Comments on: Arris’ Pizza

By: KimHo

KimHo — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:25:54 +0000

Ashley, welcome! In my case, the places I have lived and currently live do not serve it that way. So, in a way, I was caught off guard! ^_^;

By: ashley

ashley — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:53:38 +0000

I live in Jefferson City, MO and I was looking for a picture of Arris’ when I found this article. I thought it was interesting that you had never had pizza in squares. There are several places around here that cut their pizza like that. And about how some of the items are made, the family is actually from Greece (they close for a week or two every summer and go back to visit) and they cook their food the same way they do back home. I hope you enjoyed your stay here though

By: KimHo

KimHo — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:21:04 +0000

Vox, thanks for your insightful comments! I have a good idea of what you went through. Once, I took my parents to a Lebanese restaurant (as per my sister’s suggestion – the restaurant, not the take-the-for-dinner part) and I regretted it as well. They kept making faces during the whole dinner, which meant they did not really like it. However, since I took the trouble of flying down there (they don’t live in Vancouver), they did not have the heart to tell me…

By: Vox

Vox — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:51:16 +0000

Having lived 1/2 my life in the southern US and 1/2 in New York city before coming to Vancouver, I can say that most restaurants in the south serve an option of sweet or unsweet tea. (I almost never saw pre-sweetened tea offered in NY or any other northeastern city).

And it seems 99% of folks in the south like sweet tea (and I mean tooth-ache levels of sweet – I’m pretty sure there’s a tie here to the toothless redneck stereotype). So for diabetics and others off sugar, the assumption seems to be that a person would order unsweet tea, then add buckets of faux-sweetner to achieve the “normal” result. So maybe to save the waitstaff the “obvious” chore of having to fetch sweetners with each drink, they just leave it on the table. I guess this may apply to Missouri as well.

I once took my Georgia-raised father to a high-end Japanese restaurant in Midtown NYC, where he asked our very confused waiter for sweet-n-low to put in his green tea. I’m pretty sure the poor guy had to dig it out of another staff member’s purse, while the rest of our group hung our heads from the shame. When my dad started eating his “safe” dish of chicken teriyaki with a knife and fork (also specially requested), we decided no more Japanese for him. Now I know why the Applebee’s in Times Square is always busy with tourists, despite NYC have some of the best and most eclectic local dining in the world…

By: monchichi

monchichi — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:07:32 +0000

I wasn’t going to have pizza for dinner, but now you’ve made me want pizza.

By: KimHo

KimHo — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:39:55 +0000

Raidar, you brought up a good point: this place is Greek, not Italian. However, I have had pizzas made in Greek restaurants somewhere else and they were similar to the Italian ones (crust type and usage of tomato sauce). If you can tell me the difference (regarding the salads), let me know!

By: raidar

raidar — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:14:09 +0000

There are a few places around Edmonton that cut up their pizza in squares, but it always surprises when I open the box. From the picture it looks almost like the cheese was melted from slices, rather than shredded, as it covers almost everything equally. They are definitely liberal with the cheese.

I was at greek restaurant last year and they offered two greek salads; one with lettuce and one without. Both had different names but unfortunately I can’t remember why there was a difference. Damn, now I’m getting hungry – you and your amazing photos.

By: KimHo

KimHo — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:16:58 +0000

Pearl, I won’t say it wasn’t too fantastic, rather it was the fact it caught me off guard compared to what I am used to. But, now that I know better, I would certainly look at this from a different perspective. I stayed 4 nights in MO. Yes, that means a couple of more posts!

By: Pearl

Pearl — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:05:40 +0000

I’ve never had a pizza that was cut into square wedges, either. I’ve only seen it on blogs!
Hm… so I guess the pizza wasn’t too fantastic for you? how long will you be staying in MO?