Two by the Ocean, One off the Grid.

Excuse the lack of photos. Not all of our writers are equipped with smart phones. It is not very uncommon to catch three or four pizzas over the weekend. I had the familiar pleasure this past few. Some of my favorite pie is the spontaneous kind. It usually leads to an old favorite, or a new adventure. Rarely does spur of the moment pizza result in the mediocrity you would expect from a Papa Johns. I must admit, however, their cheese dipping sauce is a guilty pleasure of mine.

Both of my reviews are from pizzerias I have frequented on far too few occasions, considering my praise for both. Cogan’s Pizza in Norfolk, and Lag-O-Mar in Virginia Beach.

Cogan’s has been around forever, I used to play punk shows there in high school. Most of the time it was a total shithole, the last place I would ever expect to flip into a real class act of a pizza parlor. Over the last few years, Cogan’s got a facelift including some delicious signature pizzas including a Four Cheese and also a Margherita, a huge selection of delicious brews, a patio area, and a little extra space for table and arcade games. Their pie is almost a middle ground between New York and Chicago I’d say and their crust reminds me of something close to digornio consistency. A choice to go with spicy sauce is definitely a must. Try their pizzas on Sunday, they happen to be $5 off.

Lag-O-Mar is located in Lag-O-Mar oddly enough, a burb in the near the Redmill/Sandbridge/Pungo area of Virginia Beach.  It is a tiny place in a mini-strip including a Gas Station and something else, I think.  Maybe just the Gas station.  I had their pizza once a few years ago before a road trip to Richmond.  Two slices and a fountain soda (root beer on tap is choice there) ran me a few dollars.  The slices had a typical New York style and was not oversauced.  I like my pie with a thin layer of sauce if I am going with just cheese.  Its also nice when you are on the go and don’t want stained pizza crotch or lava sauce herpes burns on your face.  My second visit was somewhat of a let down, finding out they only had slices until 4pm, but my 10″ cheese was still delicious, with an exceptional greasiness and nice dusty crust to lick off my hands when I finished it off.  One of the best parts about Lag-O-Mar are the free arcade boxes while you wait for your pizza.  They have Raiden DX.  I will end the review on that high note.

Last but certainly not least, while it pains me greatly, over the last month I have been boycotting Mary Angelas pizza in Richmond Va.  While I love their pizza and subs and a good friend of mine, who is a career waitress makes a honest paycheck over there, I simply cannot continue to frequent a place owned by a guy dating the rudest person on the fucking planet.  If you happen to see a fat nasty bitch who belongs on a cheap reality show with other fat nasty bitches who think they have somehow earned the right to treat people like total trash, tell her to get a real job and swallow some bleach.  She happened to frequent my place of business, act like a total freak in front of my Pamparius co-writer as well as several customers and then blatantly ignored my Carytown business discount at the pizza place after clearly reading my “Carytown Bicycle Company” shirt, not to mention having stood in my place of business a few days earlier trash talking me.  So if you are reading this and looking for pizza in Richmond, don’t go to Mary Angelas.  We can no longer afford to indirectly support shitty people.