The Venue
4100 River Ridge Dr NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
(319) 393-8727
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| A slice of the Grilled Chicken Pizza |
This well established restaurant across
from the Twin Pines golf course is well known for their Monday and Wednesday night
half price pizza specials. Every pie on
the menu is half off. In addition to
pizza, they serve a number of pasta dishes along with fajitas and
sandwiches. If you are interested in
knowing more, take a look at their dinner menu at: http://www.vitoson42nd.com/menu.html.
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| The Neapolitan Pizza |
The restaurant itself looks like a cool
place to hang out. It has a bar, with an
upstairs loft with a few tables, a downstairs area underneath the loft, and the
majority of the restaurant is on the main level. Plenty of outdoor seating is available on the
cement patio and on the deck, looking across the street to the golf
course. The restaurant has a “sports bar”
feel to it with a touch of business class.
An interesting find indeed!
The Pizza
Chicago Style: No
Crust Thickness: Average
Our group consisted of 11 participants; so we ordered five large pizzas. Each of these
pizzas cost roughly $23 a piece, and around $12 on Mondays/Wednesdays because of
the half price special. They came in two
sizes, but we only ordered the larger of the two.
Buffalo Chicken Pizza -
Spicy chicken, Vito's cheese blend, sliced celery, tomatoes, crumbled blue
cheese, and caramelized onions with a spicy buffalo blue cheese sauce ($22.99).
Super Special Pizza -
Italian sausage, Canadian bacon, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, black olives and
green peppers ($23.99).
Neapolitan Pizza -
Imported goat's cheese, marinated tomatoes, fresh spinach, olive oil, basil and
fresh garlic ($22.99).
Grilled Chicken -
Marinated chicken, mushrooms, red onions, red bell peppers and a blend of
smoked Gouda and mozzarella cheese ($22.99).
Taco Pizza -
Seasoned ground beef with Cheddar and Mozzarella cheese topped with lettuce,
tomato, red onions, black olives and tortilla chips, served with salsa
($22.99).
The Verdict
The pizza was cut into traditional
slices with evenly distributed toppings.
I think the toppings were a bit sparse.
The crust was good. It had a
chewy component to it, yet it remained average thickness. On the supreme (super special, as they call
it), the toppings did not affect crust…it was not soggy. The sauce non-existent on the grilled chicken
pizza, and the amount of olive oil / cheese was noticeably lacking. That was the least favorite. The supreme and the taco were the two pizza’s
that rated the best from our group. If
you like hand tossed pizza, after a game of golf, then this place should be on
your list of places to try.
Here are our ratings,
where 1 = worst and 10 = best.
Overall = 6.85
Cheese = 6.30
Toppings = 7.30
Sauce = 3.19
Crust = 7.30
Overall = 6.85
Cheese = 6.30
Toppings = 7.30
Sauce = 3.19
Crust = 7.30
Venue = 7.90
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| Super Special Pizza |
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| Taco Pizza |
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| Buffalo Chicken Pizza |
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| Grilled Chicken Pizza |
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