The reason why I LOVE Pizza Man? It has nothing to do with their pizza, actually....it has to do…read morewith their WINGS!
First off, there have been three (3) comfort food items that I have been searching for since moving to this state: Wonton Soup, pizza and wings. This state is SERIOUSLY lacking in those areas.
Wonton wraps from around here are overcooked and fall apart the second you touch them, leaving you with a plastic container of broth, balls of pork and wonton slush. I actually found ONE place that makes them right, but that business is in Roseville and not part of this review. The point is, it took forever bouncing between each business to find the right ones.
As for pizza, it's a bit depressing that most pizza around here just flat-out sucks. (Yes, I'm from a big city on the East Coast. I'm a "judgemental, snobby jerk" who "knows everything" about pizza. I know.) The reason why it sucks IN MY OPINION is because I'm not a fan of designer, "we top it with peanut butter and grapes...AREN'T WE COOL AND HIP?" pizza, (BTW: NO. You're not.), nor the ultimate thin crust that is basically like eating marinara sauce off of a burnt cracker. Or even worse, a thin crust loaded with toppings... so that when you pick it up, the top slides right off and you're left with a warm piece of wet cardboard. It's infuriating. And for the record, in an attempt to shut me up and keep me from bitchin' about finding a good pie, I've been taken to most places that people rave about around here. I gave up.
Now, as for wings, all I ever want is a wing that is a decent size and NOT over-fried. I could care less for the flavor or seasoning, just spare me the dry sliver of meat you give me because you overcooked any hint of moist, juiciness out of it, leaving me to basically snack disappointingly on, well, crispy, burnt skin.
Then I discovered Pizza Man, and it was completely on another whim in my futile attempts to seek out the aforementioned comfort foods. The name "Pizza Man" sounded so basic that I just jokingly, in a shrugging shoulders/hands-in-the-air action of just giving up, said to myself, "Basic name could possibly equal great food? Maybe? Who knows..."
Well, it DOES.
The wings: PERFECTLY COOKED. I suddenly went from ranting about bad wings across MN to not shutting up about THESE wings.
After ordering over and over again for myself, my GF eventually said that she wanted some pizza (since I was ordering wings), so I ordered my first pizza from them as well. I thought, "Uhh ohh...here we go again with another crap pizza."
Wouldn't you know it? It, too, was also PERFECT. I was floored. Two of the three things I was searching for were at the same business? If they sold wontons, I'd bet they would nail that art too!
So, the food is great, but what REALLY sets them apart is their follow-up with the customer. They email you after each order, thank you for your business and give you easy points to use to order little add-ons, such as cheesecake. (Do I have to mention that even though they don't make the cake, it also is a tasty product?)
So, I'm a regular customer now. Probably gonna' order again right after I post this because I'm thinking about those darn wings.
THANK YOU, Pizza Man. You get it. You really, really do. These upcoming winter nights will be a lot more bearable knowing that your wings and pizza are ready to go, right there at my fingertips.
Signed,
Big City Snob