Review of a Slice of Alfredo Pizza & Ristorante in Carlisle, PA
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The Mission
I tried a slice of plain cheese pizza at every traditional pizza shop the Carlisle, Pennsylvania on a mission to find the best slice of pizza in Carlisle. I could eat pizza almost every meal of the day, it’s definitely one of my top favorite foods without question. And when I get pizza, I usually just get a few plain cheese slices from a traditional pizza shop nearby. Nothing fancy. But I am a bit picky about my slices. And since I live in Carlisle now, so I gotta know where the best slice is! Here’s my review of a slice from Alfredo Pizza & Ristorante…
Even Playing Field
I made sure to visit each pizza shop either around 12:00PM noon or around 5:00PM/6:00PM when they should have a good fresh slice pie ready that hasn’t been sitting around for a while. This puts them on even playing fields and gives them the best shot at giving me a good representation of their slices. It also gives me the opportunity to see how the service is when they are a bit more busy. And I do not let them know I am doing a review, so they are not doing anything special or better because of that.
My Bias
Full disclosure, I’m a sauce guy. I need enough sauce and it needs to have some tang and/or sweetness and good flavor, or I won’t like it. And I don’t like a crazy amount of cheese, so places that make slices like that, immediately have a disadvantage in my ratings. If you like tons of cheese and don’t care about the sauce, then you could probably go by the opposite of my ratings.
Notes
- Price Per Slice (including tax): $3.45
- Time: 12:42PM – Pretty Busy – People eating in and coming in to pick up takeout orders. Felt lively.
- Order: 2 slices of plain cheese pizza
- Wait time after ordering: 1 min 41 sec – Quickest of any I’ve tried in Carlisle so far
- Dining room: Small, but nice. Clean. Music playing. Felt alive. Desert cooler. Self serve fountain soda. Bottled soda coolers. Looks like it was Renovated fairly recently.
- Parking: Plenty. Free parking lot. Located in strip mall.
- My very close 2nd place favorite for best slice of pizza in Carlisle, PA. Only gets 2nd based on the value metric, but I choose Alfredo over my 1st favorite all the time. Just costs slightly more.
Rating
on a scale of 1 to 10
- Cheese: 7 – Average/Good – Good, but not noticeably special or better.
- Sauce: 7 – Average/Good – Good, but not noticeably special or better.
- Sauce to Cheese Ratio: 8 – Slightly above average – Good ratio, and consistent ratio throughout the slices.
- Crust: 8 – Slightly above average – Underneath crust was good thickness and consistent thickness – end crust good size and puff – good chew all around – puffy and elastic with a tiny bit of crunch.
- Size: 10 – Way above average – Largest of any I tried so far I think.
- Service: 10 – Way above average – Quickly greeted and slices were ready quickly – the quickest of any place I’ve tried so far, and they were the exact right temperature.
- Facility: 8 – Slightly above average – Nice and good ambiance, but not huge and maybe not best for a full dine in dinner experiencer when compared to some other dining rooms in the area. Clean. Modern. Renovated.
- Total: 57 (out of a possible 70) = 8.29 stars (out of a possible 10)
- Slice Only Total: 40 (out of a possible 50) = 8.0 stars (out of a possible 10)
- Value: 8.29 stars / $3.45 per slice = $0.42 per star
- Slice Only Value: 8.0 stars / $3.45 per slice = $0.43 per star
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950 Walnut Bottom Rd, Carlisle, PA 17015 | 717.258.1166 | Website | Reviews and Directions | Menu | Slice Life
