Apizza Scholls

I yearn for that blackened crust with all the bubbles at the edges that Apizza Scholls serves up. I hadn't had a pizza that good since I left the east coast. The Bay Area in general & San Francisco specifically certainly didn't have it. Note that there is a take out pizza joint in Berkeley on Hopkins in that food area by Monterey Market that is certainly excellent -- thin crust and morel mushrooms...hmmm....but, I digress. Apizza Scholls is excellent! I may have to take my brother there which just may be the deciding factor for him to move to Portland!

I was very disapointed in the pizza. Don't get me wrong, it was OK but that about it. The sauce was bland and the crust was chewy, as well as burnt and dry on the edge. The price would only be right if the pizza delivered.
The place is way hyped, and it was no surprise to see the hipster crowd in and waiting outside.
The staff was good and knowledgable, the beer, wine and ceasar salad quite good. But this is a pizza joint, and I think they miss the mark.

ABOVE AND BEYOND THE BEST PIZZA IN ALL OF THE NORTHWEST....and possibly the west coast. It's a thin, crispy NY style pizza that nothing else in the area even comes close to comparing with. I lived in NY and CT for 21 years and this is the first pie outside of the east coast that I can honestly say is DELICIOUS, cooked to perfection.
Yes, the line and wait can be brutal at times but it's a small price to pay for a pie this delicious. I've also heard people complain about not being able to order all of the extra toppings that they might want...I love the fact that the staff at this joint enforces the 3 topping max rule - they do it so the crust will stay crispy, just as it should be. Leave the piles upon piles of toppings up to the boring pizza chains that need crazy, outlandish gimmicks to make up for what they lack in quality crust, sauce and cooking expertise. The crust, sauce and cheese at Appizza Scholls is second to none and these guys know how to cook a pie too...it may appear burnt at times but that's what makes it all melt together so well, deal with it - if you're looking for a chewy, doughy breadstick crust then go back to Pizza Hut.
Oh yeah, their caeser salad is one of the best in town too...and their ever changing beer selection always impresses.
Five Big Stars to the best Pizza on the West Coast, in my opinion. But don't get their too late, they only serve as much pizza as they make dough for that night so if they get busy early then they could close by 8...that's the ONLY negative about this place.