Vulgar Display of Pizza (2025)

13/03/2025

Doing things a little different video-wise and still a work I progress. Here's our thoughts on ABOVE THE CRUST. Enjoy!

13/03/2025

Our selection of pies from ABOVE THE CRUST. White, Sicilian w/ meatball, and a small meat pie. Video review coming later.

13/03/2025

Late post, but Sunday night we FINALLY got back together as a trio for a full VDOP cult meeting, this time our selection was Above the Crust in North Las Vegas. Pics and reviews coming tomorrow

02/03/2025

Been a minute since I made a pizza. Grandma with bacon, pepp, ricotta, and fresh mozz. Came out pretty damn excellent

-Scott

01/01/2025

We rang in the new year with some homemade pies and a stromboli from a couple of us. We've been a little quiet this year, with work schedules and just life in general getting in the way, but we'll try and ramp it up in '25. There's still tons of pizza to eat and review in Vegas, and the list keeps growing. Happy New Years from Vulgar Display of Pizza. Now go eat some damn pizza!

Clockwise :
- Regular sauce, pepp
- White
- Sausage, pesto, mozz stromboli
- Margherita sauce, fresh mozz

29/12/2024

Last night two out of the three of us went down to try the new Good Pie location and wanted to try some stuff we haven't had there before, so the Detroit Pie and fried ravioli were the nights choices. Unfortunately our other comrade doesn't eat "yellow cheese" so he refuses Detroit style as cheddar is baked into the crust. We think that's a little cuckoo but we still love him 🤣. The Detroit was a bit light and airy, which was fine, and the flavor was exceptional. Maybe not completely authentic, but spectacular nonetheless.

07/12/2024

This is the white pie and grandma from Cugino's Italian Deli. My personal number 1 white pie pick for this whole city. The ricotta is layered across the whole pie. No dollups. And it’s seasoned so perfectly. It’s a MUST have for any fan of white pie. The grandma was amazing due to their sauce being so great. If you haven’t been to cuginos you must get there!!!!!!

11/10/2024

Pizza Review time: Strega - Brick Oven Pizzeria

A hidden gem in the Southwest, Strega was fantastic! Bit of a tough place to find, as it's tucked away on Rainbow Blvd just south of Warm Springs and the sign out front is a little misleading, saying Strega Eatery and Creamery: Pizza, Ice Cream, and more. As soon as you walk in, it smells great, like a pizza place should. That was a good sign right off the bat. The menu was extensive, and the prices were good. Here we have the 14" half meatball. It was cooked perfectly, as you can see by the pictures. The meatballs were packed with flavor and seem homemade. Woukd live to try them on their own. The cheese was high quality, but the star of the pie was the sauce. Light, yet flavorful. Almost like the sauce you'd find on a Neopolitan Pie, yet it worked amazingly here. The crust was executed flawlessly, some crisp on the bottom with an airy crust. The only flaw I found was that it was not that flavorful. You can't notice on the pizza part, but once you get to crust, you notice it's a little bland. Little salt or sugar in the dough, and it would have been absolutely perfect. Honestly, I can't wait to try more from them, and it's definitely a contender for one of our next full outings.

-Scott

06/09/2024

Pizza Review time: PIN UP PIZZA

Throwback to last month. Us three metalheads unsurprisingly went to the Megadeth show at Planet Hollywood, so it was a great opportunity for us to grab some pizza. Unfortunately, only one of us was ultimately down to experience the disappointment of Pin Up Pizza. Their selling point is huge slices, and that's no joke, but that's about the only thing noteworthy about this place. First off is the price, and at 12 bucks a slice, it's pretty outrageous. You do get a monster slice, but it's still not worth 12 bucks and for bad pizza to boot. Yea, it's on the strip, so that's to be expected, so it is what it is. The large slices reminded me of a place I used to go to in Manhattan, so there's some nostalgia there for me. Only the NY pizza was obviously way better. The pizza was flop central, as to probably be expected for such a monster slice, and I had to fork and knive the first third on the slice as it was the only way to eat. The crust had potential. Had a nice char on the bottom and you can tell it's made there, but it needed to be a bit thicker or cooked at a higher temp to get some crispiness and avoid some of the flop. The sauce and cheese were unremarkable, and the toppings were pretty awful and were of very low quality. This place was a dud, but if you want to try a giant slice for novelty, then have at it...but you don't need to go much further on the strip for good pizza. At least the Megadeth show was great, so all in all the night was a win.

-Scott

30/08/2024

Frozen Pizza Review: ELLIOS
When you're on vacation and all the local pizza looks like hot garbage, you head back to an east coast frozen pizza staple....Ellios, which is also hot garbage. Beautiful, nostalgic garbage. This was a staple of my childhood, and since ya can't get it on the west coast then it's always a treat to have it when I can. I even spruced one up with whatever I could find which was italian sausage, pepp, salami, provolone, and fontina. Made it quite a bit better but I'm not really eating it for taste. The sauce is sweet, the crust never crisps, and it's styled like school cafeteria but idk, it still rules. Ellios for life!

