John E.
Yelp
I make my own pizza at home and at the risk of dislocating my shoulder I pat myself on the back because it is damn good! Hence, finding good pizza is a little bit of a problem for me since hardly anything compares to homemade. Occasionally you get lucky and find a place. This is a great place.
Post Yelp Elite Event at Salty's on Marine Drive the Wife and I felt the need for a bite to eat since the people who helicoptered the food tables got all the good stuff before those of who were enjoying the view. But I digress...
The Wife used to live in St Johns, we moved in together there, got engaged and married while we lived there and always appreciated and loved our St Johns neighborhood. We cruised the whole area deciding on a place to eat and didn't really feel motivated to hit the St Johns Pub. Suddenly a neon glow acted like a beacon from around the corner. "Wasn't that a flower shop", I asked, "No, that went out of business, then it became a smoke shop, but look it has tables." A sign stated "Pizza By The Slice", and that sounded like the ticket. We parked.
As we walked in the front entrance we noticed a Yelp sticker on the window. I love irony. We approached the front and the two guys behind the counter were busy with whatever it is guys do behind a counter, they gave us some space while we looked over what we wanted, which was nice. As we placed our order for a cheese and a pepperoni slice with some soda just the smells of the place were making me even hungrier. Only complaint is my usual one, these guys went to a lot of trouble making a cool, hip spot with canned soda in a cooler instead of the old eight spout vender, and still they had only two diet options, Coke and Pepsi. If you are trying to be hip and trendy try mixed it up with the low cal options! Diet Dr Pepper, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Root Beer... go nuts!
Two huge slices of pizza came up from behind the counter. We took seats outside the roll up doors and enjoyed the night air. The first bite told me everything about this pizza. Scratch crust, good quality cheese and a kick ass sauce that tasted of olive oil and oregano, the way it should be. It capped off a perfect night, and make no mistake about, we will be back... often.