Crown Grocery & Pizza
1 – 1104 20 Ave. N.W
403-210-2666
Order: House special ($12). A 12-inch medium pizza topped with mushrooms pepperoni ham beef Italian sausage black olives onions and green peppers.
Crust: Unfortunately the pizza wasn’t cooked all the way through. I’m assuming that this was human error and not the “style” they’re going for but mine was really underdone. The outside was cooked lightly but the remainder was a soft doughy unappealing mess.
Sauce: A simple tomato sauce with a thick — but not too thick — consistency. It had a decent sweetness but not much flavour otherwise.
Toppings: The toppings were the highlight of the pie by far. Everything was firmly held in place under a well-browned lid of cheese. I’m not entirely convinced there was any beef but that was offset by a healthy amount of crumbled Italian sausage. There was a nice balance between vegetables and meat with a lot of both spread generously.
Dining options: Takeout or delivery.
Decision: I wasn’t aware of the doughy bottom until after leaving Crown’s and I couldn’t be bothered to return there to get them to re-cook it. Instead I ate two slices in the interest of my review and pulled the toppings and cheese off the remainder of the wedges. Despite being a reasonably priced pie and the fact that the rest of the dish was good I simply cannot give a pass to the undercooked base and therefore this pizza gets two out of six slices.
Next Up: Boston Pizza
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