The Facts:
Pizza: Michelli's Pizzeria
Business Category: Single Store
Website: http://www.michellispizza.com/
Location: 145 Palm Bay Road NE in West Melbourne, FL (beside Publix)
Date of Review Visit: January 7, 2021
What I Ordered: small (10") pizza with sausage and pepperoni, 2 16.9 ounce Dr. Pepper's to drink
Price: $15.27 (includes drinks and tax)
The Micro:
Crust: Michelli's Pizzeria makes thin crust New York style pizza. The crust is nice and crispy on the outside but a little soggy and droopy underneath. While not terrible, I have had plenty of better crusts than this one. Score: 6/10.
Sauce: The sauce appears in decent quantity and has a nice tomatoey taste. What's not to like? Score: 10/10.
Cheese: This pizza does not have a lot of cheese, but it does produce a decent amount of grease. Therefore, this cheese is not the best. Score: 5/10.
Toppings: The sausage is excellent: it comes in nice big slices with just a little spiciness. The pepperoni is more mundane. Both toppings appear in high quantity. Score: 9/10.
The Macro:
Appearance/Atmosphere/Service: As usual for a thin crust pizza, the toppings dominate this pizza's appearance. The dining room was closed due to Covid-19 on my visit, but it looked like nothing more than a couple of tables with chairs. The service was OK but not particularly helpful at decoding the somewhat complicated menu. Score: 6/10.
Value: This pizza has fairly high quality, but the price is high, even when you factor in the two drinks. Therefore, the value is below average. Score: 3/10.
Taste: The sauce and toppings work together very well, and the crust and cheese do not get in the way too much. I like the overall taste of this pizza. Score: 16/20.
The Final Judgment:
I was amazed by how many New York-style pizzas there are on Florida's east coast these days. Michelli's is not the worst of the lot, but I like nearby N.Y. Pizza Spot more. Score: 55/80.