While it's not that common to see people walking around the busy streets of Kansas City eating a slice of pizza, a few shops that have carved out a niche dishing up hot slices.
This battle pits d'Bronx -- the New York style shop known for its thin crust pizza -- and just to mix things up, we'll order from the Overland Park location rather than the original shop on 39th Street. Over in the South Plaza area, it's Pizza 51 -- with the oversized wedges designed to feed the growing college students at nearby UMKC.
These slices will be judged on portability, roof-of-the-mouth-burning ability, crispiness and satisfaction of hunger. To avoid being unduly influenced by toppings, it's a straight cheese versus cheese match-up. Because like vanilla cupcakes, if you can make a memorable cheese slice, then you can make good pizza.
D'Bronx ($3.07):
The weight of the cheese gives a bit of flop to this thin-crust slice. This is clearly a cheese slice, not a sauce slice. The cheese pulls off in molten strings -- meaning the roof of your mouth will sting if your first bite is too large. When you get down to the sauce, it is a bit peppery, a good balance to the sweetness of the tomatoes.
The crust has a slightly yeasty quality is slightly blackened on the bottom, which is a good omen when it comes to pizza. Overall, the slice has the taste and properties of a calzone.
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Not only is that last sentence poorly constructed, it's a weak ending to an already weak article. I agree with Chen Fei, the wishy-washy tone of this "review" reminds me of something a child would write for the elementary school paper.
Joes Pizza - tue /thur 1.50 slices!
and Antonio's use to be amazing on main I wonder where they went???
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