Mom’s Pizza

I got the flyer for the brand new pizza joint this afternoon. My usual go-​to for NY-​style is Romano’s, but I thought I’d try something new. I ordered a small cheese, a sausage and peppers and asked for a house salad. The girl on the phone informed me they didn’t have any small salads (negative point 1) but that they did offer 3 big salads: the Greek, the Chicken Caesar, and the Antipasto. Being a vegetarian, I knew the caesar was out and figured the antipasto was out as well, but I knew my husband wouldn’t want a greek for his distaste of feta cheese. I asked her if they had any other salads, just veggies, and she recommended the antipasto. I asked her if that didn’t bring some kind of meat, maybe pepperoni or ham or anything and she went down the list of ingredients (olives, lettuce, red onion, cheese, tomatoes, carrots-​there were no carrots…). I said, «Sure!» and paid $ 28, including a $ 5 delivery fee (which felt just a tad steep considering I usually like to tip $ 5 to the driver). The place isn’t that far from my house at all, but I digress.
Pizza came in good time and the cheese pizza was pretty tasty. New York style-​ish, save for the crust. Not as greasy as a giant NY slice, which is pro/​con. Husband said the sub was okay, though nothing to write home about. What prompted me to only give this place 2 stars, though, was the antipasto salad which, of course, is completely covered in ham. Now, I know what you’re thinking. «You ordered antipasto! That always has some kind of meat in it!» And normally I would say, «Yes, you’re right. I should’ve known better.» But the fact is, I double-​checked with someone who works at the business, and rathe than lose the sale on the salad, she either a) lied to me or b) doesn’t know what’s in an antipasto salad and c) didn’t even bother to check when I told her I only wanted veggies.
I’ll chock it up to this place being new and maybe needing someone different to answer the phones (or at least informing her what ingredients are in their food). Maybe I’ll go in person and give them another shot sometime. Like I said, pizza wasn’t half bad.