Saturday, May 26, 2012

Venus Pizza | Somerville


Venus Pizza | Somerville






Venus
Pizza & Grill

Website

venuspizzasomerville.com

Address

1293
Broadway St, Somerville, MA 02144

Date Ordered

5/12/2012

Where Consumed

home

Price

$9.99

Order Method


Service Method

delivery

Delivery Time

45
minutes

Size (Inches)

14.5

Price Per Sq
Inch

$0.060



Miro
Score

Elizabeth
Score

Average

Look

3.5

4.0

3.8

Miro's Comments: I’m warming up to these overly round pan pizzas. I think
because the coating of cheese is nice and thick. I think Elizabeth has taught
me to appreciate when the cheese is toasty. It does look mighty greasy
though.

Elizabeth's Comments: SO Cheesy!  But,
the overly round-ness that makes me worry it's a frozen crust…

Smell

4.0

3.5

3.8

Miro's Comments: Pretty standard pie smell. You can smell cheese, but not
much else in the way of herb.

Elizabeth's Comments: Cheese & Grease

Temp

4.0

3.5

3.8

Miro's Comments: Not hot, but still warm enough to be flavorful,

Elizabeth's Comments: OK, wish it was warmer

Cheese

3.75

3.75

3.8

Miro's Comments: Most of the cheese flavor seems to come from the
toasting, and that’s not a bad thing.

Elizabeth's Comments: Not super flavorful and really greasy, but, crispy and a
lot of it!

Sauce

3.0

3.50

3.3

Miro's Comments: I like the sauce just fine.

Elizabeth's Comments: There is a very thin layer of a slightly too sweet
sauce.  I usually don't like sauce
sweet, but, this one works with the overly greasy cheese.

Crust

2.0

2.5

2.3

Miro's Comments: I think the thing that bothers me most about these pan
pizzas is the crust. It usually lacks crunch except at the very outside where
it gets really dry. The flavor always seems underdeveloped and unbalanced

Elizabeth's Comments: Oh boy.  I don't
know how to describe this crust.  It's
chewy, but not in a good way.  It's
just really hard to get your teeth through the bottom of the pizza - like
when you microwave something too long.
Not sure how you get that effect in a pizza oven - frozen crust not
fully cooked through? 

Overall
Taste

3.0

3.0

3.0

Miro's Comments: Inoffensive and unremarkable.

Elizabeth's Comments: The overall flavors are not bad.  This is a pretty average pizza.  The crust consistency is a bit off which
brought the overall down, but the extra cheese brought it up a notch

Value
Score

49.59

49.59

49.59

Overall
Comments

Miro's Comments: I have no further remarks.

Elizabeth's Comments: I noticed when filling in this sheet that their website
advertises this as Greek pizza.  That
is news to me.  This is so thin! 



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.