Bottom's Up! Thumbs Down.

Bottom’s Up pizza is a fixture of a pizza palace in Shockoe Bottom area in Richmond, VA and no doubt one of the biggest names when mentioning pizza in this area.

This is the kind of place that would appeal to most people, with its trendy lighting, mirrors behind the bars and friendly waitresses clad in black.  No doubt a very comfortable place to have a slice of pizza.  But I don’t want a comfortable place.  I want good pizza.

Not feeling up to eating a seven dollar slice of lasagna sized pizza, I opted for a small sized thin crust with the basics; red sauce, cheese and pepperoni.

The pizza reminded me of a Pizza Hut pie with the spongy crust that is much too easily to rip in to and a fairly boring, hearty tomato sauce.  The cheese was the only redeeming factor on this pizza, feeling very gooey and never wanted to slide off the crust.

At around eight dollars for a sizable thin crust pizza, Bottom’s Up serves a pretty affordable, freshly made pizza pie.  If this pizza cost any more, I’d avoid this place all together, and I’m not eating an eight dollar slice of the casserole sized pizza on their entree menu.

-gRant.

current faves:  random Manhattan slices. still coming off an NY pizza high…