Lucy Blue Pizza

Lucy Blue's got to get the downgrade.

Even in my original review, I said four stars was a stretch.  That elasticity has now reached the breaking point, as Lucy Blue has receded back to the three-star pack.  In my first review, I thought Lucy Blue's crust was a bit better than the Cinci average, but with the last several pizzas we've ordered from there the crust has been the same old bready, bland stuff you can get at most other pizza joints around town.  In fact, this last time, it actually seemed kind of flaccid.

Lucy Blue is still better than the typical pizza-chain crap, but not really superior to any other pizza take-out around town.

Two Saturdays ago my wife and I participated in a scavenger hunt on the west side of town. We had a late lunch and the scavenger hunt started at 6pm, so we didn't have any time for dinner. The game was over at 10 and we eventually started making our way back home to Hyde Park around 11. It was at this time that I realized how hungry I was and then I soon realized that our route would not be taking us past any late night dining spots. That was until I got to Mt. Lookout and spotted Lucy Blue Pizza.

I don't recall ever having pizza from any of their four locations before, though I'm sure it was possible in my younger days. Lucy Blue is definitely late night pizza, and though a few tables are in the back of the Mt. Lookout location, I don't think many people use them. There is a carry out window on the sidewalk side of the building, which seems to get the majority of the business. That's where my wife ran to get a few slices upon our visit while I waited in the car.

I'm not going to lie and say that this is the best pizza I've ever had, because it really wasn't. However the slices are large and they only cost $2 each. I definitely could have used more pieces of pepperoni on my slices, and probably a little more sauce too. The crust was good, but I felt that overall the slices might have been a bit overcooked leading to some dry and crunchy spots. The first few bites of each slice were really pretty good though. I doubt I'll stop by for more often, but their pizza definitely works in any late night pinch.

So I'm sure you've heard the expression - pizza is alot like boomtangling, even when it's bad, it's good (ps boomtangle means expressing love physically). Well I'm here to tell you that this is not true.

I don't want to say that Lucy Blue pizza is bad, but it's certainly not good. On my last trip the pizza came right out of the oven, onto a plate, and into my belly. And I thought, this pizza is going to be money. I was wrong. If I didn't know better, I would have thought I was eating a freezer burned Tombstone pizza. It's hard to pinpoint what this pizza is missing but if I had to I would say deliciousness.

I've had Lucy Blue in the past and chalked up their shortcomings to the fact that I was either intoxicated or intoxicated but on my last visit I was as sober as an AA member at a halfway house. And it was then that I realized, Lucy Blue blows.

I really wanted to give this place one star but the convenience factor of the window and the fact that the pizza is $2 a slice gets Lucy Blue an extra star. Although, paying $2 for crap pizza doesn't make it any better, even when it's conveniently served through a sliding window so that I don't have to physically open a door or go inside a building.

I guess I would recommend this to someone who is culinarily challenged or who is so plastered that they don't even realize they're about to eat. Otherwise I would say, skip Lucy Blue and go hungry.