Arianna's Pizza, Sheppard

I’ve always known that the same family owned Piccola’s and Mary Angela’s, but I’ve only recently learned that the same family has sort of a monopoly on pizza pie in Richmond, owning not just these two overpriced joints but also Pronto’s, Maldini’s and Arianna’s. I only hope they aren’t all equally as bad as Piccola has recently been.

My first and only experience with Arianna’s was a pretty annoying one. I went there with a friend about two years ago and we got some pretty good pizza, but the service was so horrible, so god awful, that the server earned less than a dollar tip. My friend and I felt we were treated as if we weren’t going to be able to afford to leave a good tip because of the way we were dressed. Everyone else dining in that night seemed to be dressed up fairly nice and us, with jeans and t-shirts, don’t look like kids that can afford to leave a tip.

Or maybe the server was just a dick.

I went to Arianna’s more recently and the service was much, much better. The pizza? Pretty good. Not great. The crust was kind of dead and tough, just didn’t have any flavor. The good part was the cheese and the sauce. Very good stuff but unfortunately, it’s just too expensive for such a mediocre pie. A good crust means everything, and a bad crust will crush even the best flavors that sit on top.

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The Camel has "Pizza"

Well, actually they have some toasted bread with melted cheese on it, but it’s delicious.  There is no sauce to be found here, but it was a great treat from a friend in Richmond pop-punk band, Drawn A Blank.

Maybe they still have a few 7″ LPs left?  Check em out.

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First Pizza Crawl…Success!

So last night was the first ever Pizza Crawl put on by Pamparius.com and Carytown Bicycle Company and I have to say, it was fucking awesome!  Thanks to everyone who came out with a positive attitude, plenty of cash and some pretty cool bikes!

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Don't Forget… Pizza Crawl Today

Pronto Italian Restaurant…Ristorante? Whatever, they have pizza.

Pronto is a little shopping center Italian restaurant right off of Libbie Avenue in the same area as Barnes and Noble and Target.  I had some pizza from there a couple years ago but I really don’t remember anything about it other than the gross amounts of cheese they put on this thing.  Too much cheese is usually a bad thing I say.

At first glance, I had bad feelings about this pizza.  It actually looked worse when it came out of the oven…

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This Just In: Pizza Bribe Earns Domino's Driver Felony Charge

Found this on Digg today.

To calm irate customers, Paul Booth, a 53-year-old former Dominos Pizza delivery driver, would offer free soda or breadsticks. However, he says, going into “customer-service mode” was a mistake in trying to smooth things over with a Sandy City Police officer, to whom he offered a pizza after being pulled over for speeding in June 2009.

“They treated me like a child molester, so I just got the fuck out of there,” Booth says.

Hahahahaha.  Read the rest here.

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Don't Forget…Pizza Crawl

Rumor Mill, New Pizza Joint Opening?

Alas, a tip from a reader/friend!  I got word today that a new pizza place is opening up “across from Crossroads,”  which sits behind the Papa John’s on Main Street.

Now I don’t exactly know if “across from Crossroads” actually means “on Main Street near Crossroads” or literally across the street from Crossroads.  As it is, Crossroads sits on sort of a corner in the fan, so there are plenty of possible spots this place could occupy.  However, after patrolling the area, there really aren’t any suitable buildings for a pizza place in the area without actually going on to Main Street.

How deep does this rumor dig?  Well I heard this from someone who know’s someone that is making the menu for this new place, so I’d say it is at least a little bit certain that we’ll get a new pizza joint.

As far as Pie goes, still no answer on the other end of my phone calls.

-gRant