Worcester, MA. A vast wasteland of New England Greek pizza as far as the eye can see. Is there somebody, anybody, who can do something different? Can somebody deliver some quality za? Thank god for Corner Grille.
Corner Grille has been turning out some of Worcester's best pizza since 1997. But what makes Corner Grille so good isn't necessarily based in tradition. If you're looking for New York, or Neapolitan style pizza you can go elsewhere, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Corner Grille rocks some of the thinnest crust around. I have no idea how they stretch their dough so thin (I could use some tips). This is what some might refer to as "cracker crust" pizza. The kind of pizza that you wind up eating 5 or 7 or 10 square slices of without even realizing it. They make a darn good standard sweet tomato and basil pie, but as someone who has been around the block a few times at Corner Grille I suggest picking just about any of their specialty pizzas.
My personal go to is the chicken pesto pie. There's just something about bacon and pesto that is meant to go extra thin crust. I'm not always a fan of chicken on pizza (it can be too bland) but the chicken here is seasoned better than most chicken dishes at fancy restaurants. It tastes so good you could eat it on its own. It's no wonder they feature 7 pizzas with chicken.
That being said all the pizzas here are amazing. I would recommend picking which ever one best suits your tastes, because odds are you won't be disappointed. Make sure you wash it down with a homemade lemonade in a mason jar and if you have room finish things off with a delicious baked good.
Not all pizza places succeed when they try to go outside the world tomato sauce, cheese, and meat. I have been known to dread places that over think pizza, make it too fancy, and take it too far away from tradition. Corner Grille is the gold standard in how to think outside of the (pizza) box in the right way. I could practically eat there every day.
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