Ok, calling all gluten free people: you need to go here! I can't believe this place. It's so amazing, and why have I not known about it longer? It's one of those places where you go there once, and you instantly realize, "Ok, this is being added to the standard rotation." I was there last night for carryout, and I'll be back early next week!
Here's the deal. Being gluten free means you miss out on a lot of stuff. These days, most pizza places do offer gf pizza, but in most cases they source their dough from the same places, and it's always the same small, flat little round. Not at Gina's. Their gf dough is homemade, it's a nice big size -- not the rinky dink little ones that everyone else has, and it's tasty! It's also made with quality ingredients -- I detected some tapioca flour in there, and that's the most expensive gf flour you can use. So, this is a HUGE WIN. If you are gf or health conscious, you are going to love it.
But, guess what? The goodness doesn't end there. No, actually, it just BEGINS there. The goodness is all over this place: it looks like EVERYTHING they have is legitimately homemade! Like, you know the standard "house salad" that every pizza carryout has: generic bagged salad, maybe some croutons, and (if you're "lucky") a big handful of chemical-laden processed cheez shreds on top. Well, Gina's is NOTHING like that. The house salad was a homemade mix of good greens, nice fresh and thick cuke slices, and nice thoughtful piles of kalamata olives, pepperocinis and the like. No "cheez," but actual (and ample) tumbling of REAL cheese (in my case, fresh feta).
The dressing? HOMEMADE! Who in the world offers fricking HOMEMADE dressing anymore? I know that like 40, 50 years ago this was standard, but in Clown World USA most places give you the same chemical laden food-industry dressings. Here they have the real deal Green Goddess, which to the uninitiated is almost like a thick green pesto -- and so good I think I dreamt about it last night! And they have other, equally good dressings.
I know I'm going on and on but I just can't stop raving about this place. And I didn't even get to the pizzas yet ... well, trust me, they're fantastic. The Godmother comes with big mounds of ricotta and mozzarella and has all the garlic and oil flavor you would expect. And nice big fresh sprigs of basil. This isn't just pizza, this is like health food pizza. And the price is outrageously reasonable -- you practically can't cook at home this cheap. For a big specialty pizza and a huge salad, you spend about $18. Nice!
Gosh, I love this place. I'm a new regular. I hope everybody goes here. The owners deserve massive kudos for doing it right! read more