- Food Quality: 8/10
- Food Quantity: 8/10
- Cleanliness: 7/10
- Atmosphere: 7/10
- Service: 8/10
- Price: $5 – $10
The pizza is just the right amount of cheesy and greasy for my taste. Friendly service, and a clean restaurant.
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- Food Quality: 8/10
- Food Quantity: 8/10
- Cleanliness: 7/10
- Atmosphere: 7/10
- Service: 8/10
- Price: $6-$10
I’ve been to Josie’s Pizza and Wings dozens of times. The pizza is always great. While I always get the 2 slice lunch special, I would only imagine a fresh pie to be even better. I’ve had their wings a couple times, and while not bad, they’re nothing special either. The wings could use more sauce, and could stand to be a bit larger for the price. The service is great, and it’s never hard to find an open table.
- Food Quality: 4/10
- Food Quantity: 4/10
- Cleanliness: 5/10
- Atmosphere: 5/10
- Service: 5/10
- Price: $6-$10
With so many pizza places to choose from in the Orlando area, it’s a wonder places like this stay open. The pizza and toppings were bland. My friend and I finished a large pizza with 2 toppings with little effort. The meal cost about $10 each with drinks. At most other pizza places, we would have gone home with leftovers. The experience is very inconsistent with the pricing. You order at the counter, get your own drinks, grab paper plates and napkins from a common area, and I assume you bus the tables yourself too since no one else had. Skip Red Brick Pizza, and eat at any of the many good pizza places in town.
- Food Quality: 7/10
- Food Quantity: 7/10
- Cleanliness: 7/10
- Atmosphere: 6/10
- Service: 7/10
- Price: $5-$10
The pizza at Mama Mia’s has a different flavor than a lot of other shops in the area. I had the 2 slice lunch special, and the slices were fresh out of the oven. It’s pretty good pizza, and reasonably priced. It’s not the best pizza in town, but I would definitely grab a couple slices if I were hungry and passing by. There’s not much room if you plan on dining in, a few bar stools against the front window and a table or two. If you do want to dine in, I wouldn’t bring a party bigger than 4 people.
I was recently contacted to be a judge at the first annual Pizza Wars at the Jewish Community Center in Maitland. The event was a lot of fun, and there was a great turnout by the participants as well as the crowd. For $10 adult tickets, $5 for children, or $25 for a family of four, guests were able to dine on pizza all evening from 5 local vendors. Proceeds went to benefit the children’s scholarship fund, particularly to send kids to camp. In all, they were able to raise over $2000 for the evening.
The 5 participating restaurants were Pizzeria Valdiano, Anthony’s Pizza of Altamonte Springs, Mellow Mushroom, NYPD Pizzeria, and Carlucci’s Pizza Restaurant of Winter Park. Everyone offered a variety of pizzas, and some very unique ones for the crowd to sample. Pizzeria Valdiano offered a pizza, with feta, salmon and capers, which wasn’t for my taste but definitely something the crowd enjoyed. One that I really enjoyed was Carlucci’s onion ring pizza with ketchup instead of tomato sauce. While I don’t see myself ordering it often, it was unique and fun to try, as was their peanut butter and jelly pizza (which I assume was a dessert pizza).
There were several awards given out for the evening. Pizzeria Valdiano picked up the first award for most creative pizzas, which I would attribute to their salmon and capers pizza. Anthony’s Pizza won the Kid’s Choice, which may not be the most prestigious award, but I really enjoyed their pizza as well. Pizzeria Valdiano picked up another award with the People’s Choice, and both Pizzeria Valdiano and Carlucci’s Pizza shared top honors with judges choice.
There were also games and activities, including a hula hoop contest, and some group dances. While Pizzeria Valdiano is far from my favorite pizzeria, I have to give them credit for their participation. If there were an award for most fun or most entertaining, it would go to those guys. They really had a good time with the activities, and made me rethink my opinion of them.
I’d like to thank Julie Varkonyi and Crystal of the Jewish Community Center in Maitland for inviting me to judge the contest. It was a great time, and I hope they continue the tradition next year. I’d also like to thank Donna Wilhelm, publisher of Life in Altamonte Springs City Magazine, and Jason Freed. While we didn’t always agree on pizza, we still had a great experience.