Opened in 1999, they claim locals call it “the hidden neighborhood gem.” And no doubt, this is a nice little quaint restaurant, serving up fairly standard Southern Connecticut football pizza. I called in my order, like I always do; upon arrival to pick it up, I noticed one of the workers taking a pie out of the oven & casting it off to the side. As he began to frantically make a fresh pizza, I realized he had accidentally burned my pie. I didn’t want to wait another 20 minutes, so I asked if I could inspect the burnt pizza. After a few seconds of evaluating, I deemed the significantly charred pie to be edible and told them I would accept the overdone pizza. They even gave me a free chocolate chip cookie for my troubles (which was a solid 8.3). I thought I could handle the well done char, but some slices were beyond burnt. Luckily, about half the pie was preserved, mostly unaffected by the overcook & more than tolerable to consume. Thinnish, extremely dry & overly crispy, the extra time in the oven definitely hurt this pizza’s chances, but I took that into consideration. Lacking creaminess, the cheese is tight & rigid, obviously tougher from the extra heat applied, yielding a rather manageable amount of grease. Subdued by a little extra oregano, the sauce isn’t particularly sweet; but the spices give it some zip & zing for an overall zesty flavor. Aside from the burnt dough, the ingredients aren’t terrible, just mildly underwhelming. Even if this pie wasn’t severely charred, I can’t see a fresh pie scoring much higher than maybe low 7s. Overall, this is very much on par with typical tri-state area traditional football pizza.
