Pizza #13 Carsonies

Chuck and I went to Carsonie's in Westerville on a Monday afternoon at 4 PM.  That is one of our favorite times to eat because we are guaranteed good service and a quieter restaurant - which we experienced for sure.

We were familiar with Carsonie's having eaten here several times in the past but not necessarily eating pizza.  This time we came because it is close to our house and Chuck had a coupon!

I love the ambiance here.  It has a very family and Italian feel to it.  It had red and white checked tablecloths, tile floor, no music and lots of interesting pictures displayed on the wall.  Where in Max and Erma's restaurants I think that some faceless "corporate type" has selected the pictures - here you sense it is the owners - Frank and Millie.  There is a charicature of them on the wall and lots of different sports memorabilia including boxing, golf, tennis,  a box of "Flutie flakes"  and of course, Brutus Buckeye.

When we arrived the extremely friendly waitress told us that it would be 30 minutes to make the pizza.  We ordered a half cheese and half sausage pizza and split a salad.  She made and split the salad for us and it was delicious - fresh and tasty and large.

The pizza came much quicker than the 30 minutes she suggested and it was good.  For my taste it was too tomatoey but the crust was flavorful and crunchy.  It was good but not great.  But definitely the experience was above average.  Like some other restaurants we have tried - we will be coming back - but probably not for the cheese pizza.

When we got the bill we were delighted to see that the waitress was very generous with the coupon.  It was a good afternoon for us in every way.