Buon Giorno Pizzeria, Cary Town

Thursday nights are usually reserved for Chipoltle bike rides with Cary Town Bike Co., (check em out here) but me and Evan were either late for the ride, or the ride didn’t happen.  Either way, I suggested we’d try Buon Giorno a few blocks down.

The place is run by an old couple, could be Italian, Greek, I really don’t know.  What I do know is they are very cute and very friendly.  I love coming to this tiny, cramped pizza joint, they really do cater to their customers better than any place, probably because they don’t see as many as a place like Mary Angela’s which pollutes Cary St. just a few blocks west.

We ordered a few slices, two each.  The first three came from a pizza that was obviously sitting around for 20 minutes or so, which is what I come to expect when ordering by the slice.  I really don’t mind, good pizza should hold up for that long anyway.  The fourth slice had to be cut from a hot, fresh out of the oven pie, which my friend received.  He kindly let me try it and I opted to get another slice from that same, hot pizza.

The fresh slice was obviously much more delicious than the others I had, but still retained the same, dull flavor.  They serve it up NY style, and more legit than most places I frequent in Richmond, but the pizza has sort of a sour flavor to it.  Not neccesarily a BAD thing, and I don’t mean “sour” as in “spoiled” but sometimes cheese can have a more sour flavor, which I enjoy.

Its different here.  And I applaud different where ever I can find it.  There is really no need for two or three of the same types of pizza in such a small city.

The flavors really don’t jump out at you, but Its a pretty enjoyable pizza.  The crust was the only thing that jumped out at me, probably the closest thing to the crust I’ve had in Manhattan than anywhere in Richmond.  Great stuff, worth it to stop in.  Just try to get a fresh slice, its well worth it. -gRant