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The Great Melon
Nov 9, 2023
Once upon a time, there used to be a place here called Ms. Ellie's pizza. It's what I would consider the BEST New York style pizza in San Antonio. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed in 2022 thanks to the owner passing away from covid. In it's place, Sofia's opened. After seeing some media coverage and being openly invited to give it a try, I decided to see it if could live up to what Ms. Ellie's was able to do. Unfortunately, it wasn't. The first discrepancy was the pizza, think crust at first, but comically large crust at the end. Very puffy and thick. Trying to be both usually doesn't work, this hybrid of crust styles would prove to be a negative quality. I went to the counter and ordered a slice of pepperoni pizza, as well as a chicken parm sub. This alone, no drinks or sides, came out to ~$16. The first slice of pizza I was brought was burnt, so I politely declined and asked for an unburnt piece. despite this, the top of the crust at the end of my slice was still burnt. having examined the cross section of the pizza, it became evident that this was not fresh, and was reheated after sitting for some time. Ms. Ellie's also did this, but having a thin crust was advantageous to this. the thick, supposedly fluffy crust at the end of the pizza now resembled a dry and tough web of dough. Not the most appetizing observation. despite this, the cheese and toppings were flavorful. it certainly wasn't a $4 slice of pizza, but mediocre isn't terrible. Then I was served my sandwich, the wrong sandwich. Despite ordering a chicken parm, I was given a buffalo chicken sandwich and was rather confused. I took note of the chicken particularly, it was soggy and flavorless. as if it were a frozen patty that was slapped in the microwave. This would, of course, be the case when I was served the correct sandwich. The cheese itself was very sloppily thrown onto the chicken, and was now half melted, not on the sandwich. the chicken was also still soggy, evidently the entire sandwich was microwaved. For a $10, I was utterly dumbfounded at the lack of quality in my food. Needless to say, I left without finishing. This was quite possibly some of the worst and most overpriced Italian cuisine I've ever had the displeasure of paying for. I am baffled as to how this restaurant somehow was voted the best pizza in San Antonio, when even domino's puts it to shame in terms of both price and freshness. Julian's is right down the street, I'd suggest anyone go there before wasting your money here.
OVERALL: [F+]