The Facts:
Pizza: Capone’s Pizza Bar
Business Category: Regional Chain (2 locations, both near
Branford, CT)
Website: http://www.caponespizzabar.com/
Location: 2400 Foxon Road in North Branford, CT
Date of Review Visit: August 2, 2019
What I Ordered: small (12”) pizza with sausage and
pepperoni; Coke to drink
Price: $13.83 (includes tax and drink but not tip)
The Micro:
Crust: Capone’s calls their pizza New Haven-style pizza,
which apparently means a thin crispy crust with skimpy toppings. The style and texture of the crust are fine,
but my pizza was overbaked with a hard, blackened crust. This crust is a good idea that needs better
execution. Score: 7/10.
Sauce: The sauce does not appear in a lot of quantity, but it
has a nice tomatoey taste. Score: 7/10.
Cheese: Capone’s uses a tasty cheese blend that includes
some yellow cheese: the orange you see on the pizza in the picture below is
cheese, not grease. The cheese appears
in good quantity too, and it is the strength of this pizza. Score: 10/10.
Toppings: The toppings are applied rather sparsely, and both
the sausage and the pepperoni have a hint of spiciness. The toppings that exist do the job as best
they can, but the pizza could use more of them.
Score: 6/10.
The Macro:
Appearance/Atmosphere/Service: The pizza’s appearance is odd
due to the orange cheese. The dining
area has a nice casual dining atmosphere with Al Capone-style decorations and big
TV’s tuned to sports shows. They also
have a bar side to the dining room that the Baptist I am did not utilize. The waitress did not pay me a lot of
attention even though I was the only customer in the dining side of the
restaurant. Score: 7/10.
Value: The quality is pretty high, and the price is not
crazy given that you are in Connecticut.
Also, this is a 12” pizza, not an 8” or 10” pizza most places call a
small. Overall, the value is pretty high. Score: 8/10.
Taste: This pizza could be fantastic, but the lack of
toppings and the burnt crust really keep this score down. Score: 15/20.
The Final Judgment:
I like Capone’s, but it could be so much better. Score: 60/80.
