I just moved here a few weeks ago and have been on a quest for great pizza. Living halfway between Duke and UNC, there are plenty of choices, and plenty of great pizza, most of which I have liked. Amantes, Brixx, Alfredo's, Italian Pizzeria III, and yes, even Papa John's, to name but a few.
I've read a lot of good reviews about Randy's, so I thought I'd give it a try.
First off, prices are reasonable, and their slices are insanely large.. cut wide from an 18""(?) pizza. 2 slices are about the equivalent of a small pizza. The 2 slices were served across 3 paper plates; they are that big.
The plates were completely soaked with grease. The pizza had so much grease on top of it that after 5-6 napkins being completely soaked, I gave up, lifted the slices and poured (not drip, it was a steady flow) as much grease as I could off of it. There's a heart attack in liquid form before you even get to the actual pizza.
The pizza itself had pretty good flavor. The pepperoni was excellent and actually had a bit of the bite/spice that it should have... missing from pepperoni at most places. As is typical of NY style pizza (and one of the reasons I'm not a fan of it), the dough was slightly undercooked, the sauce was barely present and had little flavor, and the whole thing resembled a thin floppy cheese flavored grease napkin... a completely accurate NY style pizza, from the dozen or so I've had in NY.
Would I eat here again? Yes, though I'd probably bring a roll of paper towels and steamroll the pizza with the entire roll to soak up the grease.
Would it be one of my top 5 picks? Nope.
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