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Pizza from Monte's Fine Foods in Portland, ME

Basic Pepperoni, 14" for $23.

Casey: 5/5. Perfection. Wouldn't change anything. Tangy sauce, tons of flavorful roni. 

Bern: 9.5/10. Perfect sauce, lots of roni, fresh mozzarella. Delicious!

 

Picture of the Month: March 2024

 

Pizza from Pizza Villa in Portland, ME

Casey: 3/5. Not bad, more of a frozen pizza vibe. Better sauce coverage would have upped the score, but nothing to write home about.

Bern: 6/10. No flavor. Crust was just okay. Not enough sauce.

 

Pizza from Pizzaiolo in Portland, ME

 ~$5 per generous slice... 

Casey: Roni, 4/5. Nearly perfect, but suffered from my pet peeve of too much crust/toppings ratio. Crispy crust, flavorful.

Bern: Buffalo Chicken, 8/10. Lots of toppings, good crust, spicy, huge slice.

Pizza from Coals in Portland, ME

Dean Martin ($18): fontinella, fresh mozzarella, tomato, pepperoni, pecorino

Casey: 5/5. Perfection! Thin crust, three cheeses, large ronis. Flavor galore. 

Bern: 9.6/10. Love the real sauce, perfect char. Not usually a fan of thin crust, but would recommend. 

Pizza from Slab in Porltand, ME

In Gordon Ramsey's best voice, "It's fucking RAW!"

pepperoni slab: tomato sauce, mozzarella, provolone, oregano, pepperoni ($11)

Casey: 1/5. Absolutely raw in the center due to the thick crust; this was chewy, not crunchy. Gross. Ended up scraping the toppings off, which were okay. Would not return.

Bern: 1/5. Too doughy. Too sweet. Not very flavorful. Kind of gross.

 

Pizza from Fire & Ice in Windham, ME

14" Pepperoni ($17)

Casey: 5 out of 5! Greasy, salty, toppings galore and toppings to the edge of the pie. Thin crust with almost no flop and crispy! Sure, you can see the grease pooling up in the cupped roni, but this lit my taste buds on fire...

Bern: 6 out of 10. Too salty. The end. 

 

Picture of the Month: February 2024

 At Bigelow Brewing to celebrate Mary and Jill's February birthdays...

Picture of the Month: January 2024

 Trivia Night at Olive Pit Brewing! 

(We lost a rock-paper-scissors tiebreaker!!! F%ck!)

Pizza from Pat's Pizza in Brunswick, ME

Casey: 9" Pepperoni ($9.75), 5 out of 5! Big fan of crunchy, thin crust, so this hit the spot. Toppings to the edges, great flavor. Wouldn't change anything.

Bern: 9" Reuben (Canadian bacon and sauerkraut , $11), 5 out of 5! Bern usually doesn't like thin crusts, but she does now. Flavors were perfection on both pizzas (Casey thinks the sauerkraut tasted more like broccoli). A classic we would return to again and again.

Picture of the Month: December 2023

Boothbay Harbor Botanical Gardens
Gardens Aglow 2023

 

Pizza from Village Pizzeria in Mechanic Falls

First, we had a hard time concentrating as someone from the kitchen was yelling virtually the entire time we were there; zero awareness from the kitchen, LOL. Wi-Fi is unavailable, and they're in some cell dead-zone, so we had to resort to the good ol' fashioned conversation thing. :) Wait service was good, our server was pleasant. Also weird was the fact that there were about 20 tables, yet they chose to sit three parties next to each other instead of spacing them out - was okay to hear about our neighbor's struggles in life, but I could also tell they had the fish since I was close enough to smell it. :) 

Bern (white pizza): 2.5 out of 5. Average, boring. Boring stands out about this pizza. Actually, nothing stands out.

Casey (roni): 2.5 out of 5. Pizza was pretty basic, although with a sprinkle of parmesan and red pepper, it tasted good. Didn't seem like fresh dough. Would eat it again, but wouldn't go out of my way for it. 

Pizza from Georgio's Pizza and Donut Shop

Medium roni pizza and two donuts ($20).

Bern's take: 1.25 out of 5 stars. Too much dough, not enough cheese, no seasoning. 

Casey's take: 1.5 out of 5 stars. So. Much. Dough. I guess I shouldn't be surprised to have lots of dough on a pizza from a donut shop, but it was like eating a loaf of bread. Not enough cheese. Not enough sauce. Not enough roni. Not a piece of oregano to be found. If they had loaded the toppings to counteract all the dough, maybe it would be worthy. You're better off buying a pizza kit from any grocery store and making it at home. 

Picture of the Month: November 2023

 

Pizza from The Cabin in Bath

14" Roni ($15)

Bern: ( 3 out of 5) It was hot and that's the best thing I can say about the pizza.

Casey: (2 out of 5) How could a pepperoni pizza be... flavorless? I dunno. Nothing stood out. I've had the "loaded" version before and loved it. Roni by itself, 2/5. At the very least, it needs oregano. A spicier pepperoni would also help. Added parmesan and salt to help save it, but that didn't work. Not horrible, but also unremarkable.