CLEANLINESS WARNING! DO NOT EAT FOOD FROM THIS PLACE!!! I SAW A WORKER USE A PIZZA PADDLE TO SCRAPE UP SOME STUFF OFF THE FLOOR (YES! OFF THE DIRTY GRIMY FLOOR!!!!!) THEN SHE SLID THE DIRTY PADDLE UNDER A FRESH HOT PIZZA AND PUT IT IN A BOX!!! OMG!!! SO GROSS!!! SO UNSANITARY!!!
Long version: I ordered 3 pizzas. Delivery App (Uber) said someone was picking it up. Then they vanished. App said second person was picking it up. Then they also vanished. 3rd person assigned. Vanished. 45 minutes after placing the order I called Pizza D'Amore on the phone. Person who answered put me on hold for quite a while, came back and said HE IS NOT AT THAT LOCATION, he is telephone customer support, he tried calling the restaurant and COULD NOT GET THROUGH. He blew us off with a recommendation to call Uber! YEAH NO! I drove over there (3 minute drive) and found chaos and mayhem. The tiny parking lot was gridlocked and the slightly larger parking lot next door (dog groomer / seamstress / boxing gym) was packed, and people were double parking and parking illegally, nobody could get in or out. I found a spot to leave my truck (I wouldn't exactly call it "parked") and walked up. Line out the door, and a mob of people jammed inside. I JUST WANT TO COLLECT MY 3 PIZZAS AND LEAVE. Many people waiting to order, many others like me just want to pick up. I try to speak to a worker and worker shrieks "We're talking to people in the order they arrived" then shrieks it A SECOND TIME. IT IS JUST A BIG MOB, NO ONE IS HANDING OUT NUMBERS, THERE IS NO WAY THIS HORRIBLE FOOD WORKER KNOWS THE ORDER OF ARRIVAL OF ANYONE AT ALL.
THEN I SEE SOMEONE LOWER A PIZZA PADDLE TO THE FLOOR AND SCRAPE UP SOME SLUDGE / GUNK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WALKING ON!!! Scrapes it up, throws it away, turns back to work, SLIDES THE TAINTED PADDLE UNDERNEATH A HOT FRESH PIZZA (not so fresh anymore), lifts the pizza and slides it into a box TO GO TO A CUSTOMER!! DISGUSTING!!!!
I drove home. Cooked some food. Pizzas showed up a little while later. STRAIGHT INTO THE TRASH (Like "Straight to Jail" but with more emphasis). Well, straight into a jumbo food waste bag and into the green waste can. THOSE FOOD WORKERS MAY BE MINIMUM WAGE BUT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FOOD HANDLING CERTIFICATES AND THEY HAVE: ONE. JOB. TO BE SANITARY. WHAT IF THAT PIZZA WENT HOME TO A CHILD, AND THAT CHILD GOT A BIG BITE OF INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN FLOOR WASTE??? OR WHAT IF THE PERSON WHO GOT THAT PIE HAS GASTRIC ISSUES OR WHAT IF THEY ARE IMMUNO-COMPROMISED???
Well it looks like it's time for us to find a new pizza source because we will never buy from this gross disgusting place again. I also have some phone calls to make and letters to write to the HEALTH DEPARTMENT, the City, the County, I'll have to enlist the Goog to give me a list of places to lodge complaints. And I'll also have to write reviews on Google, Yahoo, and all the other online review sites. Looks like I've got some work ahead, good thing I retired early. read more