{"id":6991,"date":"2012-02-27T04:49:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T12:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2012-02-27T04:49:43","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T12:49:43","slug":"tukwila-wa-vinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=6991","title":{"rendered":"Renton, WA – Vince’s Italian Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had awfully “good luck” ordering from d-dish.com in Portland, one of those restaurant home delivery marketing companies. Delivered Dish<\/a> signs up restaurants, supplies back end ordering\/menu software, and arranges delivery of restaurant menu items direct to your house for a small fee.<\/p>\n

Most large cities have a similar service, and on a business trip to suburban Seattle recently, I checked out their version, 2 Go Services<\/a>. \u00a0 I don’t know if there is any relationship between the Portland and Seattle outfits, but they do use the same “back end” and your sign-on will work with either service.<\/p>\n

In Seattle, we tried our luck with Vince’s<\/a>, a 50 year-old Italian restaurant and pizzeria.<\/p>\n

Our interaction with the delivery service went as easily as when we use the Portland company. \u00a0Quick ordering, no mistakes on the order, delivery received within a reasonable amount of time.<\/p>\n

We ordered a pizza, the half\/half pasta (ravioli\/spaghetti) with a meatball, and accompanied by a side-salad, and an appetizer of cheese\/potato croquettes. \u00a0I had hoped to ‘surprise’ Mrs. Burgerdogboy with the croquettes, give her a little taste memory of her favorite junk food in Amsterdam, but the similarity ended with the name. \u00a0In this instance, they are Vince’s version of fried cheese sticks, and while good, they bear no resemblance to their Dutch namesake. \u00a0No matter.<\/p>\n

The pasta was good, and the meatball exemplary. \u00a0For the money, I personally thought the serving size could have been ramped up a bit.<\/p>\n

The pizza, however, is one of my new favorites, and I’d order it again, given the opportunity. \u00a0I went with a medium size sausage and pepperoni, and the crust was Neapolitan style, hand-made, crispy outee, chewy innee. \u00a0The sausage was a similar recipe to the meatball, hand-pulled small chunks, and the pepperoni was small diameter thin-slices, with a nice smoky flavor. \u00a0 The entire pizza experience gave me the impression of “old-timey” pizza, and I don’t imagine the recipe or prep method has changed much in Vince’s 50 years.<\/p>\n

On the “Worstpizza.com<\/a>” scale of 1 to 8 slices, this is a solid 7.<\/p>\n

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