Bob's is the real deal…read more
Arguably the best carry out pizza for your money in the Flint area, in my opinion, at least. While Flint has a lot of pizza options (both takeout/delivery and dine-in eateries), I've always found this one to have been the most consistent of all.
Still family-owned, this small carry out only pizzeria makes its own dough and the workers will hand-toss your crust right in front of you as you wait. That's actually kind of fun to watch. No frozen crust here! Nope, I can tell by the taste. For me, a bad or even mediocre crust ruins a pizza and the crust here manages to always be consistently good, fresh and delicious, and not too doughy, dry, burned, thick or thin. As with Goldilocks looking for perfection, this crust is just the way it should be, AKA just right. Indeed, the crust is where it's at.
Of all the veggie pizzas I've had in the area, this is probably my favorite. That pie, just like all their other pizza combinations, is loaded with fresh vegetable toppings and trust me, they don't stint on either quality or quantity. I stopped in a couple of weeks ago and picked up a to-go vegetarian pizza right before closing. Even though they were set to close in only minutes, they let me in, prepared my order as I watched and it was ready to go in about ten minutes, piping hot and fresh out of their huge pizza oven. I watched as they made it and it was definitely made with TLC.
The cheery employees didn't even seem to mind that it was late and even took another order over the phone while I was waiting, even though they were within a couple minutes of closing.
By the time I got my pizza home (I live all the way across town), it was still piping hot and smelled so good through the box in my car that I was tempted to pull out a slice while driving- no joke. It tasted like no other pizza around, as if it was crafted by an expert pizza maker in Italy, with an amazing crust (the kind that you can't stop eating), fresh toppings, plenty of cheese (but not too much), and a terrific pizza sauce with a lot of zip to it, not bland like it came from a jar in the grocery store. Most franchise pizzas (even the better ones) usually have a sauce that tastes a bit generic, but not Bob's. Now that's a pizza! I'm not kidding- the pizza crust was that good. I usually leave parts of the crust uneaten because the crust is often not that special, but not this crust. I literally savored every last morsel of it. For me to love the top part of the crust is something unusual, indeed. That crust, in tandem with those toppings and that sauce, made for the best pizza I've had in awhile.
Beyond pizza, they also make really good pastas with homemade sauces and strombolis. Even a few of the pastas served with meat can be accommodated for vegetarians, upon request, but pizza is what this place is all about. They even offer a gluten-free pizza crust now! I honestly don't think I have eaten a better takeout pizza than one from Bob's and I don't say that lightly as I've tried pizza from just about every pizza shop in town and then some.
Over the past couple of years, I don't think they've raised their prices much, if at all. For a family-owned pizzeria, they are still easily one of the best values in town. I definitely get more bang for my buck here. They've always been known in the area for their good quality food and reasonable prices, even though they are a small carryout pizza shop. I'm glad they haven't sacrificed quality to save buck. I only wish it wasn't all the way across town!
For quality, price and service, I really don't believe there is much better in the area.