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| Baja Taco, Large |
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| Venue - Outside |
The
Venue
4201 42nd St NE #140, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
(319)
393-2000
Pizza
World is a chain based out of Branson, MO.
They have several locations across the country and they allow each franchise
to run its own business with a degree of leniency. The Cedar Rapids location
was the first to market the Baja Taco
pizza, which is as no surprise, since Taco Pizza is often credited as being
originated from Iowa. The staff was friendly
and helpful. The seating consisted of table seating only with a self serve pop
machine and silverware. Plastic plates
were used to dine on, and the atmosphere was fresh and new, since this place opened
up recently.
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| Venue - Inside |
The
Pizza
Chicago
Style: No
Crust
Thickness: Average/Thin
Participants:
15 (plus 8 children)
Pizza
Ordered: 8
Sizes
Offered/Ordered: Small, Medium, Large, Family / 4 Medium, 3 Large, 1 Family Size
Crusts
Offered/Ordered: Regular
Pieces
Cut: Rectangular
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| Chicken, Bacon, Ranch, Medium |
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| Caio Bella, Medium |
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| 1/2 Italian Sausage, 1/4 Canadian Bacon, 1/4 Hawaiian - (Family Size) |
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| Meat Grande, Large |
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| Pepperoni. Medium |
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| Spicy Thai, Medium |
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| Taste of Chicago, Large |
Ciao Bella® - Fresh basil,
tomatoes and garlic, with mozzarella and your choice of tomato sauce or olive
oil glaze (Medium).
Chicken Bacon Ranch - Our own grilles
chicken and bacon, sitting on a bed of creamy ranch dressing and mozzarella
(Medium).
Taste of Chicago® - From the Windy
City! Ricotta, chicken, spinach, bacon and tomatoes topped with mozzarella and
pizza sauce (Medium).
Pepperoni - (Medium).
Spicy Thai - Taste of Thailand!
A spicy Thai glaze topped with grilled chicken, marinated in our own spicy Thai
sauce, served over a bed of mozzarella with red onions, green peppers, fresh
basil and lightly topped with shaved carrots (Medium).
Meat Grande® Wow! - For meat lovers!
Classic pizza sauce, mozzarella, loads of pepperoni, Italian sausage, ham,
ground beef, bacon, salami, Canadian bacon and pork sausage (Large).
Baja Taco - NEW! - Light layer
of refried beans, taco seasoned meat, mozzarella & cheddar cheese, cooked
to perfection, topped with lettuce, diced tomatoes, crushed Doritos®, served
with taco sauce on the side (Large).
1/2 Italian Sausage,
1/4 Canadian Bacon, 1/4 Hawaiian - (Family Size).
The
Verdict
Sauce:
I didn’t care for the Chicago pizza’s sauce … a bit bland; However, the taco’s sauce
was great as well as the Spicy Thai – AWESOME.
Cheese:
The cheese was average on the pizza.
Taste was right on.
Crust:
Easily the best part of the pizza was getting the rim of the bready crust,
which tasted more like a bread stick rather than a pizza crust. Yum!
Toppings:
The toppings were average quality, as I didn’t find them overpowering, nor
bland.
Final
Comments/Considerations: I loved the
staff and restaurant. This place was a breath of fresh air compared to our last
pizza attempt over at Sam’s Club! The
pizza was #12 as the best out of 104, so its quite good, but doesn’t make our
top 10. I would order it again, if we lived
over by Edgewood Road. However, with so
many pizza places in town, in my opinion, its not something to drive across town
for. The pizza itself is affordable
(especially the big family sized one), so it would be a great place for buying
a pizza for a large team or work event.
Here
are our ratings, where 1 = worst and 10 = best.
Overall
8.67
Cheese 8.53
Topping
9.40
Sauce
8.13
Crust
8.87
Venue
9.13
Favorite:
Spicy Thai / Meat Grande
