Daniel B.
Yelp
A very rare halal pizza spot offering specialty pizzas fusing middle-eastern food with a slice of Americana. I'm willing to shell out a few dollars more for 2023 adjusted for inflation prices, but 34 dollars for a small, specialty pizza and a slice of cheesecake is on the higher end of things.
For the pizza: There's a lot of specialty pizzas for you to choose from. I went with the prevailing number one choice on yelp: The garlic labanese chicken pizza. I wish I went with a different one though. Although it tasted literally like a pita Shawarma pizza (if there was ever such a thing), there's too much ingredients on the small size for it to hold it's own weight. As a result, the toppings slid right off. And I mean right off.
The ranch synergies well with the garlic. So much so, the middle-eastern pita/pizza tastes way too much like a pita, less like a pizza. Although I like things different, there are certain things I still continue to hold true to this day when it comes to pizza: No pineapple. No garlic. No anchovies. This is unfortunately not the exception.
Even worse, the chicken was only half-baked, and I'm not talking about the feel good pie n the hazy sky kind. Undercooked, it kinda tasted funky and some of the bits were shredded, while others were cubed shape. Texture was kinda gnarly Wasn't cooked evenly and consistently within the pizza. Gave off a not so pleasing and undercooked type of aftertaste.
So 2/5 for the Lebanese garlic chicken pizza. It feels like I'd have a happier time with any other of their specialties, and I would try this place again.
The saving grace was their homemade dessert. I ordered the Oreo strawberry cheesecake. And this was a perfect 5/5.
Everything about this was amazing. From what it appeared as organic and homemade strawberry paste-jam and creme garnish atop, to the durable but not tooth breaking hard crust.
Yes, it's close to 11 dollars, but I'd be happy to pay that again for the type of quality.