Ricardo's Pizza

267 Bay St (between Somerset & Laurier) – 233-1515 or 235-5555
Date of visit: November 26th, 2005
Cost: ~$35.00 (for two large)

    Well, it’s that time of year again. Fall/Winter usually means school and that means that we get too distracted or lack the energy to write these reviews. That certainly was the case last year. This year, however, something is different: NHL hockey is back on. The most important thing about that is the fact that Saturday nights can now be spent eating pizza and watching Hockey Night in Canada on CBC. So, in what was the first of (hopefully) many Saturdays of hockey and pizza, we ordered a large plain pizza from Ricardo’s Pizza, along with another with toppings for some non-Pizza Ottawa contributors.

    When we phoned to place the order, we found that we were not in the delivery range, which meant that we had to go pick up the pizzas. This proved to be fairly easy, as we were able to park just outside the small restaurant located at 267 Bay St. When we arrived, the two pizzas were ready, and came to a total of $34. We rushed back to home base, turned on the game, and dug in. The first thing we noticed was the smell of the cheese, which was stronger than other pizzas we’d tried, and which had the unfortunate distinction of resembling “foot”. It wasn’t overpowering, but it was noticeable. The cheese itself tasted fine, but it wasn’t anything special. When we started to eat the pizza, we noticed something else: the pizza somehow tasted like apple. We weren’t sure why this was, but we figured that there was cinnamon in the pizza sauce, which was totally unexpected and not a very good touch. The crust wasn’t that great, either. Though well-cooked, the crust was kind of bread-like in that it was soft and thick, and one reviewer noted that the flavour resembled that of bread-machine bread instead of pizza crust. Overall, we were quite disappointed with the pizza, but at least the Senators won!

Posted by Jim at December 8, 2005 01:43 PM