The Facts:
Pizza: Minuteman Pizza
Business Category: Regional Chain (3 locations, all near Columbus ,
OH
Website: http://www.minutemanpizza.com/
Location: 2723 Tussing Road
in Reynoldsburg , OH
Date of Review Visit: July 27, 2016
What I Ordered: medium (12”) 2-Pepp Parmesan pizza (i.e.
double pepperoni and extra parmesan cheese)
Price: $12.99 (includes tax)
The Micro:
Crust: Minuteman Pizza offers two crust options: hand-tossed
and thin. I chose the thicker hand-tossed
option. The hand-tossed crust has a fresh
bready taste and an excellent chewy texture.
My pizza was baked just the right amount, and the crust had just the
right thickness. What more could you
want? Score: 10/10.
Sauce: This sauce has a nice tomatoey taste with a little
spice, and it appears in good quantity. I
found a couple of chunks of onion in the sauce.
I don’t like finding chunks of anything in my sauce, and I don’t like
onions period. Score: 9/10.
Cheese: I was expecting a tasty cheese blend with the extra parmesan
cheese, but I could not even taste the parmesan. This cheese blend turned out to be very
pedestrian, and the pizza was slightly undercheesed to boot. This area is definitely the weakness of this
pizza. Score: 4/10.
Toppings: As the name suggests, this pizza features 2 types
of pepperoni, one smaller and slightly spicier than the other. Taken together the pepperoni has just the right
amount of spiciness. The topping quantity
is about average for a double pepperoni pizza.
Score: 9/10.
The Macro:
Appearance/Atmosphere/Service: I love the minuteman drawing on
the box, and the pepperoni was placed nicely for a somewhat symmetric appearance. The restaurant’s dining area used to be nice,
but now it is very small and ordinary. The
service was fine. Score: 8/10.
Value: The price is a little higher than usual, but this is
a 12” double pepperoni pizza. Overall,
the value is not bad but not great either.
Score: 6/10.
Taste: Everything comes together pretty well, as this pizza
produces a nice combination of tomatoey and spicy tastes. Score: 17/20.
The Final Judgment:
Minuteman Pizza makes a nice pizza at a reasonable
price. If I come back to Columbus ,
I will be ready to order here again at a minute’s notice. Score: 63/80.
