by Washington Washington
Awards. What do they signify? Publicity and prestige? Pizza prominence? In this case an award equates to the hanging of a giant “Best Pizza in the Philly Area” sign. This is an incredibly disturbing proclamation when considering all of the fantastic pizza places in the city. Still, it inspires intrigue, and thus tempts passer-bys to try the pie.
Perhaps the other food at Valley Forge Pizza (1130 Valley Forge Rd) is good, maybe even great, but the pizza to go is downright awful. First of all, the prices are all out of whack. I could have housed my $14 pie by myself if it would have tasted good. I personally think the $7 cook-at-home rising crust Freschetta pizza straight up dominates this crap.
The crust is the most disappointing thing about this pizza… It’s slightly better than Ellio’s. It’s stiffer than cardboard, and just as tasty. The cheese, used sparingly, is not enough to hide the horrific sauce underneath. The only thing that actually tasted good was the pepperoni.
A blind taste test was presented to a fellow OneNineFourSixZero scribe, ThirdNutt. He was given a slice of the pizza without being told its origin. After his first bite (and making an odd grimace) he proceeded to say the following (direct quotes):
“It’s not very good.”
“This tastes like the crummy cardboard pizza I used to get at the Astrodome when I was 12.”
“Is this from a restaurant?”
“This is worse than some frozen pizza”
“The pepperoni is good”
So, there ya have it. In this case, I’m saying don’t believe the hype. Do not order this pizza to go. It’s bad and deserves 1 out of 8 slices.
