This award winning restaurant was recommend by a former Berkeley student that mentioned that Zachary's had some of the best Chicago deep dish pizza in the bay area. The first thing that I noticed when I first walked in was that the place was packed on a Tuesday night. That was a good sign since it makes the statement that the food is good. We only had to wait a few minutes to be seated and the waitress was very friendly. We got our drinks immediately and started on a baby spinach salad within minutes of ordering it. The salad was good, but nothing special. I really enjoyed the mild, tangy feta cheese even though my boyfriend complained that the salad had a bit too much cheese. Who complains about too much cheese?As I waited for the pizza to arrive to our table, I was glancing around at the the awards and paintings on the walls. It was very impressive to see all the happy eaters truly enjoying their food. It seemed like a very, very long time before our pizza arrived, almost 30 minutes, but I was hoping that the long wait would be totally worth it. When the pizza finally arrived at our table, the waitress served everyone their first slice. I liked that.
I've never had Chicag
o deep dish pizza in Chicago, so I'm not what was is considered great Chicago pizza, but I can definitely tell you that this wasn't the best deep dish pizza I've had. I've had better. Although it wasn't stellar, it was still good. I liked it because I absolutely LOVE tomatoes. As you can tell from the picture above, the pizza/tomato sauce is very thick and chunky, and I loved that. We ordered a chicken and artichoke pizza, but I couldn't taste either of those ingredients since the tomato completely dominated the taste. I was however, able to enjoy the wonderfully thick, flaky crust.So what is my overall rating?
Price: $$ (Moderately Priced)
Service: *** (Friendly, Relaxing ambiance, long wait)
Food Presentation: ** (Covered in tomatoes. Where are the other ingredients?)
Taste:*** (Perfectly seasoned tomatoes on flaky warm crust. Delish)
Overall: *** (Definitely worth a try.)
For more information:
1853 Solano Ave
Berkeley, CA 94707
(510) 525-5950
www.zacharys.com
geez that pizza is humongous. I'm more of a New York style kind of girl, but I can appreciate Chicago style too.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure I've been here before. It was on a Saturday night and we had to wait like 30-45 minutes for a table. It was so packed we could barely find a place to stand and wait(It was too cold to wait outside). But from what I remember the pizza tasted pretty good.