This Week In Pizza: Mister Pizza

 

 

Sometimes, in the span of a crazy pizza quest... you truly find an overlooked diamond. Buzz Buzz in North York for instance, or Il Paesano on the edge of southern Etobicoke (truly like walking into a restaurant-sized time capsule)... these places do indeed exist and it's the main reason I continue to check out completely random places along with the trendy ones. 

Mister Pizza promised such a height. 4.4 on Google, and I ride past it on my way home from work quite constantly... my curiousity was high. This was still in the early couple days of November 2024, before my faith in anything good for humanity ever happening aga--I mean sure! Lets try this random pizza spot near Yonge and Queens Quay here in Toronto.

Random is the keyword here. I have so little to say about this pizza, it's barely worth a review at all. The sauce has some punch to it, a vivid tomato-like flavour, bit of herb taste, but it all fades quickly. Beyond that... 

 

 

There's a decent doughy texture, it looks like it should be better than it is... but no. There's a constant chalky taste that ruins whatever goodwill the soft/crunch dynamic might provide, and everything else is just so generic that again, I can barely write a review on this. Good layering of the toppings with the cheese, and they used real bacon which is always appreciated... 

The rest is just so empty, with a dry aftertaste that doesn't sit right whatsoever. I'd take it over Pizza Pizza or Domino's no question, but that's hardly a compliment and frankly, it isn't that much better. This was... simply not very good. Nothing memorable beyond that dry and chalky aftertaste, which is not a good thing to be remembered by.

 

 

Overall. No.

 

It's too bad they don't offer slices. As a big slice this could be a forgettable but solid summer snack while waiting for a ferry to the Toronto Islands. As an entire pizza... well even if they set up shop here in the quality-pizza-deprived Beaches I still don't think I'd check them out again. Generic cheap pizza, it tastes as good as my crummy photos look, and while the real bacon gives it some deserved credit I suppose... this is as forgettable as they get. 4.4 on Google? These rich condo people clearly don't know good pizza. I'm giving this a 'C-'. This is a short review for a reason... you can do worse but also so, so much better.