Lennie's is a pretty cozie joint on the Kirkwood strip of collegiate eateries, where you can get sandwiches, salads, pizzas, and expensive beers. Per tradition, I bought lunch for my buddy Mitch's birthday, and he was especially down to join in my endeavor to try every pizza in town. While Lennie's offers two varieties of crust, thin and "traditional", we went with the traditional. More bang for the buck.
The pie we got had a ratio of 4cr/2ce/2ch. While cooked in a nice looking brick oven, the traditional crust was your regular pan pizza, like at Pizza Hut, Mother Bears, or Domino's. It gets a score of 3 out of 5. It was somewhat bready and lacking in goo. Also, this type of crust ought to have a little more butter on the bottom. The fact that it was cooked in a nice oven had no effect on this style of pizza. But altogether it was pleasant and enjoyable.
Their sauce gets a somewhat generous 4 out of 5. It was somewhat bland, but very enjoyable. It was of medium thickness with lovely chunks of tomato, really amping the comfort factor of the pie. For overall quality, Lennie's gets a Bloomington 5 out of 5. The top wasn't cooked as much as I think it could have been, even though the cheese had some stretch to it. But I guess with a brick oven, you can't control that kind of thing.
Finally, for style, Lennie's gets a 2 out of 5. For a pizza that doesn't stand out at all, $18 for a 12 inch one topping is a lot to ask. I feel like Lennie's deserves better than an overall score of 70%, but I really don't see myself considering it again. It was delicious, but for the cost there are much better options.
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