Thursday, March 08, 2007

Pizza and Carnival King

A 12 year old's dream night, a trip to CiCi's Pizza where the food is plentiful and the arcade empty of other kids so Pie can play Carnival King all night without anyone complaining that he's hogging the machine. Those of you without kids may not be familiar with this chain that serves up a long counterful of not-great pizza. The cool thing is that it's all you can eat, offers a great deal for kids 10 & under and you don't have to decide what kind of pizza you want. Even better, they have a game room in the back with a big window so parents can keep an eye on screen-addicted youngsters. And the staff, at least at the CiCi's in Avon, is extremely friendly and helpful.

While I find the pizza at CiCi's fairly mediocre, I do think the huge variety they have is fun. I usually go back for seconds on the macaroni and cheese pizza. I discovered the barbecue pizza last night & it's pretty good, too. Pie almost always favors either plain cheese pizza or sausage pizza, along with a piled-high plate of apple pizza, brownies and cinnamon rolls. J goes for the spinach pizza and the chicken pizza. I am interested in the breakfast pizza, with ham & eggs, but have not tried it yet. One of the staffers suggested I try a pizza of her own creation last night, cheese and pepperoni with red onions tossed on with a heavy hand. Good stuff! But the very best thing at CiCi's, and its next-door neighbor Moe's, is that they have sweet tea.

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