The Facts:
Pizza: Empire Pizza
Business Category: Single Store
Website: https://www.empirepizzanc.com/
Location: 521 Yopp Road in Jacksonville, NC (beside Walmart
on the west side of town)
Date of Review Visit: March 11, 2020
What I Ordered: 2 slices of pepperoni and sausage pizza;
fountain drink
Price: $8.56 (includes drink and tax)
The Micro:
Crust: Empire Pizza offers reheated pizza by the slice as
you would normally find at lunch spots in big cities. The pizza features a New York-style crust, which
is flimsy on the bottom and hard and chunky around the outside. The crust is never the strength of reheated
pizza, and it is not the strength of this pizza either. Score: 5/10.
Sauce: As is typical for New York style pizzas, this pizza
has very little sauce. The sauce that
does exist has a pleasant tomatoey taste.
Score: 6/10.
Cheese: This pizza has a thin smear of cheese, and therefore
it is somewhat undercheesed. The cheese
has very little flavor. At least it has
very little grease. Score: 4/10.
Toppings: The sausage comes in nice chunks and offers an
interesting mix of sweet and spicy taste.
The pepperoni is uninspiring.
Both toppings appear in high quantity.
Score: 7/10.
The Macro:
Appearance/Atmosphere/Service: The pizza’s appearance is
typical reheated New York style pizza. The
dining area offers a nice casual dining atmosphere with some TV’s for
entertainment. The service is counter
service, and it was fine on my visit.
Score: 8/10.
Value: Pizza by the slice typically offers good value, and Empire
Pizza is no exception. For an
inexpensive meal, the quality is respectable.
Score: 10/10.
Taste: Nothing really inspires the taste palette except the sausage,
which saves what could have been a disaster.
Score: 13/20.
The Final Judgment:
Empire Pizza is good if you want a quick bite, maybe for
lunch, but there are better pizzas out there.
Score: 53/80.
