Angellino's (A+)

This pizza was purchased for me by my friend Rohini.  We used to share an office, but then she moved off to New York City and I don't see her very much anymore.  When she comes back to visit, she buys me food out of guilt...and because I invite her to stay at my place.  I don't know that is usually worth offering food for, but it really is a nice futon.

The Location
Angellino's is an italian restaurant that is right near my apartment.  It's a classy joint for small-town Italian.  They have a few locations, scattered across Connecticut.  Angellino's seems to believe that The Olive Garden is its main competition and sets out to do what Olive Garden does, only better.  I will say that, while this goal doesn't seem particularly ambitious, Angellino's really succeeds.  It's not fine dining, but it beats the pants off of most box restaurants or family restaurants.

The Pizza
Oh boy am I excited to tell you all about this one.  This was a thick crust buffalo chicken pizza.  Buffalo sauce was used as the base and bleu cheese was mixed into the mozzarella.  Speaking of the mozzarella, it was magical.  It was stretchy and stringy and gooey, like you see on tv commercials.  Except, it wasn't a commercial, it was real life.  That never happens in real life but somehow Angellino's made it come true.

The pizza included red onions and chicken that...well...

The Chicken
Here's what really impressed me about this pizza.  They used the chicken parmesan chicken.  It was white meat, pounded flat, breaded and fried.  They took the flattened cutlet, sliced it into chunks--dipped them in buffalo sauce--and then scattered them on the top of the pizza.  As a result, the chicken was flavorful, crunchy and meaty all at the same time.  Hands down, the best chicken.

The Sauce and the Taste
Again, delicious.  The buffalo sauce they used was mild, so it had a hint of heat but a whole boat load of flavor.  The combination of the buffalo, the red onion and the bleu cheese was fantastic.

Overall
I am trying to think of something bad to say about this pizza and I cannot come up with anything.  It was satisfying, tasty and smacked of quality.  I have no idea if it actually was quality.  The chicken parm meat may have come out of a freezer bag.  I don't care.  It FELT like quality and it tasted amazing.  A+.