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View the
Sierra Madre Pizza Co. Menu
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At $3
and $4, the calzone's are very reasonably priced |
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As is
the Italian Grinder, at just $3.50 for the small |
This
is a small meatball sandwich, also just $3.50 |
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Extra
large pizza, with pepperoni on 1/2 and meatballs and sausage on the other
half. |
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DOT COM DINING
A Look At San
Gabriel Valley Restaurants by SanGabrielValleyMenus.com
Sierra Madre Pizza Company Off to a
Good Start
By Bill Coburn
Sierra
Madre Pizza Company, which recently opened up in the former K’s Deli location at
181 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., in Sierra Madre ((626) 355-6058), seems to have hit
the ground running. Despite a very quiet opening, they are doing a gangbuster
business, if the steady stream of people going in and out of the place, and the
talk on the street, is any indication. Sierra Madre Pizza Company is owned by
Ernie Silva, who brings lots of experience and a record of success with him
to Sierra Madre, with Monrovia Pizza Co. having already been around for 15
years, Duarte Pizza Co. for 4 years, Baldwin Park Pizza Co. for 6 years, and
East L.A. Pizza Co. for 1 year. It’s my understanding that the recipes and the
menus are basically the same at all four locations, so you don’t have to live in
the Sierra Madre area to benefit from this review. Ernie's co-owners in
the Sierra Madre store are former K's Deli owners Viken and Knar Tufenkjian.
We’ve
eaten at Sierra Madre Pizza Co. several times. Okay, that’s not quite accurate,
we’ve eaten food from there several times. We’ve never actually eaten there,
though there is some limited seating at this location, including a couple tables
out on the sidewalk, from which you can hear the concerts in the park that take
place each Sunday during the summer across the street at Memorial Park. This
week’s concert, by the way, is Harry Shahoian as Elvis, and the Legends of Rock
and Roll, straight from their gig in Las Vegas. I’m not sure where in Vegas
they’re performing now, but I know they’ve played at the MGM Grand, and they’re
quite good. The park will be packed, and I’m sure you’ll see lots of pizza
boxes scattered around (Rotary Club will also be selling their tri-tip
sandwiches in the park, but I’m sure you’ll still see plenty of SM Pizza Co.
boxes). Part of the reason for that is their Sunday night special, which can’t
be beat – a large pizza with two toppings for $8.99 or an extra large pizza with
two toppings for $9.99. Their Monday thru Thursday specials are actually just
about as good. Getting back to the seating, Monrovia does not have seating, nor
does Duarte, if I remember correctly. I can’t say about Baldwin Park or East
L.A., as I don’t know. But Monrovia and Duarte are pick up or delivery only.
Anyway,
we’ve had the thick crust pizza from there a few times, usually pepperoni on
half and meatball and sausage on the other half. Thin crust is available on
request. We’ve also had the Hawaiian pizza. All of them were quite tasty, with
lots of meat, lots of cheese, and lots of sauce (you know me and tomatoes, I
could probably stand to have a little less sauce on it, but I’ve always enjoyed
it, even with the regular amount of sauce on it). I also have tried the
meatball sandwich, which was also quite good, a delicious spaghetti sauce, with
meatballs and mozzarella cheese. Believe it or not, you can get the meatball
sandwich with a small bag of chips for just $3.50. Katie had the Italian
Grinder, which comes with mustard, mayo, Italian dressing, mozzarella, capacola,
ham, salami, lettuce and tomato. This sandwich also rings up at just $3.50, an
exceptional deal.
Keelan
tried a pepperoni calzone, which is just $4.00, (same as the veggie calzone, the
cheese calzone is even less at $3.00) and it has a delicious crust and lots of
pepperoni. When I asked him what he thought of it, he said it was very good.
He went on to say that he thought it was even better than pizza. An eleven-year
old that thinks there is something better than pizza? I wouldn’t have thought
I’d get that response, as he is generally open to pizza any time, anywhere.
You have
a choice of 20 different toppings in constructing your pizza, and they also
offer a BBQ Chicken or a Teriyaki Chicken Gourmet pizza. Pasta is available,
(spaghetti, with or without meatballs, manicotti, ravioli, and lasagna), Buffalo
Wings and salads, including an antipasto salad are also on the menu. They also
have other cold sandwiches besides the Italian Grinder, (roast beef, turkey,
tuna, ham, or a Supreme Combo, and hot pastrami and hot roast beef sandwiches
are available as well as the meatball sandwich.
You can
find the complete menu for Sierra Madre Pizza Company at
www.sangabrielvalleymenus.com/sierramadrepizzaco. You’ll also find links to
nine different coupons that offer some great savings at their web page.
Los
Gueros Grill (45 N. San Gabriel Blvd, (626) 683-9421), which we’ve reviewed
before in this column, is now featuring live mariachi music during its Champagne
Sunday Brunch. We’ll be stopping by soon to check out their brunch, and we’ll
give you a report on it. In the meantime, if you don’t want to wait, you can
download a coupon for brunch from their SGVMenus.com web page.
SolyAzul, at
20 E. Colorado Blvd. in Old Town Pasadena (626) 796-0919, is now having a
margarita Wednesday special, with margaritas at half-price all day long, 11:30am
– 10pm.
Bill Coburn is owner of SanGabrielValleyMenus.com, a
restaurant website featuring dozens of restaurant’s menus, as well as
downloadable coupons. He has nearly 20 years experience in the restaurant
business, and has been eating for much longer than that. |
