I Love Pizza | Troy NY

Your Bloggers, Miro & Elizabeth at 'I Love Pizza' In Troy NY

Miro and Guest Blogger Jen Therrian

Back story:  This is the pizza place Elizabeth went to almost every night we ever drank in college.  So, of course, we had to blog it when we went back for her reunion.  Her best friend, and college roommate, Jen, is our guest blogger.

Pizza Place	I Love NY Pizza (RPI Reunion Edition!)
Website	None
Address	125 4th Street, Troy, NY
Date Ordered	10/16/2010
Where Consumed	In Restaurant
Price	??
Order Method	Counter
Service Method	Counter
Delivery Time	NA
Size (Inches)	NA
Price Per Sq Inch	NA
	Miro Score	Elizabeth Score	Jen's Score	Average
Look	5.0	4.0	5.0	4.7
	Miro's Comments: Looks like 2am pizza!
	Elizabeth's Comments: Looks greasy
	Jen's Comments: Looks like I Love!
Smell	Miro Score	Elizabeth Score	Jen's Score	Average
	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Miro's Comments:
	Elizabeth's Comments: I have a note that we came to a decision that "smell is skippable this week"  Not sure why.
	Jen's Comments:
Temp	Miro Score	Elizabeth Score	Jen's Score	Average
	2.0	1.0	4.0	2.3
	Miro's Comments: It's cold
	Elizabeth's Comments: It's cold
	Jen's Comments: It's not burning my mouth, so I'm not complaining!
Cheese	Miro Score	Elizabeth Score	Jen's Score	Average
	4.0	4.0	5.0	4.3
	Miro's Comments:  Thick & Plentiful
	Elizabeth's Comments: Lots!  It's very tasty, but a tad rubbery.
	Jen's Comments:  Guys!  Just look at this layer!!!!
Sauce	Miro Score	Elizabeth Score	Jen's Score	Average
	2.0	4.0	4.0	3.3
	Miro's Comments: Thin and chef boardee-esque
	Elizabeth's Comments: A little too sweet, but tasty
	Jen's Comments: Sweet, but balances out my drunk stomach
Crust	Miro Score	Elizabeth Score	Jen's Score	Average
	4.0	2.0	4.0	3.3
	Miro's Comments: They reheated it to crispiness!
	Elizabeth's Comments: Plain, no flavor, kind of rubbery
	Jen's Comments: Damn! This is better than anything we get in the South!
Overall Taste	Miro Score	Elizabeth Score	Jen's Score	Average
	3	3	4	3.3
	Miro's Comments: This is the best pizza delivery to my stomach this time of night.
	Elizabeth's Comments: This is the ultimate drinking pizza for me, or it was 5 years ago, tonight it could be better.
	Jen's Comments: I really wish I was hungry enough for ziti pizza....and, this is not Papa John's, which is all we have in the South, so I am very happy!  [Editor's Note: Elizabeth found a ziti pizza slice the next morning, apparently Jen bought one after all...]
Value Score	NA	NA	NA	NA
Overall Comments	Miro's Comments: Speechless (or Elizabeth just forgot to write it)
	Elizabeth's Comments: I'm shocked I could actually read (most of) the notes about this one.  For the record, we actually titled this special edition "My feet hurt so f*@king much!"  Next time, remind me to audiorecord instead of T9 typing on the iPhone.
	Jen's Comments: This is a must do while in Troy.  You are not getting any bad reviews on it from me!

