This
weekend my Aunt and I tried Athen’s Pizza. It is quite close to Emory. Going
from Emory, head up North Decatur, make a right onto Clairmont and it should be
the first right at 1341 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033. When you hear the name Athens you
usually think Greek and that does not necessarily correlate to great pizza. At
least when I think of Greek food I think of gyros, olives, feta cheese, and
pita bread. Those may be only small aspects of Greek cuisine, but I never would
think that Greeks would make good pizza.
I was definitely unsure of what to expect, but I was really hungry and
was looking forward to something tasty. My aunt and I both started off with a Greek
salad. Lots of lettuce, olives, feta, olive oil, and tomato slices are what we
got. The salad was rather good and refreshing, but it just was not satisfying
enough. It really was only a precursor to what we were waiting for, PIZZA! As I
said in my previous blog post, a good pizza has to satisfy three critical
criteria. The crust has to be excellent, the sauce has to be delicious, and the
cheese has to be delectable. Athens Pizza only offers whole pizzas rather than
individual slices. They come in 6”, 10”, 12”, and 16”varieties. I got a 10”
pizza. When the pizza arrived I was greeted by the aroma fresh dough, tomato
sauce, and melted cheese. I wanted the pizza to taste good, I really did, but
it just wasn’t. The bread was way too doughy and the cheese was too stringy and
gooey. The rim of the pizza was way too thick. Each slice had too little cheese
and sauce and way too much bread. It seemed as though the pizza was undercooked.
I feel as though if they left the pizza in the oven for about 10-15 minutes
longer the crust would have acquired some sort of crispiness. As it was the
crust was just too chewy. It had too much of the doughy taste and not enough of
the cheese and sauce. The cheese was too mushy and chewy. Every bite was met
with endless chewing and some taste. Before serving the pizza, the servers
should have let it cool a bit so the cheese would not be falling off as I was
eating slice. The overall pizza was not very good, but compared to the cheese
and crust, the sauce was tasty and flavorful. It was sweet, but not too sweet
and at the same time somewhat bitter. Athens pizza had a good experience with a
good homey and traditional feel, but it did not have stellar pizza. I would
recommend going there because it is a really well kept restaurant with a good
feel. Get classic Greek food because that is what would be good at.
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