Pizza Now Inc

Pizza Now?

More like, Pizza Not Unless You Lost Your Sense of Taste, Foo!

I don't want mean to be a stickler when it comes to food, because what is food?  It's a means to an end, and the end being the ceasing of hunger, Pizza Now can be considered a reasonable means.

But life is not about eating whatever it takes to make you full enough to be satiated.  Why else are there culinary schools teaching eager beavers the art of making a beurre blanc, or how to deglaze the fond off of a pan, or why the Maillard reaction = tasty goodness?  Otherwise, we'd all get a choice of gray gruel or brown gruel in food dispensaries, rather than eating cuisine in restaurants, right?

So I was driving up Rt. 59 and passed a billboard advertising a $10 deal of a pizza with 2 toppings, 2 liter o' cola, and 10 wings.  Sound promising right?  I call in the order for sausage and pepperoni and pick it up.  Pretty hungry, so I crack the box in the car.  I thought that someone put a smaller cardboard box into the bigger cardboard box, topped it with weird sausage "balls" and greasy seemingly uncooked pepperoni topped with flavorless sauce and cheese "food" and tried to trick me!  

You ever hear the saying that pizza is like sex?  As in, When it's good, it's great, when it's bad, it's still pretty good?  I really think there has to be a low limit to that school of thought, and this has got to be beyond the threshold of not-so-good.  HOWEVER, you do get a lot of pizza for the price.  Whether it's a good pizza or not is totally your subjective observation.  The wings?  Kind of flavorless, just not memorable......The 2 liter?  Probably the best things out of the whole meal deal.  I'm sorry I couldn't enjoy it more, but I love pizza and this didn't meet my expectations, however, that's not to say this wouldn't feed a family of four, if need be.  Brussels sprouts are like a $1 per pound at Aldi you know.....

I've driven by this take-out only restaurant probably 500 times, and have always thought about stopping, but never have.  They almost always have someone standing outside with a signboard.

The menu and idea is as simple as it gets.  14" Large Pizza - $5, cheese, sausage, or pepperoni.  They also have breadsticks, chicken wings, and bottled soda.  You can add extra toppings or purchase sauces too.

The pizza was hot, and was ready when I walked in the door.  I am pretty confident it was fresh, because as I was leaving, the guy working started making another pie, so I assume they keep only a few ready.

I found the pizza to be acceptable, but completely unremarkable.  Same goes for the breadsticks.  I realize the notion, you get what you pay for, but I've had Domino's and Little Caesar's for about the same price, and you get more at those places.  I got sausage, which appeared to be process-made sausage balls.  The cheese was definately where they cut the corners, as it was probably 2" from the edge before there was any cheese on my pizza.  The sauce and crust were fine, just a bit bland.

In the end, the price was right, and it got the job done, but I'll likely keep to the other two or a frozen pizza for my $5 pizza fix in the future.