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| Menu |
The Venue
1944 42nd Street NE STE B
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
(319) 200-4566
Za's Pizza is a
new arrival to the Cedar Rapids pizza scene. Located off of 42nd Street, this
locally owned restaurant serves up New York Thin and Detroit style crust in
small, medium, and large pizza pies. They also serve beer as well as the
standard soft drinks. They had two
tables and around 10 booths for seating with beer available. The restaurant was
very clean and the staff was very friendly and helpful. Currently, they do not
offer weekday or weekend specials. You can check out their menu on-line at this
location: http://www.zaspizzacr.com/menu.html.
The Pizza
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| Meatza Slice |
Chicago Style: No
Crust Thickness: Average with Caramelized Cheese around the
rim (Detroit), Average, and Thin
Our group
consisted of 10 participants, so we ordered two large (14") pizzas and two medium (12") pizzas.
Meatza - Pepperoni,
Italian sausage, beef, ham, bacon pieces, salami (Large 14", Detroit crust, $24.99).
Taco - House
refried bean sauce, beef, lettuce, tomato, nacho chips. (Large 14", NY Thin crust, $22.99).
BLT - Ham, bacon, mayonnaise, lettuce
and tomato (Medium 12", Detroit
crust, $20.99).
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| Meatza, Large 14", Detroit Crust, $24.99 |
Potato and Bacon - Homemade mashed potatoes with
bacon and cheddar. We made it a loaded
potato with onions, black olives and a side of sour cream (Medium 12", NY Thin crust, $18.99).
The Verdict
Every
pizza was cut into triangular-shaped pieces. The toppings were a little on the
light side (Potato and Bacon) on some and on the heavy side on others (lettuce
on the BLT); however, these ingredients consisted of high quality. The crust was firm, not soggy which is a
plus. Za's used real bacon stripes that looked
and tasted extraordinary this wasn't the pre-prepared strips or bits that you
might expect. The BLT was the crowd favorite,
scoring 50% of the vote. The use of real
mayonnaise and real bacon propelled this to #1 for our group. Personally, I enjoyed the Meatza with all
the fresh flavors of meats on my pizza. Either way, the Detroit crust won the
votes! So, if you are in the north east
side of Cedar Rapids, I would recommend checking this joint out.
Overall 8.30
Cheese 8.50
Sauce 7.80
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| Potato and Bacon, Medium 12", NY Thin Crust, $18.99 |
Topping 8.80
Crust 8.40
Venue 8.90
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| BLT, Medium 12, Detroit Crust, $20.99 |
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| Taco, Large 14, NY Thin Crust, $22.99 |
