Gramboli's | August 17, 2012

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Blog Intro

My family and I have pizza at least once a week, and most Fridays. Our favorite, local, go-to joint is Puccini's Smiling Teeth. I love the fact that their name is odd and strange and their walls are adorned with cool posters done by a local artist. The first Puccini's opened in Indy in 1991. They now have 14 locations in Indiana and Kentucky.

I wanted to create this blog to 1) do something different with my kids, and 2) try some different pizza places around the Circle City. So, while Puccini's is still at the top of our list (for the time being), I'd like to introduce the first installment of Slices of Indy.

Of course, the big kids (Wesley & Sophia) wanted to hang out with friends on Friday night, so our party of four was down to a party of two (Ben and dad).

Gramboli's

When I was a kid, I used to ride my bike up to Shadeland Station, play a few games of Q*bert at Marsh, and then grab some pizza and root beer at Gramboli's Pizza. Honestly, I remember the pizza being really greasy, but really good.

Today, according to The Google, there are only two Gramboli's left in town (not sure how many were around during its heyday)—one at 38th and Mitthoeffer and the other on Pendleton Pike in Lawrence (which is where we went).

Atmosphere

Not the fanciest of places, but that's pretty much par for the course for a pizza place located in a strip mall. Lots of families and kids coming in and out on a Friday night, which is always a good sign.

Service

Our waitress was nice and attentive. No complaints here.

Pizza

We ordered the deep dish (following a tip on Foursquare), half cheese, half pepperoni. And it was okay. Overall flavor was decent, but the crust wasn't anything to write home (or to write on blogger) about.

Verbatims from Benjamin:

"This is really good. Thank you for taking me here."

"The root beer is really good."

"Cheesy and very thick crust."

Rating (out of 8 possible slices, with 4 being average)

Well, since this is our first review, and since the place was nice and the food was decent, I'd have to give it 4 out of 8 slices. For comparison's sake, I would give (our favorite) Puccini's a 7 out of 8.