Gennaro's Pizza Parlor

Yikes. Some of the pictures in the reviews for this place had me super excited. Now I feel bad... kinda. I mean, i totally got fucked, so i shouldn’t feel bad, but that bitch burnt my pizza, and then had zero extra regular cheese slices left to comp me, so i had to roll with the one i got. She did offer me a slice of sausage, which i quickly rejected. Im usually a sucker for a little char and some crispy crust. This wood-fired turd on the other hand was just burnt. The whole bottom was black and fragile as a potato chip. It wasnt just a nice spotty char like i love. It made the crust bitter and super dry. The plain cheese i would rate a 3.6 i guess? Terrible. The Margherita was a little tasty though. I mean, it still had too much of a char, and a dried out crust, but the sauce was pretty good actually and the cheese was just ok. Id give the Margherita like a 6.4? I think if you were to come here and get a fresh made pizza, in there turntable oven, that spins around in circles at extremely high temperatures, that it would be a completely different result. The pre bake on the slice, and baking it again dries it out im sure. Maybe i’ll go back someday and see. Probably not though. Pope’s is pretty fuckin good pizza, might just as well go there and get something you know and trust.