Harbor East Delicatessen & Pizzeria, Baltimore

What’s on top of the pie is lacking too. The sauce to cheese ratio is on the money, but the sauce lacks meaningful flavor and has none of the vibrancy and freshness of good sauce. I’m guessing the slight, unnatural sweetness is from a little sugar being added to the sauce. The cheese is neither poor or good. It’s just kind of there. Each time I have ordered two slices and not finished the first. This pizza is better than delivery pizza, but it is a below average slice of NY Style pizza not worth going out of the way for.

The mistake here would be lowering the price of pizza to more closely reflect the quality of the product being served or to cut a larger portion to justify the higher price of a slice. Keep the $2.99 per slice price, just up the quality of the ingredients and utilize some better oven management and cooking of the [...]

Iggies; Baltimore, Maryland (Mount Vernon)

I have finished my write-up of Iggies and was fortunate to have owners Lisa Heckman & Peter Wood, “The Heckwoods” as they are known in some circles, allow me in to talk with them before opening on a Saturday afternoon. Parts of that conversation are included in my take on Iggies pizza, the thin crust [...]

Review Changes Coming

Hey pizza peeps. As an FYI, the reviews here will be undergoing revisions. Most noticeable:
1. The “Verdict” rating will be dropped, so enjoy it while you can. I’ll have more to say about why I am ditching the ratings soon.
 
2. Verdicts at the end will be replaced by a “Snapshot” which briefly summarizes the pizza.
 
3. Each [...]

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