07/07/2024

VDOP being represented in Chicago today at the world famous

20/06/2024

Pizza Review time: MR. MOTO
This California chain that makes "new-york style" pizza is the new kid on the block in Vegas. Color me curious and pretty close to where I live, so I had to eventually try it. This new kid needs to go back to California cause this shouldn't fly here. Not that I have much faith in Vegas locals tastebuds, but it surely assaulted mine. After doing some research and looking at pics, I wasn't too hopeful, but I do this for you, kids, so you don't have to. My personal sacrifice to this world. Haha. So a couple months back this is where I wanted to take Rich for our two man review, as he was due for a dud, but after seeing the prices I couldn't justify spending that much for what I thought was gonna be bad pizza. I'm so happy with that decision, although I still felt cheated and ripped off just with these slices. I wanted my taste buds and my money back. Like any new place, I have to start with a cheese slice to get my baseline. This had too much (cheap) cheese and barely any flavor. Like, almost no flavor, just slimy ass cheese. The crust was crispy! Finally, a bright spot... but Alas was still awful. Although slightly crispy and foldable, it felt too light, not like a cracker, but maybe a croissant. It was hard to explain but awful. Then you get to the crust,and it had no crunch, which just made no sense. Just bad all around. The next slice was the Mr. Moto, which had italian sausage, Spanish chorizo, burrata, marinara, and garlic paste base. The sausage had barely any taste and was very cheap, the chorizo had a weird taste to it. Offputting, and not like any chorizo I've ever had. I thought that was a cool idea for an ingredient, but not when it comes from the toilet bowl. The burrata was cheap and almost pointless, the sauce was too sweet and gave Prego a run for its money, and the garlic paste was indistinguishable. This being a California chain, it's no surprise they try and get fancy with ingredients like truffle oil, hot honey, burrata, and more, but if it's all gonna be garbage anyway why bother? You're just trying to sucker people at this point. All in all, I may have had better pizza at bowling alleys.

Side note: why do people not fold their pizza? Do you like using two hands and looking awkward as f**k while having pizza? I get you can't do it woth fast food pizza or floppy slices but at least you could have done it with this dreck. It's not some secret thing that only New Yorkers know about and it ain't rocket science. I will never understand this.

13/06/2024

Little impromptu review I whipped up. Long video, but I had a great co-host and a little backstory to why I did that place in the first place. Main takeaway: "celebrity" chefs shouldn't make sh*t food like this.

-Scott

08/06/2024

New pizza alert: MIAMI SLICE
I'm gonna get this out of the way first: it was damn expensive. Now, I fully prepared for that, so it softened the blow, but 20 bucks for 2 slices is ridiculous, no doubt. Still, I don't need a million comments on how insane this was. I agree, but it is what it is. This place was at the newest casino on the Vegas strip, The Fountainbleu. Everything on the strip has gotten waaaay overpriced, and this was no exception. Now that we got that out of the way, let's talk about the pizza itself. It was excellent. Worth 10 bux a slice? Hell no... but I do this for you folks, so you don't have to shell out the dough (pun intended) for stuff like this. Firstly, the crust was excellent. Perfect crisp on the bottom, a little chewy at the end. Just about perfect. The "leeks on bacon" slice was the better of the two. The leeks added substance, the saltiness of the bacon stood out, as did the parm on top, and the sauce was light but tied the whole slice together. The ratios of the ingredients were perfect, and that led to an extremely tasty slice. The "la salsera" was quite excellent as well. The only slight was there was a bit too much sauce. The vodka/red sauce, to be exact. The combo worked, and if you look close, they separated both sauces, yet it probably would have mattered. Did make it look a little prettier, though. The pesto wasn't noticeable enough, neither was the parm. About 25% less of the vodka red sauce, and it would probably be perfect with all the ingredients coming through. I'm on a mission to find every good pizza place out here, strip and beyond, so this was well worth trying one time. Recommended yes, but not worth trying again at that price point...unless it's late night and you're hammered on the strip, then I'm sure it would be very well worth it.

- Scott

Side note: The Fountainbleu was absolutely stunning. The nicest casino in Vegas by far, imo and next level on pretty much every aspect. It was worth the very, very long wait.

06/06/2024

Little something whipped up last week in the oven with whatever i had around the house. Chicken Parm pizza w vodka. Homemade chicken nuggets, fresh mozz/pizza blend cheese, vodka sauce, seasoned ricotta. Came out quite great. Perfectly crispy and packed with flavor. Now I just need to stop neglecting the Ooni 🤣

- Scott

25/05/2024

Finally had the pleasure to try Farinata Italian Style Pizza in Pahrump. There has been some hype about this place, and righfully so as their food was spectacular. The first pie was the "bianca," which was mozz, prosciutto crudo, arugula, shaved parmesan, and olive oil. I gotta start with the crust, as it was the star of both pies. This is one of the best Neopolitan crusts i've ever had, and it was expertly made and cooked. Not too much char, little crispy on the bottom, a little chew to it. Everything a Neopolitan crust should be. Absolute perfection cooked in their beautiful wood fired oven. The bianca was nice and light, the ingredients fresh, and loaded with flavor. Even though this is a white pie, no ricotta was present, and that was just fine. A more authentic white pie over a New York style. Sorry, Rich 🤣. Next (well, it was the first one i tried) was a normal cheese pizza as I wanted to try two different types and go with something basic to get the essence of what they are all about. Fresh crushed tomatoes for the sauce, high-quality cheese, and it was just perfect. Nothing fancy, which it doesn't need to be if the ingredients are good and the pie cooked well, which both were true. They let me try one of their meatballs and was up there with some of the best I've had. Dense, flavorful, and would stack up with any meatball served in a high-end Italian restaurant. The takeaway is that this is very, very good pizza cooked by Italians and would absolutely be a hit in Vegas. Pahrump seems like a weird spot for this, and hopefully, they can make the move or branch out and come to Vegas because this place would do great here. Pahrump now isn't known just for it's brothels and fireworks stores, now we can add pizza to that list.

21/05/2024

A thousand thanks to the folks at Rebellion Pizza for the invite to their third anniversary party. They went all out and it was an honor to be invited. Great pizza and a great time!

If you have not eaten here, you are missing out as this is pizza perfection. Go check em out.

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