"A slice of New York City," touts the huge box, which required me to enter my house and kitchen backwards. Less than a block from Nick's English Hut, sits this little shop, serving $3.50 slices from a 22" pie. For $8, you can add a fountain drink and a giant breadstick, which is itself more bread than any person should have at once. The ratio for Goodfella's Pizza is 2cr/1.5ce/1.5ch.
Their crust gets a 4 out of 5. It's chewy but not rubbery and crusty but not dry. There's not a lot going on in the flavor department, but that's fine. It has a nice coating of burnt flour on the bottom, common for a huge, east coast pizza. But the crust is too dense for anything from New York, and while you'd be inclined to eat a slice folded in half, to eat it like that would be exhausting. There's just too much dough here for its intended style.
Their sauce gets a 3 out of 5. It tastes like the good tamatoes, cooked down to proper thickness, but there's something lacking. For style, I'll give Goodfella's a Bloomington 3 out of 5. If this joint were on the east coast, with any level of tourism, it wouldn't even make the map. It doesn't even succeed at emulating the style it's going for, which would already prevent it from standing out in any capacity. Aside from that, $3.50 for a slice made of 75% flour is far too much to ask. But while this style of pizza can be found in most shopping malls, it's still rare for our neck of southern Indiana.
For overall quality, Goodfella's gets a Bloomington 5 out of 5, nuff said. This leaves our fellas of goodness with an overall score of 75%, perhaps above the national average.
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