Rocco's Pizza & Pasta

11/11/09

Cheap beer, decent pizza

by jrod119

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

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

08/16/09

Worst Pizza Ever

by Artopium

Terrible pizza! Don't be fooled just because this place is next to Powell's books, the pizza is really not that good. Waaay too much cheese, sauce is very generic tasting (grade F quality?) and probably the greasiest meat I've ever had the displeasure of digesting. Although the slices are big, do you really want that much bad pizza? Not to mention the service is just as bad. After sitting at the outdoor tables for about half an hour, drinking beer and trying to digest all that greasy cheese, we were asked to leave! I couldn't believe it. There were plenty of outdoor seats available ( we were the only ones out there!) but we were told that we'd have to buy something more to continue sitting there. How rude! And possibly a bad liabilty move for a business that sells alcohol. If you're in the area and you're hungry, there are plenty of better places to eat nearby such as Pita Pit, Whole Foods, Thai Peacock, and many more. Pita Pit is very reasonably priced and much healthier. Not to mention the staff is much friendlier.

• Pros: location, that's it
• Cons: poor service, poor quality ingredients, poor pricing