Lon likes Two Boots pizza and I couldn’t remember if I did or not, having one slice over 5 years ago. We decided to order a pie, half plain, half Bayou Beast, from Two Boots To Go West Two Boots To Go West. It took over 45 minutes to get our delivery, but they did say it would take about 40 minutes. The problem is that it came room temperature, as if it had not been heated at all. Starving, I stood staring at my toaster, heating my slice.
I usually prefer pizza plain, especially when I’m testing out a place. Two Boots pizza is pretty distinct, so it’ll be up to personal taste. They use cornmeal in their crust, an herb heavy sauce, and it’s a thin pizza, less filling than most. It’s not really my thing and there’s something missing in the cheese for me too, possibly not creamy enough? Lon likes their pizza, especially because they have somewhat interesting toppings. The Bayou Beast has BBQ shrimp, crawfish, jalapeno, and andouille sausage. I tried some and the shrimp and crawfish were terribly over-cooked, until dry and flavorless, but the jalapeno and andouille gave a nice unique flavor to the pizza.
Lon does prefer the Cajun Pizza at Mardi Gras Pizza Mardi Gras Pizza but like most of the pizza places I like in the city, we’re not in their delivery zone. Time to move.
Last night, Scott and I went to Una Pizza Napoletana since we’ve both been wanting to try it for awhile. Its the little pizza place on E. 12th St. Much to our disappointment, we both hated the experience.
1.) The pizza is way way way overpriced. Its $21 for a individual 12 inch pie. We had 2 pies and 1 soda and with tip it was almost $60. It would have been fine if the pizza was spectacular, but it was medicore in my opinion. Neither of us were full either. Most of the tables around us had to order an extra pie.
2.) The pizza was decent, but in no way warranted the $21 price tag. There are 4 types to choose from: marinara (no cheese), margherita (buffalo mozzerela), white (no sauce), and a filetti(fresh cherry tomatos, no sauce). There are no toppings and no condiments. (There also isn’t ice because the table next to us asked for a glass of ice for their soda and the waiter said they didn’t have ice.) The filetti was good, but we both found the margherita to be pretty tasteless and since there aren’t condiments you can’t even jazz it up on your own. The crust is almost like a cripsy pita which had a nice chewy bite to it but it had a bit of a sour taste which I wasn’t fond of.
3.) Service was horrible. It took forever to get anyone’s attention during the whole meal to get a seat, to order, to pay, etc. We waited almost 5 minutes after our pizza arrived at our table to try and get the waiter to bring us utenzils.
On a good note, since we were still hungry we walked over to Artichoke on 14th St, the new take out pizza place, which Scott and I both found very enjoyable. Its funny, but the table sitting next to us at Una Pizza Napoletana were also there making up for the lack luster meal they just experienced at Una Pizza Napoletana. Anyway, we had a slice of the signature spinach artichoke and a slice of the plain. Both were delicious and only $3 for a gigantic slice. I did find the crust a bit thicker than I normally like on the spinach artichoke slice, and there was a bit too much cheese for my taste, but it had a nice flavor and being an artichoke lover, I would get it again. The plain slice was great. Just the right crust thickness where its thin enough you get that nice cripy crust on the bottem, but thick enough to have a nice chewyness. The sauce on the pizza was flavorful and I think they sprinkle some fresh grated parmesan on it so it had a really nice cheese flavor. Scott loved it which says a lot since he’s very particular about his pizza as some of you know. If you can, I would order a whole pie which is only $15for plain and $20 for the spinach artichoke (I’m sure those prices will be going up soon). Make sure you call ahead though. The place was packed and there was a line out the door (they were also short staffed though).
Btw, as an idicator of how good Artichoke was, it passed my burn the roof of my mouth test. Basically, I get too excited when I see a hot slice of pizza and normally take a bite before I’ve given the cheese a chance to cool, thus, I usually burn the roof of my mouth. So, the test is if pizza is really good, I normally don’t notice the pain and continue to eat and enjoy and realize the effects of my impatience after I’m done. This is what happened to me at Artichoke. I was so engrossed in the pizza and enjoying it with such happiness I didn’t realize I burnt the roof of my mouth until later. I’m suffering a bit today for it, but I think it was worth it. From now on though, Scott will be taking bites of pizza first to make sure that the pizza is cool enough for me to eat.
Oh Man! I want some artichoke pizza….we tried ordering but they don’t deliver. =(
Actually LIU LIU LIU, the bill came out to $52.14, and i left $55 because those stewps pissed me off. The service was horrible, and so were the price. Highlevel prices for below level food. No ice and no conditments – what kind of crap is that. I was all fired up.
Una Pizza Napoletana – 349 East 12th Street. This place sucks, so don’t eat there.
I make a mean Philly Cheesesteak pizza; I’ll have to post about it sometime and maybe Jess will come back to my blog again!
Hey Derek Jeter, calm down, I’ll make you some pizza next time.
Troyboy, I would definitely like you to post your philly cheese pizza! …and I’m sorry, we’re counting down the days now so we’re getting quite busy, but I do enjoy your writing style!