidoscope's 18". Yet for just a few bucks more ($2-$4) you can upgrade from a 16" round (large) to a 24" square (family). And then you have their 30" (I'm assuming round again) "Colossal" which is more than TWICE the price of their family pizza.
If I can geek out for a minute, a 16" large gives you 201 square inches of pizza. The 24" family gives you 576 square inches of pizza, more than double (almost triple) the amount of pizza for just a couple bucks more. Then you have their 30" colossal which only gives you 707 square inches of pizza for more the twice the cost of their family. Someone wasn't paying attention in math class when they were setting up the prices for this menu.
The point is, you'd be money ahead (by quite a bit) buying two family size pizzas than a single Colossal.
So far, I've spent a lot of time talking about how much pizza you get for your money and why their pricing makes no sense. Does that tell you anything about the pizza itself?
The Mrs compared it to Papa Murphy's. I was more generous, but not by a whole lot. It doesn't seem any better (or worse) than most of the fast food pizza joints (Papa Johns, Papa Murphy's, Pizza Hut, etc). When picking up our pizza, the young man behind the counter recommended that we try their signature pizza, the White Mountain. Only, substitute the ranch sauce for something else. Which I guess basically makes it a generic sort of combination pizza (only mildly more interesting than the other combination pizza they list).
And don't ask me why they only have two "signature" pizzas (at least as listed on their menu from their website). It doesn't show much creativity, which isn't necessarily a bad thing (sometimes all you want is a simple pepperoni pizza done right). Just makes me wonder: why bother? My guess is they're trying to be a gourmet pizza joint, but I have a feeling that is not something that they are going to achieve any time soon.
In all fairness, I didn't try their sandwiches which I would likely do if we ever go back. Then again, they're listed a pizza joint, not a sandwich shop.
One final nitpick, if you're going to have delivery then have delivery, at least for reasonable hours. I delivered for a couple years (way back when) for Papa John's, so I'm pretty familiar with what it takes to have delivery service (and how someone in the kitchen can easily pull double duty, delivering when there are orders to go out and helping out when there isn't). Sending your driver home before 7 PM on a weekend? Not cool if you're going to say you offer delivery.
Long story short, they seem to be a solid neighbor hood pizza joint, with decent prices if you want to order a large amount of pizza (but not a colossal amount). This might be a good solution if you want pizza for a youth league team, and want to avoid the other common post-game-celebration pizza joints (or get a slightly better pizza out of the deal). But unless you're ordering their family sized pizza, it's too expensive for what you get, you might as well go to Kaleidoscope or another truly gourmet pizza joint. read more
