Some Guys Pizza

Address: 6235 Allisonville Rd
Web Address: http://www.someguyspizza.com/
Date: 7-25-07
Where: In Restaurant
Type of pizza: Woodoven

Some Guys Pizza is an icon in Indianapolis. They regularly receive favorable reviews. In a Nuvo reader's poll, they were ranked second best pizza in Indianapolis. I guess their pizza selling point is their woodoven pizza.

DAVE SAYS:
Straight away this place loses huge points for atmosphere. Though I've never seen Sex In The City, this is what I imagine the bars looking like. Strike One. The cashier looks like a guy that's too old for a nightclub, but goes anyway. Strike Two. They sell shirts, but no employee has any discernable uniform. Strike Three. I'm here for the pizza though; not the atmosphere. It still has a chance to redeem itself. So what about the pizza?

Oh, Fortuna! Such is the downward spin you have placed on me that you shall undoubtedly ruin me! An assault on my senses such as this should certainly close my valve permanantly!

In all seriousness, this pizza is nothing spectacular. Since wood oven pizzas are only available in 10-inch, it's too small. It doesn't look good. The sauce is okay. The cheese is okay. The fresh basil leaves are flavorless and distract from the visual presentation. The inner crust is not cooked enough (a fault with wood oven pizzas in general). The outer crust is good, but nothing great. The only thing this pizza has going for it is the pepperoni which is thick, spicy and flavorful.

Had I never heard of this place, I would have thought it was a barely mediocre pizza. Since I was expecting a really good pizza from all of the critical acclaims and reviews pasted around the entrance, I was let down. Never has a pizza let me down like the pizza from Some Guys. The more I think about it, the more I get angry that this place gets lauded with praise that it does not deserve. This isn't necessarily bad pizza, it just isn't special.

It's frustrating because I can't imagine someone honestly recommending this pizza. They have plenty of exotic toppings, which might be the bomb diggity to use the parlance of our times, but they can't manage a decent pepperoni. How Some Guys Pizza became an icon of Indianapolis pizza is beyond me.

Also, the very first piece I get has not most, but all, of the toppings slide off before I can pick it up. AARRGGHH! Shall this downward spin never end?

My final score is 5 out of 10.

MATT SAYS:

Oh man, was I excited about this place! I had not heard anything firsthand about this place but had encountered several overwhelmingly positive reviews online and in local free newspapers (NUVO). I knew that this place would be worth the drive. We arrived and went inside prepared for some, how-you-say PETE-SAH! Ok, we didn'tactually say that. The place had a kind of douchebaggy feel right from the get go. It was nothing that I couldn't handle, but I knew that Dave would hate it instantly. I did notice a large amount of framed awards all over the walls which were covered with modern art pizza-themed paintings. We were seated about 5 feet from local hero Rupert Boneham of Survivor who was doing some sort of televised interview. I heard him raving about the pizza and my expectations grew. Dave and I opted for the house specialty, the 10-inch wood fired pie (pepperoni).

The pizza came and somehow seemed even smaller than 10 inches. The pizza looked generally unappealling at first glance. But there is more to pizza than meets the eye. After eating a whole slice I knew that this pizza was largely overrated. The crust was pretty boring. Even though the bottom of the crust had that blackened, wood-fired look, the taste didn't reflect it. The pizza had multiple kinds of cheeses. Mozzarella, obviously, and ricotta was spooned on top. The ricotta really killed this pizza for me. I felt like I was eating bites of lasagna without swallowing and then taking bites of pizza. I just didn't work. The pizza was also covered with basil leaves which made the pizza look pretentious and ugly. Anyone who knows me knows that I hate "gourmet pizza." However the pizza did have one excellent quality. The pepperoni was fantastic. Alsthough the slices were small they were very thick. They were hand-cut slices and had a ton of flavor and spice (which I love).

I honestly feel that this places extreme amount of hype hurt it's appeal. Had I not gone in expecting greateness I may have only thought it kind of sucked. But taking the hype into consideration I will say that this place is a waste of time and money.

My final score is 3 out of 10.