Sauced

This week we finally had schedules that synced up, and so, loyal readers, we were able to once again sacrifice our bodies and our health for your edification and education. After weeks of abstaining from our favorite food, we hungered for a truly adventurous pizza. And so this week we chose Sauced because after we write these pizza reviews, we tend to get that way. So, was the adventure as good as the name?

The Cheese Pizza
First things first, the pizza slices at Sauced are absolutely humongous. We’d say a single piece is about the same size as most personal pan pizzas. Granted, the slices here are quite thin, but still, they’re massive. Anyway, with the cheese pizza, we ordered by the slice. The crust on all of Sauced’s pizzas is a New York style crust which tastes similar to toasted white bread. Because of how large the pieces are, folding the slices is the most effective method of eating it. But once you do this, the crust overwhelms everything else. The sauce was tangy, but they were a little stingy with it. The cheese was your standard, nondescript mozzarella. When you order by the slice at Sauced, they rebake the slice (with any topping additions you may want), and it comes out just a little overdone.

The Pepperoni Pizza
This time we ordered a whole pizza, which is honestly the way to go. The crust was still a bit crunchy, but less overdone. This time they were more generous with the sauce, which helped immensely. The pepperoni themselves were of the high grease, low flavor variety.

The Sausage Pizza
We had initially tried to order this as a pesto pizza with artichoke hearts, sausage, and fresh parmesan, but to our great disappointment they were out of pesto and artichokes. The crust on this pizza was a bit unevenly cooked, almost as if part of it slid off the pan when they were putting it into the oven. The sausage was quite tasty, and they put plenty of it on the pizza.

What Sauced lacks in the pizza department, it makes up in character. The atmosphere was very relaxed, and it isn’t too hard to imagine taking advantage of their late night hours and spending an enjoyable evening on the patio getting into ridiculous conversations about the musical legacy of bands like Kraftwerk or the visionary artistry of Baz Luhrman. We didn’t get a chance to try their coffee (the mild 90-degree weather was still a little too hot for drinking a cup for reasons other than to wake up), but it’s definitely something we look forward to.