Avondale Pizza Cafe

From someone who makes her own pizza or is willing to drive over 800 miles for her favorite pizza place from childhood, this pizza rocks!!
The Avondale Avalanche and their Mozzarella Pretzels are fantastic! Both the food and the staff have yet to disappoint.

The first time I stopped by this place, it struck me as your run-of-the-mill family pizza joint. It's not fine dining by any means, there's a stuffed animal claw machine in one corner of the slightly dated dining room, and a very casual crowd.

I honestly wasn't expecting much when I walked in, but that's what the beauty of this place is. You could pick this strip mall pizza joint up and place it in any suburban community without anyone really noticing, but after trying the food, you'd have a really tough time matching it.

Their pizza is a classic New York style, but unlike most soggy, floppy imitations in Atlanta, they actually get a firm crisp to the bottom of their crust. The tomato sauce is thick enough to stay in one place, but distributes well with each bite. The mozzarella is cooked at that just right temperature that gives the cheese those little browned bubbles throughout the pie, while being consistent throughout the whole pie.

I would put their pizza up against a lot in Atlanta, and I'm confident that they'd fare well against pizza that is priced at a much higher price point with a much hipper atmosphere. The only reason it's just shy of 5 stars would be the neighborhood and the slightly dated feel of the spot....when it comes to their pizza, this place is worth skipping one of your usual Decatur haunts to try. The prices are low enough to make you keep coming back.

Hopefully these guys will start delivery again, I'll definitely keep doing take-out until then!

If I had to sum up this place in 10 words, it'd be, "Skip this place and go to Savage Pizza around the corner."  OK, I think that's 11 words, but you get my point. I was totally underwhelmed by this place. From the 7th grade school lunch flavor of the pizza slices to the not-medium-when-I-asked-for-medium hamburger, this place is just not the business.