The Iowan Pizza Chronicles: April 2022

Venue/Menu

The Venue

1100 3^rd St. SE

Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

(319)777-6119

Aroma pizza is located inside New BO (Bohemia) City Market. It is open Thursday – Sunday only, and closes at 8pm on Thursday-Friday, 6pm Saturday, and 4pm Sunday. They also serve drinks and some small snacks there as well. Since it in located in a booth, near the other end of the facility, there are tables and chairs. With a nearby bar, and other food vendors present, it contains a large variety of foods. One thing to note, is that the vendors at this facility do not have a standalone retail location, so often they are just getting their business started.

Prosciutto, $13

The Pizza

Chicago Style: No

Crust Thickness: Thin

Menu: https://aromapizzaonline.square.site/s/order?location=11ea7110dba3dcafb0c80cc47a2ae378

Participants: 9 (3 children)

Pizza Ordered: 9

Sizes Offered/Ordered: Personal (12”) / Pepperoni, Margherita, Prosciutto, Pesto Prosciutto, Sausage, Sausage with Peppers, Cheese, Chicken Bacon Ranch, Buffalo Chicken

Pieces Cut: We got to cut our own pizzas!

Chicken, Bacon, Ranch, $13

Buffalo Chicken Ranch - Buffalo sauce with garlic, chicken, and four cheeses (hard mozzarella, soft mozzarella, pecorino .romano, and parmiagiano reggiano). Finished with Ranch Sauce. ($13).
Chicken Bacon Ranch – Buffalo sauce with garlic, chicken, and four cheeses (hard mozzarella, soft mozzarella, pecorino .romano, and parmiagiano reggiano). Finished with Ranch Sauce. ($13).
Prosciutto Pesto - Pesto Sauce with Prosciutto, tomatoes and four cheeses (hard mozzarella, soft mozzarella, pecorino romano, and parmiagiano reggiano). ($14).
Prosciutto - Our house red sauce, garlic, ground proscuitto, and four cheeses (hard mozzarella, soft mozzarella, pecorino romano, and parmiagiano reggiano). ($13).
Pepperoni – Our house red sauce, garlic, pepperoni, and four cheeses (hard mozzarella, soft mozzarella, pecorino romano, and parmagiano reggiano) make this our number one selling pizza. ($12).
Buffalo Ranch, $13
Cheese – Our house red sauce, four cheeses (hard mozzarella, soft mozzarella, pecorino romano, and parmigiano reggiano) and EVOO. Vegetarian. ($11).
Margherita - Our house red sauce, garlic, tomatoes, and four cheeses (hard mozzarella, soft mozzarella, pecorino romano, and parmigiano reggiano). Finished with EVOO and fresh basil. ($12).
Prosciutto – Our house red sauce, garlic, ground proscuitto, and four cheeses (hard mozzarella, soft mozzarella, pecorino romano, and parmiagiano reggiano). ($13).
Sausage - Our house red sauce, garlic, local Sausage Foundry mild Italian sausage, and four cheeses (hard mozzarella, soft mozzarella, pecorino romano, and parmigiano reggiano). ($12).

The Verdict

Sauce: Slightly sweet on the red sauce. Nothing else stood out.

Cheese: A little light on cheese with some of the ones we ordered. I could use some more of that.

Margherita, $12

Crust: A thin crust for a brick fired oven. I would have loved to see a larger size option for the pizzas in the future.

Toppings: The ingredients were of good quality and they tasted great. However, they often slide off the slices, so it was hard to eat at times.

Final Comments/Considerations:

Pizza was great on an empty stomach! The crust was cited by several as the best part, chewy yet firm. An adult could easily get a whole pizza for dinner, or split one with two children.