Rocco's Pizza & Pasta

12/06/09

Okay food, fun place to hang.

by beaunite at Citysearch

My bf and I usually hang out there a lot. Their food is okay, although my favorite is their veggie pizza. The staffs are very nice, like once when they accidentally burned my ravioli, the guy said that he could make me a new one and he could give me free breadsticks if I wanted. But I said it was fine because the ravioli was pretty good a little burnt. Anyway, I like the loud music they play because it's my kind of music and I guess sometime it's not always for everyone.

• Pros: Good music and nice staffs
• Cons: None that I can think of....

11/11/09

Cheap beer, decent pizza

by jrod119 at Citysearch

I wouldn't go out of my way for this place, but you can't beat a pitcher of beer for just $5. Great place for lunch if you're nearby or just want beer and pizza, but quality is not they're highest priority.

The pizza tastes OK, though it often times tastes like it has been sitting under the heat lamp too long. Beer is cold, breadsticks undercooked (the way i like them!).

I'll go back because I live nearby.

• Pros: Cheap Beer, good breadsticks
• Cons: too-loud music

10/12/09

Incredible Pizza

by LackawannaSteel at Citysearch

Rocco's slices are always a welcome refuge for the very hungry temporal being who would like to consume nutrients in an earthy and cool non-corporate atmoshphere . . . and it is just accross the street from Powell's Books (how conveeeeenient).

Also, if you are ever looking for a big feed (for many peoples) to-go, I can highly recommend their 19 inch pie. It is generously topped with whatever you like (their pepperoni is thick and tasty, unlike the "razor-thin shavings" that you get in some places) and the huge pie is in a square shape in order to maximize the capacity of the box in which it is placed (who ever heard of this?).

For this gargantuan take-out pie, I would recommend asking to have it "double sliced" (to make for smaller pieces), so that you can have the pleasure of taking on just one more slice without having to make a huge committment.

The (vintage) Pinball Machines and Pac-Man are an amazing form of happy entertainment if you are hanging out (especially with kids). This place is an ethnographic experience for a 10-year-old.

Rocco's reminds me of those street-wise pizza joints in Buffalo, NY where I grew up, and where no one settles for second-rate pizza.

• Pros: It's a Pizza Institution, price/value ratio is amazing.
• Cons: dunno