Jason M.
Yelp
I struggle to start this review.... This is the best of the best, and in all honesty nothing else I've tried has come even close, in or outside of Rhode Island. What qualifies me to say that? Well I'm an Italian American with half my family from Providence, and the other half from north Jersey. I lived a short time In New Haven, and I've had the best of the best In Jersey, NYC, New Haven etc.... I know good pizza, and I had the misfortune of living in Los Angeles for 15 years and enduring their abhorrent, disgusting pizza options.
A guy and his pie is special. Every slice has an equal amount of toppings. The vodka sauce doesn't just taste like cream as it often can, but maintains some insanely perfect balance between creaminess and acidity/tomato flavor. The red sauce has a strong tomato flavor and tastes perfectly fresh.
I think what is most important to say is this. You know that saying "even crappy pizza is still kind of good"? Well, there may be some truth to that statement, but not when it comes to Detroit style pizza. Detroit style pizza done poorly, is honestly terrible. So the effort it takes to get it right is more with Detroit than any other style of pizza. A guy and his Pie has got this down to a science. There pizza is perfect, and although I love NY style pizza, Sicilian pizza, New Haven pizza etc, I keep finding myself getting the baby ready, hopping in the car with my Pregnant wife and our 11 month old daughter and taking a near 1 hour drive from Jamestown to Pawtucket. are there great pizza options that are much closer? Sure!! Yet everytime I want pizza lately the desire seems to be the same. I want that focaccia dough, I want those two perfect sauces, I want to see the smile on my Wife's face and hear the moans she masks as she bites into their Truffle pizza. It's just.... Always worth it. It's consistently perfect too, and I don't use that word lightly. My personal favorite is the "Plain Jane" but as I've recently became obsessed with Ricotta on pizza I've decided to add ricotta dollops as well as hot honey. This has become the unbeatable pizza to me. I typically see hot honey and ricotta with pepperoni, and I was curious to see how that topping selection would be without the pepperoni, and it did not disappoint. I told my Wife I'm ordering the same thing every single time lol.
In conclusion: this is a unique pizza place that will not disappoint even if you think you don't like Detroit style pizza. I didn't know I liked this style of pizza until recently, and it's just a waste of time comparing past experiences with Detroit style with a guy and his pie. This is good ingredients, meets passionate staff who craft each pie with love, care and perfect distribution of ingredients. Honestly it makes me proud as a native Rhode Islander who's lived in some of the best food cities to have this gem here in our state.
It's the best pizza I've ever had.