Slice Pizzeria

Contrary to popular belief, there actually is something worse than bad food; and nothing puts a worse taste in your mouth than over-priced bad food. I have fallen victim to over-priced bad food many times in my life and rarely ever give the culprits second chances to prove themselves. Disappoint me once, shame on you, disappoint me twice, shame on me.

Well, it pains my heart (and my wallet) to say that I have been disappointed twice. While Slice pizzeria on Magazine claims to have excellent pizza, subs, salads and more, I found them to be pretty lacking in every category. Their food isn't exactly over-priced, but when you're shelling out 40 bucks on a dinner for two that wasn't the least bit enjoyable, it's a bit upsetting.

My boyfriend and I went to Slice for the first time during the Saints football season and the place was packed, which we took as a good sign. I ordered a small spinach salad which came with raw spinach, mushrooms, red onion, pine nuts, tomatoes, pepperoni bacon, and a Gorgonzola crostini. Forget the fact that the crostini was burned, forget that there wasn't enough dressing on the salad so the spinach was dry, and let's concentrate on the fact that my salad was served to me on a Styrofoam plate. Ever stabbed at raw spinach on a Styrofoam plate with a metal fork? Like nails on a chalkboard...

We couldn't agree on which whole pizza to get, so we decided to order individual slices. I ordered a slice of the "Fresh", which is basically their version of margherita, and a slice of the "Prosciutto, Gorgonzola, and Arugula". Both slices of pizza seemed very dry, as if they had been sitting out long enough for the cheese to harden, then re-heated and served. Tough and chewy are not the words I often look for when describing my pizza.

A few weeks ago we went back hoping to prove to ourselves that first impressions aren't everything. And after hearing someone rave about their barbecue shrimp poboy, I decided to give it a shot. My boyfriend followed suit and ordered the meatball sub. How do I say this nicely? The barbecue shrimp poboy boasted 7 shrimp and a sauce that was so salty I'm pretty sure the Dead Sea would have been jealous. Maybe it was the combination of the garlic butter on the bread and the already salty sauce from the shrimp... either way, it wasn't working for me. In my opinion, a great BBQ shrimp poboy shouldn't need buttered garlic bread to make it noteworthy. My boyfriend's meatball sub may have been worse than the poboy... The "homemade" meatballs were mushy and I honestly couldn't even tell what kind of meat they were made from. I'm going to be way harsh and compare them to canned dog food. Yeah, I went there.

While It's certainly not my goal to be this mean when reviewing restaurants, Slice leaves me with no other choice. I can only hope that their whole pizzas are made fresh to order and are better than anything we had during our two visits. But it's going to take a lot of convincing and someone else footing the bill in order to get me to go back to this pizzeria.


BBQ Shrimp Poboy - I must admit that my Abita Strawberry beer was delicious :)

Meatball sub