re: Is Johnny's "Sweep the Swamp" as delicious as it sounds?

Friend,

I tried Johnny’s once and was disappointed partly because of the high praise it received from this board. Truth be told, had I no expectations I still would have been disappointed.

It was perhaps four years ago. We were traveling with Cousin who was considering a move to Shreveport. We passed a Johnny’s and I said, “Our friends, OTIS and balls, rave about Johnny’s. They say it’s better than Razza. Let’s stop here.”

Cousin loves pizza even more than I. In 2016 he did a pizza tour of Italy that I regret missing. He travels to NYC every year to try new pizzas. He didn’t need convincing to stop when food authorities rave about pizza.

We stopped and the three of us decided to try three pizzas: sweep the kitchen, sweep the swamp, and plain.

After eating a slice of each Cousin said, “Never again should you get advice on pizza from the Food Board. I came expecting something like Sally’s. What we got was a conveyer belt oven pizza like Gatti’s or CiCi’s. You can’t hide a bad pizza under a pile of toppings. Don’t ever let those two gorgonize you again.”

I hate to be negative, but Cousin was absolutely correct. I do not know if the praise Johnny’s gets here is an inside joke. If it is, you got us. Regardless, Domino’s is superior and significantly cheaper. Noting your Mobile stock, I would also note that Godfather’s is better, even though its quality has dropped since 1990, when the NOLA Metro still was home to Godfather’s. The standard plain was wholly unforgettable as well, with dough and sauce that did not even rise to the level of mediocrity. Worse yet, we spent at Johnny’s more than we did the last time the three of us ate at John’s of Bleecker.

Yours,
TulaneLSU