Apollo (B-)

Last night I had the pleasure of dining with my Connecticut foodie partner, Katie.  She's been busy with a full time job and a boyfriend, so it's been a while since we got our Culinary on.  I told her about my blog so she did a little research and found Apollo's Pizza in South Windham. 

The Location
This place is on route 32, between Willimantic and Norwich, tucked away in a quaint little strip.  The decor was greek themed and cute but the place smacked of 'townie bar.'  I like it a lot.  It was quiet on a Monday night.  More importantly, Apollo is a hotbed of chicken pizza activity.  They have no less than FOUR chicken pizzas.  They have the usual barbecue and buffalo but also have a chicken and broccoli pizza.  Not only that, but their namesake pizza, The Apollo, is itself a chicken pizza.  Needless to say, I will be returning to review these other pizzas, soon.

The Pizza
When my pizza arrived at the table, I found it to be very straightforward.  Circular pie, medium thickness crust, bbq sauce as the base, chicken chunks and cheese.  The crust and cheese were neither good, nor bad.

The Chicken

BBQ Chicken and The Texan...brothers in arms.

They used leftover chunks of white meat.  Again, neither good nor bad.  The chicken was probably generic leftovers, but was not chewy and was doused in an appropriate amount of sauce.

The Sauce and the Taste

The barbecue sauce that they used was generic, but very tasty.  If I had to guess, I would say that they used Sweet Baby Ray's (or the industry equivalent).  The taste was really what was lacking, in this pizza.  There was nothing salty to offset the sweetness of the sauce and the blandness of the cheese/crust.  It could have used some bleu cheese or onions or bacon or something to give it a little pizzazz.

Overall

There was nothing wrong with this pizza.  If anything, I would say that it is the quintessential BBQ chicken pizza.  But, really, there was nothing about it that stood out, either.  I give it a B-.

NOTE
We also got a pizza called The Texan, a new one at Apollo.  It had a ranch dressing base, french fries and bacon on top.  It was salty and delicious.  I would give that pizza a B+.  I recommend going and checking out this place.