So one day my husband and I were on vacation. We were living in Pennsylvania at the time and were looking for possible settling down spots in Florida. We decided to go look around downtown Fort Lauderdale and see if we could find a mall. We ended up in Las Olas Riverfront shopping district. Quickly we figured out there wasn't much there (at least during the day). I wanted to go ahead and leave but he had to go to the bathroom and couldn't hold it.
I really didn't want to stay there and was kind of annoyed at him. We managed to find a quick service pizza place called Riverfront N.Y. Style Pizza. It was small and simple and I wasn't really in the mood for pizza. Unfortunately he couldn't just use the bathroom; we had to buy something.
The pies were displayed in front of you behind a glass counter and after you made your choice the nice gentleman behind the counter would put them in the oven. I noticed the pizza didn't have much sauce or cheese and the crust was very thin, however the slices were very generous. The prices ranged from three to four dollars a slice so it wasn't a stiff price to pay to use the bathroom. We decided upon a fresh tomato and basil pizza and a drink as the price for his bathroom visit. I figured nice, simple and hopefully not to heavy because we weren't very hungry.
Wow! What a surprise when I took that first bite. The crust was thin yes, but there was the right balance of crispy and chewy in your mouth at the same time. That wonderful crust allowed you to fully taste the flavors of the fresh ripe tomato, basil and cheese. In most pizza's I have ever tasted the bread overpowered the toppings, and I didn't even know it until that day. There were also a few other spices in there like oregano and pepper that simply enhanced the flavor. And as for the lack of sauce and cheese, truth be told it didn't bother me. Drowning pizza in cheese and sauce doesn't do anything to make flavor better I realized. It just packs unnecessary calories to your diet.
That day I thought to myself "this is what pizza is supposed to taste like." So even though we were not hungry we ended up buying two more slices to enjoy and I thanked my husband and his tiny bladder. For anyone reading this, if you are ever in Las Olas Riverfront and are in the mood for some great pizza definitely give this place a shot. It might not be a great fancy restaurant, but to me the quality of the product measures up to anything you might find in one of those without the price tag.
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