Santarpios | Boston

Santarpios | Boston

Pizza Place	Santarpios
Website	http://www.santarpiospizza.com
Address	111 Chelsea Street, East Boston, MA
Date Ordered	10/13/2010
Where Consumed	In Restaurant
Price	$9.50
Order Method	In Restaurant
Service Method	Server
Delivery Time	37 minutes
Size (Inches)	12
Price Per Sq Inch	$0.084
	Miro Score	Elizabeth Score	Average
Look	3.8	3.0	3.4
	Miro's Comments: Red, very red looking. But crispy.
	Elizabeth's Comments: Burnt, but cheesy
Smell	3.0	3.0	3.0
	Miro's Comments: It's not that it smells bad or fake, but for some reason the smell transports me back to memories of Chuckie Cheese.
	Elizabeth's Comments: Neutral, not much going on
Temp	4.5	4.5	4.5
	Miro's Comments:
	Elizabeth's Comments: I think it sat out for a while before someone brought it too us, not as hot as expected
Cheese	4.5	4.0	4.3
	Miro's Comments: The cheese has a toasted flavor to it that I rather like
	Elizabeth's Comments: Very nice coating
Sauce	3.5	3.0	3.3
	Miro's Comments: Watery and reminisent of tomato soup. Not bad per se, but a very different style than I'm used to.
	Elizabeth's Comments: Reminds me of Spaghettios!
Crust	4.5	3.8	4.1
	Miro's Comments: The corn meal dusting underneath makes it especially crunchy and crispy. Again, I think I like it, but it's a very different style than what I'm used to.
	Elizabeth's Comments: Love the crunchy/chewy texture but there is just way to much flour & cornmeal all over it
Overall Taste	4.0	3.5	3.8
	Miro's Comments: A tough call. I think it's a well executed pizza in a different style than I'm used to. I don't care for the unfamilar style, but I can appreciate the good preparation.
	Elizabeth's Comments: I'm really sad about giving it a 3.25.
Value Score	47.62	41.67	44.64
Overall Comments	Miro's Comments: If I didn't know better I would think we were eating in my old basement rec room. Don't get me wrong, that's a positive for this landmark in East Boston.
	Elizabeth's Comments: I think this place was just too overhyped.  I expected the best pizza of my life and what I got instead was a decent pizza ruined by an over dusting of flour.

Toni's by George | Medford

Toni's By George

Website	None
Address	399 Main Street, Medford, MA
Date Ordered	10/8/2010
Where Consumed	Elizabeth
Price	$9.50
Order Method	Foodler
Service Method	Delivery
Delivery Time	50 minutes
Size (Inches)	14.5
Price Per Sq Inch	$0.058
	Miro Score	Elizabeth Score	Average
Look	4.5	3.0	3.8
	Miro's Comments: Weird. I've just flashed back to pizzeria we went to growing up. I'm not sure if it acutally looks good, but my lower brain is yelling "pizza."
	Elizabeth's Comments: Looks cheesy, but desperately needs one of those prongy table things.
Smell	4.25	3.0	3.6
	Miro's Comments: A very toasted smell.
	Elizabeth's Comments: nothing good, nothing bad, nothing actually
Temp	3.0	3.5	3.3
	Miro's Comments:
	Elizabeth's Comments: Not bad for taking 50 minutes to get here…
Cheese	3.5	3.5	3.5
	Miro's Comments: Extra points for crispiness; points off for lack of flavor.
	Elizabeth's Comments: Lot's of it, but doing that clumpy thing I hate
Sauce	3.0	4.0	3.5
	Miro's Comments: Standard; not much more to say.
	Elizabeth's Comments: Flavorful, very rich tomato flavor, with the tiniest of kicks
Crust	4.0	2.0	3.0
	Miro's Comments: Kind of a modified deep dish crust, thick but still crispy. I do have visions about how poorly it will hold up in the fridge.
	Elizabeth's Comments: Way too bready, very very dry, like stale italian bread that should have been made into bruschetta, not pizza
Overall Taste	4.0	3.0	3.5
	Miro's Comments: Empirically, I think it's fine, but on a more emotional level part of my brain harkens back pizza parties, circa age 8. I can't ingnore that.
	Elizabeth's Comments: It's Ok.
Value Score	69.53	52.15	60.84
Overall Comments	Miro's Comments:
	Elizabeth's Comments: The fact I had to argue with the guy multiple times and drag my laptop to the door to show him that I had prepaid on Foodler left a bad taste in my mouth to start…and the pizza didn't help change that.

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