Thin, crispy chewy crust, delicious pepperoni and fresh provolone cheese on a square cut pizza,…read moreavailable by the slice, 1/2 tray or full tray. It's perfect just the way it is! Those of us who used to frequent the original Wally's Pizza in Cambridge, Ohio, grew up on this exact style of pizza that stems from the famous DiCarlo's Old Fashion Pizza out of the mid-Ohio Valley. I grew up for my first 11 years of life eating DiCarlo's Pizza out of Wellsburg, W.V. (it was my dad's favorite), then Wally's Pizza from 11 years old to now. I still love me some Wally's Old Fashion Pizza as well!
My husband and I were in town for our annual 25th Class Reunion last week and were told by a friend that we've got to run into Byesville to try this pizza. We had saw that they were running a special on their Facebook page, which I highly recommend you follow to keep up with their specials. They were advertising a full tray for $20! So on our way back home to Virginia, we stopped and ordered a full tray. Of course we couldn't wait to eat it; it smelled so fantastic! We sat in the parking lot enjoying a few slices, and continued to pick at it on the way home. I was suddenly thinking that we should have ordered 2 trays, because the entire point of getting a tray was so that we could freeze and reheat some at another time, but we were easily making a dent into this pizza, because it is THAT good!
We did manage to get home with at least "some" pizza left, (much less than one might expect from only 2 people), which I took to work for my lunch for a couple of days. This pizza is amazing! It is definitely worth going into small town Byesville for!
Although Wally's in Cambridge will still be my favorite, as far as competition goes, Tommy does pizza right! I do like that Tommy's has the thinner, crispier crust like I prefer. Wally's Pizza has been hit or miss lately, when I've stopped in, when I'm in town. They used to stick with the thinner crust as well, but sometimes you get thin, sometimes you get thick...you never know what you're going to get, depending on who's making it. Either way, they're both great!
On the other hand, Tommy's didn't throw as much cold cheese on top, like Wally's did the night before for us, and is consistent in doing. I guess I could have requested 'extra cheese', but I get that for free at Wally's. Otherwise, I can definitely say, I'll be back! Love it! Awesome pizza! Keep up the good work guys!
UPDATE: My husband and I were back and town and specifically drove 45 minutes out of our way from Marietta to Byesville, JUST to pick up a tray of Tommy's Pizza to take home with us home to Virginia. I like mine super thin and crispy, and Tommy's offers that. This is the second time we have stopped here and both times it's been consistently good. I will say that the 1st time, they didn't cheese it up as much as Wally's does, so this is a tray with pepperoni, mushroom and extra cheese. Requesting extra cheese remedied that, but we had to pay for it when Wally's is complimentary. Also, the woman at the window who had EVIL tattooed on her neck was not friendly at all. She wanted to charge us 50 cents each for a box lid, even though we had just spent $30 on pizza and had made a special trip from Marietta to Byesville, just to get their pizza to take home! She slammed the window in my face, and it was enough to make me not want to return. We aren't local. We were driving and eating on the road, and had to stop at a store for paper plates (I wasn't paying them for a lid out of principle). If I continue to get attitudes like that, I will not return no matter how great it is. But as far as the pizza, it is much better than Wally's and I never thought I'd say that. I have been a fan of Wally's for more than 30 years!
