Cozy pizzeria with a few tables specializing in classic square pies, along with hoagies & stromboli.
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Address: 12 W Pike St, Houston, PA 15342
Phone: (724) 916-2211
Website: https://www.jimmyzspizzapa.com/
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The Pizza dough was a bit under cooked below the sauce and toppings when I sampled mine. However, the crust was crunchy, and almost hard like a pretzel in some places. It has a basic high school cafeteria pizza crust type of taste….. almost like a “Jiffy” pizza crust taste. It’s not bad by any means, but it’s nothing phenomenal either.
The sauce is fairly basic, but has a thicker tomato feel to it. Not overly salty or garlicky.
The cheese is a basic commercial shredded mozzarella. It didn’t have any real distinguishing features that set it apart from your average pizza joint.
The toppings I sampled were pepperoni and mushroom. The mushroom was obviously canned and was cold on top of the slices. The pepperoni was your average deli style and of lower quality.
The pizza is sold by the slice, which is nice if you just need to feed just yourself, or have a few people who want different toppings.
Overall I wasn’t terribly impressed by Jimmy Zs. I can’t say that it was the worst pizza I’ve ever had. It’s just good at being average, cheap pizza. The place seems to be manned by one supervising adult and multiple High School age looking cooks.
Would recommend calling ahead for slices unless you have time to wait. I was told 25 minutes for five slices, and arrived on time but still sat for another 10.
Will NOT BE GOING BACK.
I REGRET WAITING SO LONG!!! Now, listen carefully. Or, that is, comprehend what you read carefully. Lol. I have a few things to say about this pizza. It’s almost visually similar and composed similarly to my favorite pizza of all-time. (Elm Gove location DiCarlo’s Pizza. Now called “Patsy’s Pizza”)
That was my first impression. I had mixed feelings about that, though. I really love this (Jimmy Z’s) pizza, though. Let me make that clear, before I continue.
As fun(?) as the location is, it’s a pain in the butt. Sorta like the new DiCarlo’s on Jefferson Ave in Washington. Terrible location. This isn’t nearly as bad as that, though. First thing I noticed when I got there was the incoming and outgoing people of this place, which, btw……
*has a hidden parking lot behind the building*.
Don’t let the location scare you on not knowing where or how you can park anywhere. Jimmy Z’s needs more notoriety, in my opinion. Great pizza AND great service. The employees helped my father and I a great deal.
Okay, more about the pizza. Lol. Sorry for so many details. Hot pizza then cold pizza. I’m not typically a crust kinda guy. I hate oversized, hard crusts. It’s like, where’s the pizza?
Well, this crust was my favorite part of the pizza. It had a thin outside crunch with a middle chewy center. It was perfect. It wasn’t overly floury and dry too. It was perfect, like I said. And I mean PERFECT!!
I think the cheese was no-fat or something. It didn’t melt right on-top of the hot pizza like it should have. Like I said above about my favorite pizza…
i know how cheese reacts based on heat. The sauce was good. Just good. It was missing something, though, in order to be great. A hint of flavor. Just a pinch of flavor. So glad it wasn’t chunky, though. That’s why I hate Sam’s Pizza in Canonsburg.
COLD………….
I had leftovers in the fridge on purpose to see how it tasted cold.
*This pizza is amongst the best I ever had as cold*
Very, very small menu, but that’s ok. Why do you need so many items if your expertise is one particular thing, right?
***I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE!!!***