Matt, D'Oregano and Andrew attended. To put it mildly, we were underwhelmed. Joe's has adequate pizza, though certainly nothing to compare with Randy's. In fact, NY Pizza (over by Torero's) is far better. Personally, I'd argue that CiCi's is a much better value than Joe's. Matt did have manicotti and was pleased with it, although he commented that it was a little watered down from all the sauce. Price was similar: lunch special, two slices, one topping and a drink, $6.49, although the portions were significantly smaller than Randy's.
Ambiance at Joe's does not exist. There are two pictures on the wall where there could have been 10 pictures. The walls were a muted lime green reminscient of a sterile hospital. Matt also made the astute comment that the stacked pizza boxes closed off the kitchen area from the rest of the restaurant, making it seem less inviting. The tables are tight with slatted wood booths. There's more atmosphere on Neptune.
A real negative was the sign over the soda fountain read: Limit one refill p/ customer.
Resnick made the astute comment, "How are they going to enforce that?"
Topics of conversation included how we were going to get back to the car (it was a TOTAL downpour), the Viagra-like effects of watermelon, the one smoking-hot 35-year old customer that turned all of our heads, the New Yorker's cover of the Obamas and our complete lack of knowledge about offshore drilling's pros and cons. Oh, yeah, and Mike-o-pedia knew a lot about a special type of tower pizza made only in Chicago.
In finality, I think it could be safely said that this was the lowlight of our 40 in 40, thus far.
3 comments:
I can't say I'm sorry I missed this lunch...sounds pretty lame overall. Tomorrow is a new day, and with it, a new lunch experience. :-)
Yea, it's really a wonder why they call it Joe's NY Pizza. Really it should be just "Joe's Pizza", because as far as I could tell it had nothing 'NY' about it. Isn't a true NY slice huge, very thin, and usually floppy (so you can fold it)?
These slices were quite comparable to something of a regular extra-large pizza you can get from any place that delivers like papa john's or dominoes, just a bit thinner.
I'm not saying the food was bad, but seriously, I don't think it's worth a return visit, even if they start serving watermelon as a topping/side.
all that said
my manicotti was really quite good and I would totally eat that again. But the atmosphere was awful and it was POURING rain outside and mike parked in a huge puddle but was nice enough to go get the care and meet us at the door. it was downright chivalrous.
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