Davanni's Pizza & Hot Hoagies

I stopped in at this location for my first time a couple weeks ago after attending an event that ran a little longer than I expected and served only drinks without food at the reception. I was hungry and I probably needed to sober up before driving home much further. There are a lot of options on the menu so I took my time and let several people go ahead of me. I have stuck with the thin crust for quite a while when eating at other Davanni's locations, but I decided to try the traditional crust this time. I'm usually concerned about the crust being too doughy, but I was relieved to discover that was not an issue with the traditional crust.

After placing my to-go order, they informed me that it would take 20 minutes and offered me a water while I waited (which I gladly accepted). While sitting and waiting a kid came and sat next to me and started asking my lots of questions. It turned out to be one of the more entertaining waits of my life.

While waiting I also discovered that they have an interesting system where the kitchen staff hangs a number that indicates the current wait time for pizzas based on how busy the kitchen was. I had been wondering why it was that I was told 20 minutes and other people were being told 25 minutes.

The pizza did not disappoint in the flavor and texture department. I ordered a solo size and it was not enough. I did appreciate the overall feel of the dough and I believe that I will order traditional again since their thin crust can occasionally turn out a little too flimsy.

I took a survey a few months ago for Davanni's and they rewarded me with a nice $5 off postcard so I decided to try it out before the Daytona 500 started.

I called my order after checking out their website (Which is pretty good) and ordered the Southwestern Chicken. I ordered the whole sandwich and kept the second half for dinner the same day.

They said it would be 8-10 minutes and I pulled into the parking lot about 10 minutes later and they have a special line for takeout orders, which was kind of cool.

I had no problem with my $5 off coupon and the guy that looked like he was 12 behind the counter was friendly enough and efficient.

The Styrofoam box was full of hoagie goodness and I headed home.

I opened the box and there were vegetables and chicken overflowing from the sides of the sub.

The only complaint was that it was kind of tepid, and when I order a hot sub, I would love a hot sub. It could have been the five minute drive home though.

The sandwich was good, not great, but the bread was nicely toasted and there was a lot of chicken.

I wouldn't go out of my way for one of the subs, but for 2 bucks, it was a good two meals worth of food.

This pizza is either love or hate.  Personally, I dislike it because there's too much sauce, and the sauce has chunks of tomato in it.  I'm sure many people prefer it that way.

However, they have awesome hoagies, salads, breadsticks and pasta there, so I recommend the place in spite of the pizza.  Too bad they don't serve Pepsi products so I could have mt dew with my lunch.