Maroon News

Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Arts & Features

FIFTH TIME'S THE CHARM?: Hamilton welcomes a fifth pizza place, sparking discussion over which restaurant serves the best slice in town.

Anyone who has been downtown recently has wondered about Hamilton's new Pizza Place. What are those mannequins in the window? Why is there a fifth pizza place in Hamilton, NY when we could desperately use a good Thai or Mexican restaurant? And is its name really just Pizza Place? After some investigation, the facts came out. The new establishment at 6 Broad Street is in fact a new pizza place called Pizza Place. Pizza Place is owned by Dan Foster and was opened for the students and citizens of Hamilton, NY on Monday, April 9.

Pizza Place advertises itself as the "Home of the 24" Super Pie," but it offers many other specialty items and other pizzas as well. It offers a small, large and super pie pizza, and also slices (which… shockingly, don't come plain only). In addition to pizza, Pizza Place also sells calzones, wings, salad, hot and cold subs, chicken tenders, mozzarella sticks, garlic bread and various pastas. Now the real question is, how does Pizza Place compare to New York Pizzeria (Slices) and Oliveri's?

"Although the slice I got at Pizza Place was unquestionably larger, I thought the pizza wasn't as good as Slices," senior Laura Johnston said. "I personally don't like the sauce Oliveri's uses, so I liked Pizza Place better. However, the slice I had was really doughy, and I like that Slices has crispier crusts."

Sophomore Conley Stout felt differently about the pizza. He ordered a small pizza with the 12 wing special.

"The pizza was delicious and much better than both Oliveri's and Slices," Stout said. "I prefer wings to be juicy as opposed to crunchy."

"Pizza Place is decent but overpriced," sophomore David Kusnetz. "The average slice of pizza was larger than that of Slices and Oliveris, and it tasted better than Oliveris but not better than Slices. Slices tastes better and is 50 cents cheaper. The new place is not worth it."

"Pizza Place was pretty good," sophomore Jessica Dodge said. "I liked that I could get slices with the toppings that I wanted. The slice was huge, but the plain pizza at slices is significantly better." Dodge also still prefers Oliveri's for everything other than pizza.

Continued...

Page 1 of 2 next >

Article Tools