We got a promotional coupon book from Z Pizza at work last week. Today, we checked out their online menu (which was disturbingly bereft of prices) and gave them a call. The prices were in line with similar restaurants, and they had delivery, so we put together an order and waited for it to arrive. The food arrived quickly, but soon after, the delivery girl returned – the prep crew had forgotten one of our sandwiches, so she brought it by, along with a couple freebee pizza slices. Nice! The free stuff aside, it was nice seeing a place that was actually responsible! I got a meatball sub, $7.50 USD plus tax. It was toasted on foil, cut in half, then the halves separately wrapped. Opening up one half, I gave it a taste. The bread was crusty and firm. The filling was a bit cold, but that’s probably my fault for waiting too long. The meatballs were large and plentiful. There was a nice spicy marinara sauce, and thick pieces of melted mozzarella. In general, the flavor was good, but muted on the “meat” side. There was adequate meat, but insufficient flavor from it. Oh… and as the cheese cooled, it became firmly stuck to the thin foil, causing a minor pain in the you-know-what to remove it (hint: thicker foil or reusable silicone toasting sheet).
I tried part of the slice of the thin-crusted Greek pizza. It was topped with feta cheese, tomatoes, calamata olives, and red onions. This was very good. According to the literature, they use organic flour for the crusts. Small pizzas are around $10-11 USD. Larger sizes are available to share.
I rate the sandwich a little below La Pizza Rina’s meatball sub. It’s definitely above sandwich places like Subway or Quizno’s. The pizza was on par with Boston’s North End. The pizza varieties are not unlike CPK, but the prices aren’t obscene. Between the two things I tried, I’d say go with the pizza over the meatball sub.
Recommended with reservations
Two-and-a-half out of four grinning dining monkeys.
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