mrfootball Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Tried the new pizza place that opened up in the Cypress area at 1960 & 290. They've got this coal-fired oven that bakes pizza old-school style like some of the famous NY pizza joints. I must say it's pretty darn good pizza - as good and quite possibly better than Candelari's NY Style - thin crust (though Candelari's rules the roost as far as Chicago-style goes). Will definitely make this place a regular stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 We've gone by there a few times but they hadn't opened yet. We'll try again.Did you notice if they had calzone on the menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfootball Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Oh yes, they had calzone. They also have an excellent new beer I hadn't yet tried, on tap...Fire Rock Pale Ale from Kona Brewing. Excellently paired with pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerinTT Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Your experiences were better than mine last night. I didn't realize till I saw the menu that it was the same mediocre food that they serve at any number of the NY Pizzeria locations around the city. The Tortellini Brodo is usually a safe bet, but was awful last night. The broth had no flavor other than that of salty generic seasoning, the chicken was extremely dry, and the presentation was horrible. The garlic bread was pita bread with some garlic salt and parsley flakes thrown on it with a few char marks for good measure. Once again, NO flavor. My girlfriend ended up eating about two bites of her Ceasar salad before wanting to spit it back up. The dressing was horrible. The waitstaff is new, but they seem to ignore the fact that we had plates piling up on the table, not to mention empty drink cups for 10 minutes or more. Inexcusable for a place that wasn't even busy, new or not. About the only redeeming thing about the place was that the pizza was halfway decent, however Brothers NY Pizza at Highway 6 and I-10 is infinitly better (and cheaper) than Russo's. I haven't had food this poor in a while, and this place won't be seeing us on a return visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I saw Ken Hoffman's column yesterday about this place. The family and I will have to go check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildChild Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I also tried this Russo's Pizzeria. I was not impressed. Same crappy pizza as in their other locations. There was hardly any ingredients on the pizza. Bad service also. I understand that they just opened so I went again to give them a second chance. Again, same overpriced crappy food with bad service. Rather go spend my money on Chili's or Texas Roadhouse. At least Chuy's is coming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimcas Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I also tried this Russo's Pizzeria. I was not impressed. Same crappy pizza as in their other locations. There was hardly any ingredients on the pizza. Bad service also. I understand that they just opened so I went again to give them a second chance. Again, same overpriced crappy food with bad service. Rather go spend my money on Chili's or Texas Roadhouse. At least Chuy's is coming soon.Chuy's is already open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I also tried it and it was good but not great. I lived in Long Island for 25 years so I know a real NY pie. They are trying to be like Lombardi's in NYC. Not even close but still good. The best (non coal) pizza I have had in Houston, that tastes like a normal NY pizza, is Brothers on Mill's and Grant. I would give them (if real NY pizza is a 10) a 7-8 on any day and if the old guy is making the pie as high as 9-10. They don't pile on the cheese which makes the crust really crunchy and their sauce is great. It is the best when they reheat a piece that has been sitting around for a while.Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimcas Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 There's a new pizza place listed on the Vintage Park website. http://www.pizzafusion.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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