Trip to Vermont - Pizza?????

Well, this weekend, Kristyn and I had the pleasure of heading up to Vermont for our friends Blake and Ariana's wedding.  I had decided that I wanted to make sure to get some pizza to report back to you all about while we were away.

So we checked into the hotel and I promptly asked the woman who worked the desk if there was any good pizza in the area.  She proceeded to let me know that there was a Domino's up the road.  I bit my tongue for a moment because my first reaction was to say "I MEAN REAL PIZZA!" but I just responded by asking for a non-chain place.  She did not really have an answer, but I think she mentioned one place, but I could not really understand.  I asked her if it was on the way to our destination and she said, "no, but there is a Pizza Hut in that direction!"  I mentally threw my hands up in the air, said thank you and walked out, with no help.

We passed a brick oven pizza bar but that would have taken way too long as we needed to get to the wedding, so we had to fore-go the pizza for the day.  I was not satisfied though, so on the way home, I was determined.  We finally passed a place called "New York House of Pizza."  On the sign outside, it proclaimed to have the "best' pizza.

 

So we went in.  I asked for a couple of slices and they pointed me towards a heat lamp oven and told me to grab what I wanted and put it into this foam container for myself. 

 I grabbed a soda and paid my bill. He charged me $8.50 for two small, crappy slices of pizza and a bottle of soda.  WOW!

Ok, so let's move on to the pizza itself.  I will open by saying that this was one of the most disappointing pizza experiences I have had in many many years.  The crust made my teeth tired.  The cheese was kind of hard and tasteless and the sauce was kind of like paste.   In addition, it was kind of burnt - but now like a Ralph's of Nutley burnt, more of a stuck in a heat lamp forever burnt.  It had absolutely no qualities of a good slice of pizza.  Kristyn and I ate our slice apiece and left very unsatisfied.  I guess we should have known better, but I feel it is my duty to have a taste everywhere we go.

For the record, I did finish the slice (well, except the last 2 bites of crust, because I really just didn't feel like doing the work anymore - and it was hard.)  On a scale of 1-10 - i'd give it a 2.  If you ever happen to pass by on your way to Killington, VT, resist the temptation and skip it.  You are better off eating some leaves or dirt off the side of the road.