Friday, March 25, 2011

City Slicker | Somerville

City Slicker | Somerville

City Slicker
Website
Address
588 Somerville Ave, Somerville
Date Ordered
3/18/2011
Where Consumed
home in Somerville
Price
$9.50
Order Method
restaurant's website
Service Method
delivery
Delivery Time
40 minutes
Size (Inches)
14
Price Per Sq Inch
$0.062
Miro Score
Elizabeth Score
Average
Look
3.0
4.0
3.5
Miro's Comments: Not enough crust at the edges and somehow, it's sad looking.
Elizabeth's Comments: cheesy & crispy, but a little on the small side and the side of the crust looks burnt in spots
Smell
3.5
4.0
3.75
Miro's Comments: Average delivery smell, no strong notes of anything.
Elizabeth's Comments: A pretty delicious cheese smell, but with a hint of grease
Temp
3.5
2.0
2.75
Miro's Comments: fine
Elizabeth's Comments: My next slice is going in the oven
Cheese
3.75
3.5
3.6
Miro's Comments: Decent flavor, plenty of grease, and crispy in parts
Elizabeth's Comments: Lots of it, but all I taste is grease
Sauce
3.0
3.0
3.0
Miro's Comments: Thin and unimpressive, not much depth
Elizabeth's Comments: A nice coating with hints of spice but an overpowering sweet aftertaste
Crust
3.0
4.0
3.5
Miro's Comments: Floppy in the middle. It's cripsy on the edges but in that cooked in grease kind of way.
Elizabeth's Comments: All crunch, no chewy. Usually not my thing, but it totally works on this pizza.
Overall Taste
3.0
3.5
3.3
Miro's Comments: Did these guys get their recipe from "genericdeliveryplace.com?"
Elizabeth's Comments: The individual elements alone are not perfect, but it all works together fairly well.
Value Score
48.61
56.71
52.66
Overall Comments
Miro's Comments: The price isn't bad, but the size is unimpressive even at the price.
Elizabeth's Comments: I actually ate my crusts!
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Monday, March 14, 2011

3.14


Happy Pi Day!!

Pardon our lack of blogging - lots of school-related traveling lately! It's hard to review pizzas when we're not in the same state!

Friday, March 4, 2011

Pizza Stop | Brookline

Pizza Stop | Brookline



Pizza Stop
Website
None
Address
226 Cypress Street, Brookline, MA
Date Ordered
2/26/2011
Where Consumed
Brookline Office
Price
$8.95
Order Method
Phone
Service Method
Delivery
Delivery Time
55 minutes
Size (Inches)
15
Price Per Sq Inch
$0.051

Miro Score
Elizabeth Score
Average
Look
4.0
3.5
3.8
Miro's Comments: Looks good. It's got that round thick-ish crust, but not stamped out of a machine thing, with good crispy cheese
Elizabeth's Comments: Nice crispy cheese, but it looks like one of those frozen artifical crust.
Smell
3.0
3.0
3.0
Miro's Comments: Cheese
Elizabeth's Comments: Neutral.
Temp
1.0
1.0
1.0
Miro's Comments: sigh … when the touched the box, I knew we had a problem.
Elizabeth's Comments: cold.
Cheese
4.0
3.0
3.5
Miro's Comments: Greasy, but good flavor
Elizabeth's Comments: nice coating, but not much flavor
Sauce
4.0
2.0
3.0
Miro's Comments: Excellent sauce. Rich, well balanced, flavorful, but unfortunately, cold.
Elizabeth's Comments: I found it watery with a hint of artifical tasting spices.
Crust
3.4
3.0
3.2
Miro's Comments: Ruined by cold, but I think it could have been excellent
Elizabeth's Comments: Nice crisp, but nothing special.
Overall Taste
3.75
3.0
3.4
Miro's Comments: damn. I wanted to give this more, but the temp. Oh the temp.
Elizabeth's Comments: Edible, but nothing special, I don't even think heat would have helped.
Value Score
74.04
59.23
66.64
Overall Comments
Miro's Comments: Is my palate from a different planet than hers.
Elizabeth's Comments: Yes.
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