Sacco pizza was our last pizza quest front-runner when we ordered a large cheese pizza and gaucho pie from them a little while back. Consistency has been a problem with all of our front-runners so we had to get another pizza from them to test it out. This time we also wanted to try the meatball parmesan hero, since we weren’t thrilled with the gaucho pie.
Slightly disheveled cheese pie
The pizza came quickly and was still hot, though it was slightly disheveled (but not as badly as the pizza from Fat Sal’s). However, I noticed right away that the crust was much thinner than last time. Josh likes the thinner crust but I thought it was too thin, almost cracker-like on the outer rim. Even worse, it was so thin in the interior that the cheese and sauce totally overwhelmed the crust, rendering it floppy and super soggy.
Floppy, soggy slice
Even though the crust looked nice and brown on the bottom, it basically became a pile of mush as the sauce and grease from the cheese soaked through it completely.
Underside shot
The meatball parmesan hero was just ok. I think they used the same ground beef mixture as in the gaucho pie, and just rolled it into a meatball shape. As a result, there were too many ingredients in the mixture and it tasted more like meatloaf than a meatball, plus it was a bit too greasy. But the bread was pretty decent and nicely toasted so that it was crispy. I also liked the cheesy covering on top.
Meatball parmesan hero
I really don’t understand why it’s so hard to find a place that delivers consistently good pizza! NYC should be teeming with great places, no? Maybe we’ve set our standards a wee bit too high, but at least we have a lot of options to choose from. So again, our pizza quest continues. If anyone has any suggestions, we’d be glad to try them out!
Sacco Pizza
819 9th Ave. at 54th St.
New York, NY
Tags: Delivery, Midtown West, Pizza, Sandwiches