Richard K.
Yelp
tl;dr: Corner Slice, the slice is nice. Slice, slice baby.
My wifey had bookmarked Corner Slice a few weeks back. And of course, it took a night of drinking at an SBA lender networking event for me to finally stop by on my way home because I needed some pizza carbs to soak up that booze in my belly.
Hidden in a strip mall on the opposite side of Cattlemens, and sharing a building with a Carl's Jr., the Kitty Hawk Plaza was hella' boring before Corner Slice decided to open up shop. I mean the other occupants consist of a credit union, pilates studio, physical therapist, and a nutritional shop. Now that Corner Slice has arrived and added spice and slice(s) to this strip mall, I bet you the patrons are going to end up chubbier, but a whole lot happier. After all, F that protein shake when you can have an awesome slice, or two, or three.
Shoot, just order a whole damn pizza bro.
For some reason Corner Slice reminded me of Sizzle Pie in Portland. Except, the pizza here is better because it is handmade and fresh. The pizza is New York-style and it is thin and doughy so that you can fold it and shove it in your mouth. I need to find my TMNT shirt for the next time I visit.
I walked in at around 9 PM. If you come in earlier, they offer pizzas by the slice for $5. After looking at the menu, I decided to go with a whole Peppa Pig pizza, a giant 18" pizza with mozzarella, pepperoni and pecorino Romano cheese that was topped off with fresh basil. I had to wait about 15 minutes as they made the pizza from scratch. Better to wait for the food than the food to wait for you.
As I waited, I was able to chat with the boss, Camille. Her employee, aka husband, was busy tossing the dough and making the pizza. When I see hardworking small business owners, I can't help but promote them. Not only are they a lovely couple, but they make even lovelier pizza pies. She added that they were working on getting some beers on tap. Now that would make Corner Slice even better and visitors to this plaza even more chubz... and happier!
When I got home with the pizza, I was amazed at how tasty it was and how it wasn't greasy. The basil and pecorino Romano cheese toppings added a wonderful aroma and umami flavor and the pepperoni was so damn tasty. As the wife and I downed slice after slice, we were already thinking about the next time we would be getting a Corner Slice pizza. And yes, there will definitely be many more next times.
Honestly, I've had a lot of pizza in the Bay Area. Whether it's the clam pizza at Golden Boy in SF, the over-rated vegetarian place in Berkeley where the only redeeming quality is the green sauce, Raymond's McMushroom pizza in Richmond, the heart attack-inducing Chicago-style pizza chains Zachary's and Patxi's, and even the pizza at Fieldwork. I have to say, Corner Slice is now my favorite. And to think, I've only had one pizza from them!
I will need to try their other pizzas like the Shroom Dealer consisting of mushroom cream sauce with shitake, button, maitake, and portabella mushrooms or the Pesto consisting of pesto sauce with potato cream, pine nuts, pistachio and pecorino. And if they are anything like the Peppa Pig, I know I won't be disappointed.
* Support local yo and try out Corner Slice!
* The interior is so damn 1980s retro. I freaking love it.
* Yelp Hours are wrong. I tried to change them but Yelp did not listen. I tried... Use Google Hours for correct info. They are closed Wednesdays.