Crusty’s at 1331 Warwick Avenue in Warwick, Rhode Island gets my vote for the best pizza in town. And the most fastidious and difficult-to-please pizza critic in the world, my chef-husband, votes it #1, too. But there are six more reasons, in addition to “because-we-say-so,” that Crusty’s is best:
1) The crust is home made and perfect.
Owner Lakis spent years perfecting his crust recipe and he has been making it that way (perfectly) for decades. He’s the crust man. He’s the pizza man! And he’s not an absentee owner–he’s usually there, personally making your pizza.
2) The price.
Ken and I split a small cheese pizza (8 pieces and we always have leftovers), plus an enormous fresh Greek salad, plus a bottle of coke for $13 and change, after tax. Incredible.
3) The quality.
When a pizza place grows their own basil in the window, you know they care about fresh ingredients.
4) The cheese.
Real. Plentiful, stretchy cheese.
5) The professionals.
These are not kids screwing around until they have enough experience and wisdom to get a real job. These are dedicated bakers and pizza pie makers, and food is what they do in actual life. for a grown-up living. And they do it extremely well.
6) The police.
I eat where local law enforcers eat not only because it’s safe, but also because they know where to find great, locally made, reasonably-priced food.**
Sorry, Crusty’s doesn’t offer delivery. They don’t have to because everyone is willing to drive for food from Crusty’s. Check out their menu of pizzas & Calzones, grinders (that’s RI-speak for subs), and salads.
Have you ever (at home or while traveling) scoped out where the cops eat?
**this is the opinion of Tracy Lee Karner and does not represent or imply any endorsement by the Warwick Police Force.
How in the world can you have left overs with pizza that looks so delicious?! If I ever make it your way, we’re hitting this place up more than once!
Yes, we’ll do Crusty’s! I was just there for lunch today–had a spinach pie. I’ll be posting my recipe inspired by theirs, next time…
Gorgeous! We have a pizza man in our local village with a wood oven van. We are so lucky lucky lucky. There is something special about a proper pizza with fresh salad leaves and am pleased that you have a place that knows how to make one.
To be honest with you, I have no idea where our local police eat. I have to find it out!
I love pizza! If I could I would eat it every day! This looks yummy.
I love good pizza–most of them to live up to my expectations. Crusty’s does, and I’m grateful. I was getting tired of us having to bake our own pizza all the time.
Looks pretty good 🙂
Pizza is one of my all-time favorites!
There are only 2 people in the whole world that I’ve ever met who didn’t like pizza. My grandparents. They ate it once, in the early 1950’s, and refused ever after to take a bite of what they were sure was some kind of poison. (I’m thinking they must have gotten one of those old-fashioned 1950’s pizzas with anchovies on it…) I mean, who doesn’t love pizza?
How can you not like pizza? It’s only another way of serving sandwich ingredients!
My chef is in our kitchen at this very moment, making pizza. 🙂
I’m with you–I see “pizza” (or flatbread) as a sandwich canvas. There are a zillion variations.