Saturday, April 21, 2012

LP Pizza & Subs | Somerville


LP Pizza & Subs | Somerville




LP
Pizza & Subs

Website

http://lppizza.com/

Address

96
Highland Ave, Somerville

Date Ordered

4/14/2012

Where Consumed

home

Price

$10.99

Order Method


Service Method

Dellivery

Delivery Time

47
minutes

Size (Inches)

15

Price Per Sq Inch

$0.062



Miro
Score

Elizabeth
Score

Average

Look

2.5

3.0

2.75

Miro's Comments: Where’s the cheese. I’m seeing red when I look at this
pizza

Elizabeth's Comments: A bit uneven, but overall cheesy, with that impossibly
round, probably frozen crust

Smell

3.0

3.0

3.0

Miro's Comments: It has a smell, but not much of one.

Elizabeth's Comments: Grease with a faint hint of…sausage? (not in a pleasant
way)

Temp

2.0

2.0

2.0

Miro's Comments: Just barely above luke warm

Elizabeth's Comments: It's like 2 blocks away!
It's April!  Why are you so
cold?

Cheese

2.0

2.0

2.0

Miro's Comments: No much of it, and what there is lacks flavor.

Elizabeth's Comments: Rubbery, can't really taste it at all.

Sauce

1.5

1.5

1.5

Miro's Comments: While there is plenty of sauce, it tastes artificial to
me.  Perhaps because I’m also eating a
cut up tomato at the same time, and the sauce just can’t compare.

Elizabeth's Comments: Very sweet red mushy paste.  Reminds me of high school cafeteria pizza
sauce. 

Crust

1.5

1.0

1.3

Miro's Comments:  The crust lacks
both flavor and much texture. I think it’s that pre-made pan style crust that
always lacks character.

Elizabeth's Comments: Like wet cardboard crumbling under my teeth.

Overall
Taste

2.0

2.0

2.0

Miro's Comments: To describe this pizza is mostly to dwell on its litany
of faults. It doesn’t do much, and what it does do, it doesn’t do  well.
That said, it’s $2 more for a 2nd pizza, so if you need volume and
aren’t discerining, it could be an option.

Elizabeth's Comments: I'm assuming their target market is the high school.  In which case, this pizza is probably
slightly bettter than the one in the cafeteria.

Value
Score

32.16

32.16

32.16

Overall
Comments

Miro's Comments: It's always a bad sign when a Somerville pizza delivery
guy is wearing a Yankees hat. I almost said something.

Elizabeth's Comments: It was really close and had totally mixed Yelp reviews,
so I decided to give them a chance.
Bad idea, clearly.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Hillside Cafe | Medford


Hillside Cafe | Medford




Website


Address

283
Boston Ave, Medford MA

Date Ordered

3/3/2012

Where Consumed

Home

Price

$9.99

Order Method

Phone

Service Method

Pick-up

Delivery Time

50
minutes

Size (Inches)

15

Price Per Sq Inch

$0.057



Miro
Score

Elizabeth
Score

Average

Look

3.5

3.0

3.3

Miro's Comments:  Greasy and
unevenly cooked, but the toasted side looks very appealing.

Elizabeth's Comments: Very uneven looking. Large black splotches I assume are
spice, but nevertheless they look very unappetizing.

Smell

4.0

1.0

2.5

Miro's Comments: Good cheese smell with a heavy odor of parmesan

Elizabeth's Comments: I smell something really really odd I can't put my finger
on.

Temp

1.0

3.0

2.0

Miro's Comments: My fault on the low temp score. I dawdled before picking
it up.

Elizabeth's Comments: The over is on for the next slice, but that's partially
Miro's fault.

Cheese

4.5

3.0

3.8

Miro's Comments: Awfully greasy, but it has that authentic cheese tang.
It's also in a thick enough layers to really provide some bite.

Elizabeth's Comments: This slice has a lot on it but it's very bland and very greasy.

Sauce

4.0

2.0

3.0

Miro's Comments: I'm not sure if it's good sauce or bad sauce. It's got a
strong flavor that I rather like. It reminds me of pizza from the places we
went to as a kid. Strong and herbey.

Elizabeth's Comments: This slice doesn't really have sauce on it so I can't
really tell even when I stick my tongue under the cheese to fish for it.

Crust

4.0

2.5

3.3

Miro's Comments: I took my sample slice from the more toasted side of the
pizza. It's a little cold, so it doesn't have the crisp it might have had coming
out of the over, but it's got decent flavor and a good chew.

Elizabeth's Comments: It's doughy which I usually like, but there is not crisp
or structure to it which gives a soggy feel.

Overall
Taste

4.25

2.5

3.4

Miro's Comments: Coming out of the oven, I bet this was great. It's the
kind of place that if I lived near, I think I'd bring friends for a relaxed
eat in dinner.

Elizabeth's Comments: I still think this pizza has a weird small and a weird aftertaste
the entire time I've been eating it.

Value
Score

75.18

44.22

59.70

Overall
Comments

Miro's Comments: The sign on the door said they were closing early. Thanks
for waiting up for me.

Elizabeth's Comments: I was very excited that it was homemade dough and walking
distance from my office, but I wish I had enjoyed it more.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Avellinos | Medford


Avellinos | Medford





Avellinos

Website


Address

313
Mystic Ave, Medford, MA 02155

Date Ordered

2/2/2012

Where Consumed

home

Price

$11.50

Order Method


Service Method

Delivery

Delivery Time

37
minutes

Size (Inches)

16

Price Per Sq Inch

$0.057



Miro
Score

Elizabeth
Score

Average

Look

3.0

2.0

2.5

Miro's Comments: Cheesy and toasted just right, but for some reason it
looks a little frail

Elizabeth's Comments: The pizza itself looks ok - a nice coating of cheese,
maybe a bit overdone in parts, but I am grossed out by the burnt flakes all
over the box, the grease stains down the side, and the random mushroom (I
think?!)

Smell

3.8

3.0

3.4

Miro's Comments: Redolent of cheese grease, but not much herb

Elizabeth's Comments: Cheesy.  Greasy.

Temp

4.0

3.75

3.9

Miro's Comments: Solidly hot.

Elizabeth's Comments: It doesn't need to go in the oven yet, but it might
soon. 

Cheese

3.0

4.0

3.5

Miro's Comments: Whoa there cheese grease. I'm usually not a blotter, but
I might make an exception for this pie.

Elizabeth's Comments: It has a very creamy taste with a nice coating too but
also has a ton of grease covering it!

Sauce

2.0

3.5

2.8

Miro's Comments: Virtually flavorless red paste with a hint of sugar
sweetness

Elizabeth's Comments: The first piece tasted very rosemary heavy to me (which I
liked because I like rosemary) but the second piece was less flavorful.  The ratio is good though.

Crust

2.5

3.5

3.0

Miro's Comments: Not much flavor or crisp, but a nice chew though.

Elizabeth's Comments: A little flimsy but fairly flavorful. 

Overall
Taste

2.5

3.75

3.1

Miro's Comments: A solidly below average pizza in every respect.

Elizabeth's Comments: This pizza is nowhere near burnt, yet, there is black
crap everywhere.  It's like random soot
from the oven.  I can't get over the
feeling that my pizza is dirty.

Value
Score

43.71

65.56

54.64

Overall
Comments

Miro's Comments:

Elizabeth's Comments:  This pizza is a
greasy, dirty mess.  I have no idea why
my score is so high.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

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That said, the pizza at the Stratosphere tower, the actual location of our engagement, may be the worst pizza I've ever had...good thing the pizza happened a year after the wedding. ;)