16″ BBQ Chicken Pizza from Pizza-Ria
Item Purchased: 16″ BBQ Chicken Pizza from Pizza-Ria
Location Purchased: Pizza-Ria / 719 S. State St. / Chicago, IL
Price: $16.00 + tax & tip ($10.00 my share)
Review: As if the convenience, carry-out and delivery food in this country isn’t unhealthy enough, someone has to go and replace the tomato sauce on a pizza with thick and tangy BBQ sauce. Well, I don’t know about you, but I sure as hell would like to shake that person’s hand. Is there anything better than a glass of scotch and a BBQ chicken pizza with just a sprinkling of sweet red onion on top? Well, yes… but after a long Saturday night of staring at a computer screen, working from home, a tangy pizza and shallow glass of single malt was just what I needed.
My roommate and I ordered this pizza from what I thought was an establishment called “Got Pizza” but it looks as if the local pizza joint has changed ownership and handle as it is now Pizza-Ria. I’m not sure if it is a good thing that the pizza tastes the same as it did before the merger because as far as Got Pizza was considered, the BBQ chicken was the only one of their pies I could stand. With super-thin crusts that taste like the flour they are made from, Got Pizza offered quickly thrown together pizzas only a little better than the ones you find in your grocer’s freezer. While large enough to fill you and a friend up, $16.00 seems to be a little too much for what they have to offer. If the BBQ pizza is any sign, those offerings haven’t changed. Luckily, the sauce’s own strengths make this purchase worth it, though it could stand to average more than one chicken strip per slice. All in all, a filling meal, but don’t expect anything special from this small pizza-ria geared toward convenience-seeking college students nearby.
Rating: 3 / 5
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