The Pizza Place

On the desolate road to Mount Rushmore, Lusk is one of the few towns you drive through that offers some dining options. There wasn't much there, so it was either a diner or pizza. We opted to give the pizza place a whirl.

The Pizza Place offers pizza and sandwiches, all at reasonable prices. Unfortunately, the staff aren't quite on top of their game. Initially the missus' and I were going to order a calzone to split. So the cashier asks what we want in it, and we say broccoli. She then says "is that all?" and I said, "yeah, that's good." Then she says "well I'm only asking because we don't have ricotta." How do you even attempt to sell a calzone when you don't have ricotta in the first place?! So we then decided to each get our own personal pizzas. I was shocked when the missus' ordered hers with mushrooms, and was then asked if she wanted them fresh or canned. Who wants to eat a nasty canned mushroom?!

So the pizzas themselves come out after about fifteen minutes (we wasted the time playing with the Where's Waldo books) and they looked pretty tasty. At first bite they were really good. The sauce wasn't sweet, the crust was crisp and the pizza was very cheesy. However, it's definitely too much cheese, and at the end of the day we all had cheese remorse. I only had about 2 1/2 slices of my 4-slice pizza and was feeling stuffed.

It's a decent enough place if you're craving pizza, but just be warned that it will give your weekly allowance of cheese.

If you're driving through Lusk...you gotta stop and try this place. More choices than I would have thought for this place. Tasty, fast and reasonable. Good service too.

Stopped in after seeing this highly rated place was on my route on July 16, 2013. I was in just before 4 pm on a Tuesday so there were only a few customers. Got  a very good side salad with Dorothy Lynch salad dressing (new to me) that was very tasty and included a bread stick.

I got a pizza with pepperoni and onion pizza. While not the best I have had on the East Coast it was definitely the best I have had in the West. I asked the manager her secret. She says they use fresh ingredients and good water, and have learned to deal with the higher alitidude. Sauce was tasty and the crust was done almost to perfection.

If your travels take you through Lusk then The Pizza Place is definitely worth a stop.