Halifax Pizza Patrol

21 Micmac Boulevard Dartmouth
http://www.eastsidemarios.com/

Leaning my chair back against a half finished brick wall and sitting next to the Statue of Liberty holding a tomato brought a unique atmosphere to East Side Mario’s, even down to the map showing where Mario had his first kiss.

So, the pizza. I’m not sure if its always been this way, but the pizza came square. Personally, I like my round pizza. It’s just not the same if it comes as square.

East Side Mario’s had a sweet pizza sauce. A good sauce should blend in with and complement all of the other ingredients in a pizza to make the experience unforgettable; in this case, the sauce was just a bit too sweet, slightly distracting from the rest of the pizza.

The pizza we ordered was double pepperoni - or so we were told. When it arrived, there was actually very little pepperoni. And I do mean little pepperoni. To continue with other toppings, the cheese was also very sparse and I found myself halfway through a slice with little or no toppings left on the pizza.

Despite this lack of toppings, what toppings there were were very good. The pepperoni and cheese were full of flavor, but unfortunately the lack of brings the pizza down a notch.

We may have had an off night, or maybe the East Side Mario’s in downtown Halifax might make it better. We’ll have to go and try to see how similar the pizza between the different locations in the city compare to each other.

3/5 for a pizza with potential.

Tagged dartmouth, east side mario's, review | Reviewed July 5th, 2007 | Comment now »

5173 South Street Halifax

To anyone who has been to Tomavino’s recently, you know that they are the reigning champions of Halifax pizza, proudly displaying their trophy for the 2006 year in the entry way. Onto the restaurant itself, we walked down into the dungeon like atmosphere (at least, after being outside it seemed dungeony). After adjusting to the light however, it was actually not a bad looking place. Very nice atmosphere. I got a lemon *and* a lime on my beverage. Classy.

Tagged halifax, review, tomasino's pizza, tomavino's cellar ristorante, tomavino's pizza | Reviewed April 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment » | Read the rest of this entry »

5541 Young Street Halifax

First, let’s start with the actual setting itself: Salvatore’s tried to get that small Italian restaurant feeling going for it, and I must say it wasn’t too bad. Walking in, you could tell there was something different from the average pizza place in Halifax. They had a slightly sophisticated air, all the way down to the cloth napkins (although I’m not a fan of cloth napkins, but thats a moot point). They also included the best beverage known to mankind on their menu, the Italian soda. Mmmmm. I didn’t order one though, but thats what I get for not looking at the menu.

Tagged halifax, review, salvatore's pizza, salvatore's pizzaiolo trattoria | Reviewed April 13th, 2007 | 1 Comment » | Read the rest of this entry »

6092 Qunipool Road Halifax

“Halifax’s second oldest pizza maker
- Freeman’s

“The best pizza in town
- Bill Cosby

Freeman’s Little New York proclaims itself as the second oldest pizza maker in Halifax. Does older equate better? Will Freeman’s live up to the exceptions of second oldest, or will it fall short of the coveted number one spot in the pizza hall of fame?

Tagged freeman's little new york, halifax, review | Reviewed April 6th, 2007 | 1 Comment » | Read the rest of this entry »

324 Portland Street Dartmouth

Well, the plan was to hit up Pizza Girls (formerly Appetizers Pizza, as they take care to note on their sign) and then watch some classic movies (namely, The Princess Bride - an absolutely splendid movie if you havn’t seen - and a bit of Monty Python). Since this is the Pizza Patrol though, we’ll skip the awesomeness of the movies and move on to Pizza Girls.

Pizza Girls was one of the larger pizzas we have ordered to date - over 250 square inches of pepperoni pizza bliss. Normally we attempt slices, but Pizza Girls doesn’t offer slices so we ordered a special including a massive pepperoni pizza.

Tagged dartmouth, pizza girls, review | Reviewed April 3rd, 2007 | Comment now » | Read the rest of this entry »