Western Pizza Express – Review
- Posted by Pizza Locust on January 25th, 2006 filed in Arizona, Phoenix, Pizza, Reviews
- 4 Comments »
Western Pizza (or perhaps Western Pizza Express is a Canadian chain with one location in Phoenix.
Looking at their website, they operate two types of locations: take out and delivery only (Western Pizza Express) and facilities that include dine-in also (Western Pizza). If that’s the case, the Phoenix location is a Western Pizza, although their menu says, “Express”. Your guess is as good as mine.
This pizza has more of a bready crust, but it wasn’t bad, and was properly cooked throughout – a welcome change after the last few pizzas I’ve had at other places.
The pizza was loaded with good-tasting pepperoni, a full layer under the cheese and then small slices on top of the cheese.
The cheese was good too.
All-in-all it was a good, serviceable pizza, my only complaint was their “…’family secret’ recipe for our incredible tomato sauce…” as they put it.
There was another person eating pizza with me, and without consulting each other we came to exact same conclusion: It’s barbecue sauce, not pizza sauce.
If you like a really sweet pizza, this might be for you, but it was a bit too much for me. Although, to my surprise, it wasn’t as awful as it sounds.
It was a nice place and I might eat there again, although I’d be inclined to try something else on their menu. They have a variety of subs, salads, wings, appetizers and desserts.
Conclusion: Not for everyone, but worth a try, maybe, I suppose, or not.
Price: 8″ Pepperoni, $7.50
Price per square inch: $0.15 (0.149)
Western Pizza
Western Pizza Express
4801 E. Indian School Road
Phoenix, AZ
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January 28th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Looks pretty darn good to me. Great site.
February 11th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
I’ve tried it and just can’t get enough!!
It’s awesome, check it out
June 5th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
The sauce isn’t BBQ sauce, it’s a blend of herbs/spices, tomatoe paste, etc.
June 6th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I guess there are two ways to get pedantic on this one.
One could argue that, not matter what it is, if it is served on a pizza, it is by definition “pizza sauce.” I’m not really comfortable with that definition.
On the other hand, if anything that is a blend of “…herbs/spices, tomatoe paste, etc…” is pizza sauce, what does that make ketchup, BBQ sauce and Mexican hot sauce? All of which fit that same exact description.
No, this bore far more resemblance to a sweet BBQ sauce than it did pizza sauce, and I would challenge most anyone to sit down a try a spoonful of that sauce in a blind taste test, and I think more often then not, the guess would be BBQ rather than pizza or pasta sauce. It was really the smoky flavor that cinched the impression it was BBQ sauce.
That said, who knows? Perhaps they double-dumped the sugar in the sauce that morning and normally go for a smoky sauce, but they’re long-gone from Phoenix, so a second visit isn’t in the cards.
They were replaced first by a place called Red Tomatoes, which I never managed to get to and now seemingly replaced again – but there’s no sign on the street front (yet) indicating the name or even type of cuisine that the newest restaurant serves.