Jammer Joe’s Grill and Pizzeria (Xanterra Travel Collection)

Basic Information:

Pizza: Jammer Joe’s Grill and Pizzeria

Number of Locations: 1; Operated by Xanterra Travel Collection

Location: Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park

Website: https://www.glaciernationalparklodges.com/dining/lake-mcdonald-lodge/jammer-joes-grill-pizzeria/

Date of Review Visit: August 2018

What I Ordered: personal (10”) pizza with pepperoni and sausage; Coke to drink

Price: $13.66 (includes drink and tax but not tip)

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Summary Review: 1 star (out of 5)

Detailed Review:

Crust: The crust at Jammer Joe’s is hard to classify, but I would classify it as a butter crust.  Nevertheless, it has only a slight butter taste.  The crust has medium thickness, but it is very hard, so hard I had a difficult time cutting it with a knife.  Score: 4/10.

Sauce: This pizza does not have much sauce, and what sauce there is mixes with grease to form an orange ooze.  Score: 2/10.

Cheese: The cheese produces a lot of grease, and it appears in only average quantity.  Even sprinkling on some parmesan cheese helps the flavor only a little.  Score: 4/10.

Toppings: Neither topping has much flavor, but both toppings appear in good quantity.   Score: 5/10.

Overall Taste: I remember eating some frozen butter crust pizza a few years ago that tasted suspiciously like this pizza.  I can’t remember the brand of the frozen pizza, but the “frozen” in that statement is what you really need to know about the taste.  Score: 4/10.

Pizza Appearance: As usual with a butter crust pizza, this pizza has a crust-dominated appearance.  The slices are evenly cut.

Dining Atmosphere: The dining room needed some air conditioning on the hot summer afternoon that I came here, but otherwise it was pleasant.

Customer Service: The service was prompt and friendly.

Monetary Value: I was expecting the high national parks price, but I was hoping for the high national parks quality that never materialized.

The Final Judgment:

The national parks may be America’s best idea (although I tend to think of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as America’s best ideas even if they are not exclusively American), but this pizza does not do our national parks a favor.  Maybe we could improve it by borrowing some ideas from Italy.  Score: 51/100.