Where am I?

Where am I?
The view from here

Doorway

Doorway
Where is it? Is it in your neighborhood?

Gino

Gino
Corner of Haight and Octavia

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Barbecue Chicken Pizza

Today I stopped in at this pizza place on Haight between Ashbury and Clayton called Big Slice Pizza. Honestly, I didn't think much about my decision on account of the fact that I was running ridiculously late (as usual) to work. So, I guess it was more of a running into this pizza place as an act of pure, desperate hunger to get some good food fast and get on the road.

The restaurant is nothing special to look at. It's not nicely decorated, or even really decorated at all. Rather, it looks like the owner(s) just painted it threw in a register and some seating and BOOM: Big Slice.

That's not a bad thing, though; I really like the low-maintenance look because it either means the food is very cheap and very bad or very cheap and very good.

Judging by the six people in line in front of me, I decided on the latter.

The line at the register went very slowly, but it was cool to watch all the pizza filter in and out. Three pizza racks sat on the computer slightly overlapping each other. When I finally got there, my options were: cheese, something with jalapenos and sausage, and barbecue chicken.

My mouth started watering the second I saw the barbecue chicken pizza. It looked incredible, all cheesy with the grilled chicken nestled into the cheese like it was wrapped in a blanket, green onions and bacon chunks sprinkled all around, and a barbecue drizzle on top.

I was totally lusting after that pizza, watching those three remaining slices harder than I'd ever wanted anything before.

The place went through a whole fresh pepperoni and a half a pesto pizza by the time I got there, but I got a huge, hot slice of barbecue chicken (and it was just as delicious as I'd dreamed it would be in those five minutes I stood in line).

Plus, it was in my price range (very cheap) and very filling. The whole restaurant was packed, but I managed to find a little corner to myself to eat quickly.

I don't know anything about this place, and I didn't have any time to ask, only enough time to devour the slice and hurry to my car to get to work, which is why I think it sticks with me hours later.

When did Big Slice move in to Haight Street? How many kinds of pizza do they really make? How many pizzas a day? Why is there no decor? Is it a branch from a company, or independent? Any secret ingredients? Any specialties?

Maybe why the pizza is so freaking delicious?

It's possible at this point that the memory is greater than the pizza itself... that there's no way it can ever live up to the pizza I believe in to be in my mind's taste bud.

But I don't think so. I can't wait to have another slice of heaven and learn a lot more about Big Slice Pizza.

2 comments:

  1. Maybe I should have made your beat Big Slice Pizza!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hey Cassie! I got a lede for you, http://politifi.com/news/Old-Coca-Cola-sign-causes-flap-in-San-Francisco-1676944.html. Maybe you can write about the coca cola sign for one of your stories :-)

    ReplyDelete

San Francisco

San Francisco
Our city is rich in heritage