Goomba's Pizzeria

This is a classic New York style pizza joint.  Goomba’s is really casual with old gangster movie memorabilia décor, and Frank Sinatra playing in the background.  There are no server’s, you just walk up and order your food.  They are fast in getting the order to you.  The lunch specials are priced great.  For $4.95 you can choose between either two slices of pizza and a drink, or you can get one slice of pizza, a salad, and a drink.  For just .75 more you can get an additional topping on your pizza.  The slices are thin and HUGE!!!  You really have to fold it in half to eat it comfortably.  Their menu also includes submarine sandwiches made from Sicilian bread, and pasta’s.  I haven’t tried either yet, but I saw some other’s getting the alfredo pasta, and it smelled delicious. 

            On this particular day I got a salad with balsamic dressing with focaccia.  Joseph and I are kind of mixed up on this because on the dressing menu it says “Balsamic with focaccia”.  So I thought that the dressing had the same spices that are put on top of focaccia bread mixed within.  However, Joseph said it was supposed to come with a piece of focaccia bread, which I didn’t get if that is the case.  The salad was fresh, crisp.  Firm tomatoes and the dressing tasted like it was made in house.  On the pizza, I felt like the dough was a little underdone.  It was very light and thin, it wasn’t bad, but it would have been easier to eat, and had that lightly toasted look and taste if it had been left in the oven maybe just five to ten minutes longer.  I had an Italian sausage and mushroom pizza.  I wasn't crazy about the sausage, it was the slices that looked like pepperoni slices, but are brown.  I prefer the sausage chunks, but in the end, it’s just a matter of preference.  The mushrooms were really good, tasted like they were sautéed beforehand.  I have had just the pepperoni here, and I still think that one is the best.  It’s that greasy, pepperoni that drips off your pizza, and they don’t sauce the pizza heavily either, again, another preference of mine.  So, here is the question….would I go back?  For classic New York style pizza I would definitely return to this place!