Carolynn N.
Yelp
I went in knowing I'm not crazy about the pizza from prior visits and a couple of neighborhood deliveries. The crust is too thick and chewy, the pies are over-baked, and overall the pizza isn't flavorful, but I was so hungry I was shaky. I got a pepperoni pinwheel and some marinara for dipping. The pinwheel was pretty good - their dough is better suited to this than to pizza - but the marinara was watery and hard to catch on the pinwheel.
The place is not conducive to staying and eating. The TV was blaring Fox News, and some male patrons were talking so loudly at the back, next to the counter and TV, that I had to move to the front windows. Even then, I couldn't hear the women sitting next to me for the racket these men were making all the way across the restaurant.
If management took responsibility for asking patrons to quiet down and respect others, if they played anything other than an inflammatory news station (The Food Network makes people hungry), I would have had a decent meal. As it was, I had to eat quickly and leave. I wanted to give the pizza one last try (this was a last chance for them in my book, even going in), but not with all the noise and mediocrity. I was glad to get out even if I was still hungry.
In past, I have called for delivery during business hours and been refused because they had no one on staff to drive.
If quality is low, staffing is erratic and the atmosphere is annoying, why go back? They're a neighborhood institution whose time has come and gone.