Phoenix House of Pizza


I so needed this pizza! It couldn’t have come at a better time.

The last few pizzas I’ve had have been disappointing at best and so, almost in despair, I tried the Phoenix House of Pizza.

Irene and Michelle had just eaten at the Chinese festival. I scrupulously avoid eating at the festival and so by the time we left, I was starving. From my list of pizza places to try, I knew that Phoenix House of Pizza wasn’t far away and I really needed a good pizza. I only hoped they could deliver.

Phoenix House of Pizza sits just north of Van Buren on 48th Street, behind a Circle K in a rundown, tiny old-style strip mall. It’s a curious little place that immediately says, “Latino” instead of “Italian” when you walk in the door.

The menu says they’ve been in business since 1992. My first reaction is that it’s in a poor location, but while eating I could see the tanks of the Motorola plant just a couple blocks away and I knew they had plenty of custom in the area.

To dispense with the mystery: This pizza was a good, solid entry in the New York-style pizza category. I completely enjoyed it.

That’s not to say everything was perfect. The smallest pizza they serve is 14″ which is, in my opinion, too large to cook properly. (That’s why I always try to review the smallest pizza available.) It’s also too large for me to eat by myself.

Since pizza-by-the-slice is invariably just re-heated pizza, that’s never good enough for review purposes. When I’m forced to review larger pizzas, I try to take the inherent structural difficulties into account.

Toppings: Good, good cheese, sauce and pepperoni.
Crust: Tasty, browned across the bottom, well-cooked at the edges, floppy in the middle.

As stated, it’s a good solid entry, and I’d recommend it to anyone in the area.

Cost: 14″ pepperoni, $10.34, cost per square inch: $0.07 (0.067)

Recommended

Phoenix House of Pizza
326 N 48 St.
Phoenix, AZ

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