Erica E.
Yelp
What a delicious choice!
While back in my hometown of South Florida, I planned a cookie decorating and pizza party for my little nieces and nephews because I'm the coolest aunt, ever. And when I hopped on Yelp to find an awesome pizza place near my sister's place, along came Johnny Pies Pizzeria!
I absolutely love pizza (check my reviews!) and for some reason, really wanted to impress these 8 and under kids to let them know that there is more to pizza than these national brands, lol. So we were absolutely eating local if Cousin/Titi Erica was ordering!
Despite being a friendly, talkative person for the most part, I absolutely do not love talking on the phone. Least favorite thing, no clue why. And that comes to ordering food! I can usually make it quick because I go in knowing what I want, but I'm always so grateful when I can order digitally and lucky me, Johnny Pies offered that option! So I was able to order our pizzas in advance and walk away from my computer - nice.
Because there were 4 kids and 5 hungry adults, I opted for one of their specials: 1 large cheese pizza, large salad, 6 garlic knots and a 2-liter for $31, and added on another large cheese/half pepperoni. All of this came up to under $60 bucks or so. When I arrived at the busy plaza that Johnny Pies is located in, I was a few minutes early and concerned that I'd be waiting just a bit. Not at all! I was greeted by the friendliest faces and the most delicious scent of pizza and garlic in the air - heavenly. The gentlemen behind the counter let me know that my order was ready and pulled it out of the oven as soon as I stepped up to say hello. Such fantastic customer service!
That ride to my sisters house was brutal smelling those delicious pies and garlic knots!! I was so tempted to pull over and eat some lol. When I finally did arrive at my sisters' place and we were ready to dig in, there was total silence as everyone dug into their pizza! And those garlic knots? HEAVENLY! They were crunchy in the right areas, soft on the inside and covered in butter and garlic. The salad was also delicious and I really needed to make sure that those children had some greens on their plate before I stuffed them with pounds of sugar and sent them on their merry way with their parents lol.
Absolutely going to be my go-to pizza spot when I'm home, they really blew our mind with each bite!