Friday, August 26, 2011

Bertucci's | Cambridge

Bertucci's | Cambridge

It's another special edition of the Pizza Blog. We were joined by Miro's dear college friends. Since they have picked up delightful spouses (who are willing to partake in our hi-jinx, yay!) and commenced the spawning process, for this edition, it was off to Bertucci's, where high chairs are in abundant supply. See if you an tell which parents wrote their reviews with the crayons they provided the kids.

Pizza Place

Bertucci's

Website

http://www.bertuccis.com/

Address

Alewife Station, Cambridge

Date Ordered

8/15/2011

Where Consumed

Dine-in

Price

$17.50

Order Method

Waiter

Service Method

Table Service

Delivery Time

Unmarked (about 20 minutes, but who keeps count when you have kiddos to play with?)

Size (Inches)

20

Price Per Sq Inch

$0.06

Miro Score

Elizabeth Score

John's Score

Alicia's Score

Bobby's Score

Jocelyn's Score

Average

Look

4.0

3.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

3.4

Miro's Comments: It's a pretty looking pizza, but I miss cheese on my pizza. Can you get a plain cheese pizza here? We got the Margherita because it seems to the closest thing.

Elizabeth's Comments: Pretty, but dry and no cheese

John's Comments: Artisanal in a Mall of America way.

Alicia's Comments: Looks kind of dry.

Bobby's Comments: Basic non-specialty pizza look.

Jocelyn's Comments: Fine

Smell

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

Miro's Comments: I smell basil and nothing but

Elizabeth's Comments: Very yeasty and doughy, but not much else

John's Comments: No distinctive smell

Alicia's Comments: Slight basil smell. I would like more tomato.

Bobby's Comments: It has a smell. Not much to add

Jocelyn's Comments

Temp

2.0

3.0

4.5

2.0

3.0

3.0

2.9

Miro's Comments:

Elizabeth's Comments: surprisingly cool for a restaurant

John's Comments: Appropriate.

Alicia's Comments: Not very hot.

Bobby's Comments: Fine to slightly cool.

Jocelyn's Comments: Warm, but not hot

Cheese

2.0

3.0

2.5

2.0

3.0

2.0

2.4

Miro's Comments: ah - the flavorless dollop!

Elizabeth's Comments: Plops of mozz. Not much of it and not very flavorful

John's Comments: Too little

Alicia's Comments: More please.

Bobby's Comments: Cheese dollops are a bit too small, but tasty.

Jocelyn's Comments: sparse

Sauce

1.0

4.0

2.0

3.5

3.0

4.0

2.9

Miro's Comments: What sauce?

Elizabeth's Comments: Tomatoey and fresh, but only a very thing layer.

John's Comments: Too little

Alicia's Comments: Taste is good, but I want more of it.

Bobby's Comments: Slightly sweet … not too bad.

Jocelyn's Comments: nice

Crust

3.0

2.5

4.0

4.0

2.0

3.5

3.2

Miro's Comments: For a pizza that's all crust, you'd hope for a slice of fabulous … you'd be disappointed.

Elizabeth's Comments: Soggy where sauce is, burnt in other spots.

John's Comments: Flat, nice sophisticated

Alicia's Comments: I love Bertucci's crust: thin & crispy

Bobby's Comments: As they say on the interwebs, doughy pizza is doughy.

Jocelyn's Comments: Fine, could be a little crispier

Overall Taste

2.00

3.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

3.1

Miro's Comments: I'm sad they didn't give me a ball of dough to play with!

Elizabeth's Comments: Good and fresh, but too few ingredients even for a margherita

John's Comments: I got nothing against Bertucci's

Alicia's Comments: Not bad, but a little dry.

Bobby's Comments: The solid utility infielder of pizzas. Never going to win an award, but often needed in a pinch.

Jocelyn's Comments: Will not reject it.

Value Score

35.9

53.9

71.8

53.9

53.9

62.8

55.4

Friday, August 19, 2011

Harvard House of Pizza | Cambridge

Harvard House of Pizza | Cambridge

Harvard House of Pizza

Website

Foodler

Address

1706 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Date Ordered

7/29/2011

Where Consumed

Home

Price

$10.25

Order Method

Foodler

Service Method

Delivery

Delivery Time

46 minutes

Size (Inches)

15

Price Per Sq Inch

$0.058

Miro Score

Elizabeth Score

Average

Look

3.5

4.0

3.8

Miro's Comments: It has that overly round, stamped out of a machine thing going on, but the crust and cheese do look properly toasted.

Elizabeth's Comments: It looks sooo cheesy but worried about that fake, perfect-round look.

Smell

2.0

3.0

2.5

Miro's Comments: Okay. I think if my I dip my nose in the grease I'm just barely able to smell something.

Elizabeth's Comments: I can't really smell anything…

Temp

4.0

3.5

3.8

Miro's Comments: Impressively hot for the long delivery time

Elizabeth's Comments: Uneven heating, but mostly warm

Cheese

3.0

4.5

3.8

Miro's Comments: Nice thick layer, but Not much taste

Elizabeth's Comments: Tons of cheese with little crispy bits, but a tad too oily for perfect.

Sauce

4.0

3.5

3.8

Miro's Comments: I like this sauce. It tastes different, and I cant put my finger on why, but there's a good balance and it has flavor

Elizabeth's Comments: So little, I couldn't get a good taste, but, what I did get was rich, tomatoe-y, and herby. Just wish there was more!

Crust

2.0

3.5

2.8

Miro's Comments: Sub-par and flavorless. Plenty of chew, but no snap

Elizabeth's Comments: Chewy and crusty but not much flavor

Overall Taste

2.5

4.0

3.3

Miro's Comments: Lackluster flavor and consistency. If it were budget pizza I'd be more of a fan, but you can almost certainly do better.

Elizabeth's Comments: All put together, I think this pizza if pretty darn tasty - but it could use more sauce and less grease.

Value Score

43.10

68.96

56.03

Overall Comments

Miro's Comments: This has the best reviews on yelp? Really?

Elizabeth's Comments: