Howie's Variety is a roadside convenience store & eatery/Sunoco gas station (former Holly's Gas), located about a mile west of the Shops at Biddeford Crossing on Route 111. This store features a full service kitchen counter offering pizzas (12"/16"), made to order hot & cold sandwiches, wraps, salads, breakfast sandwiches/wraps & breakfast pizza. They also offer several kinds of Green Mountain Coffee (self serve carafes), grab & go subs & salads & pudding cups, self serve pizza slices in the heated glass case, snacks, candy, fruit, cold drinks, beer cave, health items, automotive supplies, tobacco products, and Maine Lottery tickets. There is seating along the front window.
I stopped by Howie's Variety recently for pizza. I glanced at the heated pizza slices, which were limited to cheese, pepperoni, and buffalo chicken. I decided to order a fresh pizza and got a 12" Sausage Pizza ($9.48 plus tax), which was made to order, hand stretched dough, topped, and baked and ready in 6 minutes. I enjoyed the pizza, fresh & very hot out of the oven. The pizza was topped with plenty of red pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese and slices of sausage on a firm thin crust, flimsy toward the center and thicker rolled edges. I had to let the pizza cool down a bit so the cheese & toppings wouldn't slide off. The sauce and crust were both very good and flavors on point.
I will have to stop by again next time I'm headed to Biddeford to try one of their steak sandwiches and another pizza. read more