#worst za

I've been wanting to try Gio's for years now, but their early closing time (usually 7pm) has prevented this from happening...until now. At long last, I had my chance when I got out of work early. Unfortunately, it was still pretty close to closing so the selection was limited to a handful of slices, but there was still a chicken bacon ranch left so I jumped on it. Unfortunately, I was pretty underwhelmed. The ranch in particular brought it down. It was super heavy and creamy and the flavor just overpowered everything, especially with how much they dumped on. Honestly I couldn't even really tell you how the rest of the slice was because I couldn't taste much through the ranch besides the overly tough crust. For $4.50 this is an easy pass for me. Good mall pizza seemed too good to be true, and I guess it was.  I still had plenty of time to hit Crumbl after for a chocolate chip cookie and let me tell you...THAT is a 6/6 cookie.

I recently saw Barstool Sports list of the best pizzerias in NJ and had some time to kill, so I decided to visit Princeton Record Exchange and check out a Princeton spot from the list - Conte's. Let's just say, I have no idea why this place made the list. First off, what a ripoff. I paid $15.50 for a small plain pie, and it wasn't even good! Nothing had any flavor to it. It was like I was eating dense, stretchy cheese with no flavor on top of crackery crust. It was pretty filling, but maybe that was just because I was sick of eating what tasted like nothing. This is just further proof that Barstool's reviews are whack. Don't waste your time.

Dominick's is a pizzeria I kind of pass on my way home from work everyday, but it's just enough out of the way that I never think to stop when I'm hankering for a little something to hold me over 'til dinner. Well, I finally thought to stop recently!....and was pretty disappointed by what I got. First off, the selection was pretty beat. Decent enough variety, but nothing looked that appetizing. I could tell just by looking that the buffalo was most likely not going to be any good. So I settled on trying the BBQ chicken, which looked like my safest bet. Man, I hope it wasn't, because it was even worse than I could have imagined.

First off, it was $5 for this very normal-sized slice of pizza. That is way too much. I don't mind paying $4 when the slice is either huge or just exceptional in some other way. But $5 for some pretty ass pizza is inexcusable. What made it so bad, you ask? Besides the price, there was way too much BBQ sauce (to the point I couldn't taste anything else) and mushy chicken underneath. Yuck. The crust was decent with a bit of chewiness to it, but that didn't do nearly enough to save this slice. Avoid this place, it is NOT worth your money.

Paul tried the new pizza from Panera recently. Here is the (unsurprisingly) bad review... 

The first time I tried Jimmy Geez, I thought the chicken vodka pie wasn’t too bad. However, this buffalo chicken was atrocious. The chicken was way overdone and practically burnt, and the bleu cheese was way too strong. I don’t even know how to describe the crust. It was dry, stiff, and overly fluffy. Considering I paid almost $14, this pie was totally unacceptable. A total waste of time and money.

My sister recently moved to New Mexico and sent me this picture from “Albuquerque’s Most Authentic NY Style Pizza,” which kinda looks like vomit to me. Might be better to just get Domino’s...