Zelo Pizzeria

Having had my share of different kinds of pizza over the years, I finally tried out a unique pizza that makes me even happier that I live in the Eastside. :) So what differentiates the pizza at Zelo's in the town of Arcadia from some of the other pizza joints in town? The answer lays in its corn meal crust. Yes, you're reading right. Zelo's pizza has corn meal crust.

I've been hearing for awhile now about Zelo's and finally my curiosity got the best of me, so I stopped by for lunch one day. Stepping into the restaurant, I already liked the feel of it. The walls of the restaurant were decorated with everything from quirky pizza-themed album covers to autographed skateboards from those famed skateboarding Z-Boys and even a portrait of Hank Williams. How eclectic is that!

To the right of the restaurant, there is a refrigerated case where you can see the deep dish pizza pans containing pre-built uncooked pizzas. As opposed to ordering a whole pizza, you can opt to order single slices, which they will cook to order. In regards to their pizzas, they have 6 standards that are always on the menu: Sausage, Veggie, Corn, Four Cheese, Pepperoni and Della Salute (veggie without cheese). However, there are around 26 other specialty pizzas that they also make and will offer 2 different ones as specials every day.

For my meal there, I had two slices of pizza. In looking at them side-by-side, they looked so mouth-waterng, I had a hard time deciding which to try first. Finally, my love for mushrooms prevailed and I took a bite out of my Wild Mushroom pizza slice first. As for ingredients, this particular slice had the following: fontina cheese, mozzarella, domestic porcini & shitake mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes and basil.

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