A place that offers all-you-can-eat pizza and dessert for under five bucks (INCLUDING tax) is being WAY too much of an enabler for my inner carb junkie.
Cici's Pizza. See my reply to takayla below for details. The one I went to is in Chantilly Crossing S.C., up near the hotel (not near Target), tucked into the southwest corner of the US-50/VA-28 interchange. Go west on 50, first left on Lee, first left into the shopping center, just past the hotel. But as montuos points out below, it's a chain and there may be instances closer to you.
Hey, it's not like I can't go 5 minutes in any direction and find a pizza place around here... Same deal with bagel shops. But yeah. White pizza and I never met each other until now. Grandma Pizza, and all the other neopolitan or sicilians with the regular toppings, sure. Salad pizza, sure. Still have yet to try Hawaiian, Cheddar and Broccoli, Margharita, and the other varieties of "gourmet" out here.
Not sorry for "no pizza joints" -- sorry for all the years without the enjoyment of white pizza!
Definitely try Margherita, too -- but wait until tomatoes are actually in season. Cheddar cheese on pizza is Just Plain Wrong, IMHO, and dr_zrfq will tell you the same about pineapple. But WTF is salad pizza?
Salad pizza is.... a pizza sans sauce, no cheese, but with house salad and italian dressing on it, with some feta cheese on top. It's not bad, though it resembles eating pizza dough with your salad on top, not on the side.
I'm sure that Generous George's (http://www.generousgeorge.com/) in Alexandria probably would put a salad on a pizza crust upon request. Assuming they don't do so already. Their *pasta* dishes all come atop pizza crusts.
Some words of warning to start: first, they do NOT take plastic. Cash and checks only. They do host an ATM but you know about out-of-network charges... so go prepared. Second, I've been warned that it gets LOUD, esp. when crowded -- and there is an alcove of video games and air hockey off the back corner, which would only add to the noise. But I went for a one-pm lunch and it was rather quiet then, IMO.
The salad bar is fairly basic: bowl of "mixed greens" (mostly iceberg), a bowl of romaine, a dozen or so things to throw on it, and a half dozen or so dressings (including light ranch and light italian for those doing low-fat). Nothing overtly bad, but nothing spectacular. They have 2-3 types of pasta and 2-3 types of sauce to go on it; also garlic chesse bread (not bad).
The pizza is not horrible, but for a place that offers all-you-can-eat for under 5 bucks, one can't expect it to be really good either -- it's a decided step up from frozen but that's probably about it. What's nice is the wide selection... I spotted almost a dozen different types on the pizza bar. They have 3-4 types of white pizza, including the white w/spinach which I found to be quite nice, and one with fresh tomatoes which was pretty good too. They use fresh mushrooms on their pies that use them (traditional 'shroom, white all-veggie, and the occasional garbage 'za). Meat toppings are pepperoni, sausage and ham, but I didn't see any in combination; the ham pizza came in all-mozzarella and half-cheddar (urk) variations. (And yes, they also do the Hawaiian thing with ham and pineapple, which may be interesting but it just ain't pizza.) Another interesting variation was a cheese pizza with barbeque sauce replacing some/all of the tomato sauce; would be nice to try with their sausage.
Fountain drinks are Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, lemonade and orange, plus urns of iced tea (sweetened and not). As usual one has a choice between sugar, caffeine, or both. If you don't want to pay for a drink you can ask for water -- then they give you a clear cup (instead of a colored one) and you get the water from a side tab on the drink dispenser.
Dessert selection was fairly limited, at least at lunch: sticky buns, brownies with far too much powdered sugar on top, and apple streusel "pizza" which was kind of nice.
Summary: If you don't mind over-carbing, pedestrian pizza or potential for loud noise, this is a good place to get stuffed for cheap.
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Date: 2005-05-05 07:19 pm (UTC)(Hey! It's a chain!)
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Date: 2005-05-06 04:18 am (UTC)Grandma Pizza, and all the other neopolitan or sicilians with the regular toppings, sure. Salad pizza, sure. Still have yet to try Hawaiian, Cheddar and Broccoli, Margharita, and the other varieties of "gourmet" out here.
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Date: 2005-05-06 02:18 pm (UTC)Definitely try Margherita, too -- but wait until tomatoes are actually in season. Cheddar cheese on pizza is Just Plain Wrong, IMHO, and
Salad Pizza
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Date: 2005-05-06 02:19 am (UTC)I'd be...bloated.
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Date: 2005-05-06 04:18 am (UTC)*ducking* :)
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Date: 2005-05-06 06:22 pm (UTC)The salad bar is fairly basic: bowl of "mixed greens" (mostly iceberg), a bowl of romaine, a dozen or so things to throw on it, and a half dozen or so dressings (including light ranch and light italian for those doing low-fat). Nothing overtly bad, but nothing spectacular. They have 2-3 types of pasta and 2-3 types of sauce to go on it; also garlic chesse bread (not bad).
The pizza is not horrible, but for a place that offers all-you-can-eat for under 5 bucks, one can't expect it to be really good either -- it's a decided step up from frozen but that's probably about it. What's nice is the wide selection... I spotted almost a dozen different types on the pizza bar. They have 3-4 types of white pizza, including the white w/spinach which I found to be quite nice, and one with fresh tomatoes which was pretty good too. They use fresh mushrooms on their pies that use them (traditional 'shroom, white all-veggie, and the occasional garbage 'za). Meat toppings are pepperoni, sausage and ham, but I didn't see any in combination; the ham pizza came in all-mozzarella and half-cheddar (urk) variations. (And yes, they also do the Hawaiian thing with ham and pineapple, which may be interesting but it just ain't pizza.) Another interesting variation was a cheese pizza with barbeque sauce replacing some/all of the tomato sauce; would be nice to try with their sausage.
Fountain drinks are Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, lemonade and orange, plus urns of iced tea (sweetened and not). As usual one has a choice between sugar, caffeine, or both. If you don't want to pay for a drink you can ask for water -- then they give you a clear cup (instead of a colored one) and you get the water from a side tab on the drink dispenser.
Dessert selection was fairly limited, at least at lunch: sticky buns, brownies with far too much powdered sugar on top, and apple streusel "pizza" which was kind of nice.
Summary: If you don't mind over-carbing, pedestrian pizza or potential for loud noise, this is a good place to get stuffed for cheap.