To quote Bon Appetit: "Not all pizzas served in a bar are 'bar pizza.'" Certainly not all bar pizzas are Bobby's Bar Pizza either. If you're wondering what 'bar pizza' is (as I was before tonight), it's a very thin pie cooked in a pan until it has a lovely crisp edge but doesn't turn into a cracker with toppings as many thin crust pizzas do (the last bit is not the formal definition but my commentary). Bar pizzas are served at bars but it's the preparation that sets it apart as a genre of pizza. It's not just any old pizza served at a bar.
How do I define bar pizza, namely Bobby's Bar Pizza? Bobby's serves literally everything I want in a pizza in one supremely scarily digestible format. The edges are perfectly crispy all around. There's enough chew, spring, and airiness to the slice. The sauce is perfect with tomatoes and herbs as the dominant notes; I forgot just how good pizza sauce could be on its own until trying Bobby's. As I've become notorious for stating on Yelp previously, I like cheese as a component that ties pizza together and not as the dominant note of the pizza. Bobby's does cheese just right.
What's so unique about Bobby's Bar Pizza is how I think the size of the pizza also contributes uniquely to how good it is. Each slice is no more than a few bites so you get the best sensory aspects of eating pizza without any mouth fatigue or getting full fast on boring bites from the middle of these sheet-sized slices. I'd plan accordingly; I'd say one pizza or a little less is sufficient for a hungry adult looking for a meal or two adults who are looking just for a snack.
Here I am, waxing poetic about pizza but what does my florid prose matter if you don't have basic deets? Bobby's operates as a pop-up out of The Parlour on Monday and Wednesday evenings. They request that you pay in cash. I left work late and forgot to go to the ATM before (typical). They were so cool; they allowed me to pay with CashApp. Solid. This level of attention and care for customers is among the many reasons I try to shop local.
It is so cool that we have this excellent pop-up with a unique genre of pizza right here in town. Support them! You will not be disappointed. read more