Opened in June of 2022, the BPC prides themselves on being a “modern pizza shop creating old world Italian taste.” In actuality, this is more like assembly line traditional football pizza…formulaic, regulated, corporate, franchise-type pizza. Not to say that it’s bad, just not made with that mom & pop, neighborhood pizzeria love you get from old school establishments. While the majority of the dough is soft, the undercarriage is actually rather firm; not too thick, not exactly thin and not particularly crispy with zero floppage to go along with minimal crunch. With slightly above bland flavor, the crust has kind of a stale consistency, like it was reheated in a gas oven. Melted very well, the cheese is a fairly creamy shredded mozzarella blend with a lovely lava-like flow. Decently tasty although hiding a significant amount of grease underneath, causing substantial drippage with each bite. The excess oil creates a slightly salty taste that somewhat hinders the overall flavor from the reasonably above average cheese. Saving the pie from a score in the 6s, the sweetish sauce has tremendous garlic & tomato taste, with a fair amount of spices drumming up quality tang & kick, carrying this pizza into the 7s. The strength of the sauce & tremendous texture of the cheese outweigh the pedestrian flavor of the dough & glut of grease that hold the pie back. Overall, this is a very standard, barely above average, dime-a-dozen football pizza. This feels like chain/franchise pizza in the making, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, just not anything special or original.
