Metro Pizza Sky Pointe
Bread and Butter
86th Street Square Pie – Mozzarella Cheese, Tomato Sauce, Romano Cheese, Olive Oil, Half with Old School Pepperoni, Half with Mushrooms
Old New York – Thick Sliced Mozzarella Cheese, Italian Tomato Sauce, Basil, Half with Sausage
The Gotham Pizza on Triple Play Crust – Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Sausage, Green Peppers, Ground Beef, Onions
Detroit Red Top – Mozzarella Cheese, Tomato Sauce, Basil
Roast Pork, Pickled Onions, Rosemary, Provolone Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese
Friends with Benefits – Tomato Sauce, Burrata Cheese, Micro Arugula, Basil, Red Pepper Flake, Olive Oil, Sea Salt
Now the flagship of John and Sam’s family of pizzerias since November of 2012, with an expansive footprint including Lulu’s Bread & Breakfast, it was donning a mask that Metro Pizza on Sky Pointe was entered mere minutes after opening, Chef Decker already hard at work with six Pizzas plus three Loaves of Bread ready and waiting.
Dubbed “America’s Neighborhood Pizzeria” since the early eighties, though past and present so much more, it was with everything carefully transported home that goods were unboxed and photos snapped, complimentary table Bread still oven-warm with crisp Crust and soft center while the “Gotham” on thin, Chicago-style Crust delighted all thanks to its mélange of balance toppings.
Featuring generous portions and prices far lower than Ingredient quality or craftsmanship might dictate, Metro’s Old New York came next, the simplicity of Mozzarella Cheese, Tomato Sauce and Basil gracing fermented Dough from Cornicione to center while Chris’ Detroit Red Top utilized the same Ingredients in an entirely different manner with unprecedented lightness surrounded by a crispy Cheese lattice.
Asking Chris for one of his #instagramworthy masterpieces, and seeing Chef come through with a pair, the “better” of Roast Pork and Pickled Oniond versus creamy Burrata against a backdrop of Tomato Sauce came down to personal preference, though both had to be carefully weighed against saving stomach capacity for at least a slice – or four – of Metro’s reference-standard “86th Street” Sicilian.
FIVE STARS: Serving Las Vegas for four decades and continuously evolving the concept while slowly growing the brand it would be difficult to say anyone has contributed more to Sin City’s love of Pizza than John Arena, and although any brand featuring more than one space may suffer from inconsistency Metro sets a high standard by rewarding their old customer base with predictable greatness while Chris Decker’s creativity looks towards a new era and without ever neglecting the basics – the same synopsis as always since it warrants repeating.
RECOMMENDED: Anything offered as a special from @everythingbutanchovies Social Media feed is worth asking about. So is the 86th Street Square Pie. And, really, any of the Pizzas.
AVOID: N/A.
TIP: 11:00a to 8:00p Sunday through Thursday, until 9:00pm Friday and Saturday.
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor.
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