PizzaPie Pizzeria

After getting a haircut at the barbershop I've been going to for 30+ years, Winton Hair Stylist (I get no remuneration from them, they don't even know about my blog), I decided to stop by a nearby pizzeria that was on my to-do list, PizzaPie Pizzeria.

They opened at noon on this Tuesday, and I got there around 12:10. No slices available just then, but there were some on the way. I got a cheese slice to go.

The first thing I noticed was how thin it was. It passed the fold test (I could fold it without it flopping down), and there was a bit of crackling underneath, but it was so thin that I could easily fold it onto itself. It was fresh out of the oven, so it didn't get a re-crisping, but I think the reason it passed the fold test is that it weighed so little. 

The sauce was so lightly applied it might've been painted on with a brush, but it had a pleasantly tangy flavor, and it was in good proportion to the thin crust.  The cheese, I wasn't so impressed with. It was also lightly applied, which was OK, but instead of melting had dried out and shrunk along the edges of the shreds. I think it was part-skim (not the best choice for pizza, in my opinion), and it did add a bit of flavor but it didn't enhance the slice the way that well-melted, quality mozzarella would.

Having written all this, it seems to me that it comes off as if I didn't like this pizza. That's not the case. For what it was, it wasn't bad. 

The shortcoming, to me, is what it was, which was a bare-bones, dare I say "cheap" slice. Super-thin, to the point that there was no interior to speak of. Not much sauce, and what cheese there was struck me as the budget stuff. It reminded me of the "dollar" slices you can find in New York City. Not bad, really, but not bad for the price. (I don't recall exactly what I paid for this slice but I think it was around $3.50.)

This was just one visit and one slice. Maybe another visit, or an entire pie would yield a different result. And I must re-emphasize that I didn't dislike this pizza. It was OK. But just OK.

PizzaPie Pizzeria, 1827 East Ave., Rochester

585-448-0141

 Monday Closed
Tuesday 12pm - 8pm
Wednesday 12pm - 8pm
Thursday 12pm - 8pm
Friday 12pm - 9pm
Saturday 12pm - 9pm
Sunday 12pm - 8pm