History, dive-y ambience the only redeeming qualities
Saturday, August 20, 2005
I went to Northlake Pizza looking for great pizza. Even though it was ranked near the top of the best of- list in Seattle, I didn’t find it. So the hardscrabble location under the University Bridge was appealing, as was the dated décor (puffy red vinyl booths, caricatures of 70s and 80s sports stars on the walls, tons of Huskies memorabilia), and oddly, the heavy cigarette smoke. It has a sublime, lost blue-collar Seattle vibe to it. But the pizza is terrible. The crust is tasteless, flat and soggy, the sauce has no presence whatsoever and the “signature ” way they heap toppings on the pie just doesn't make up for it. I loved it until the food came—big disappointment. Hey . . . go for beer and darts!