Midway Pizza - Review

My date and I had a hankering for pizza last night so we headed to Midway. Midway is a relatively new pizza joint on the ever growing scene of Freret Street.

I loved the atmosphere. Very warm and kinda funky too. You can see into the kitchen, which I'm always a fan of. The waiters and waitresses wore cute t-shirts with Lucha Libra masks on them!

Our waitress Claire was wonderfully chipper and efficient.

We ordered a house salad, which was a mixed green salad with a balsamic vinaigrette. It was really tasty. The best part about this salad was the homemade polenta croutons. They were hot and fresh out of the oven, and they were delicious.

Now for the main attraction...the pizza.

We ordered a small Smokey Treat pizza, which was Roasted chicken, bacon, green pepper, red onion, blue cheese, finished with smoked chipotle BBQ sauce and green onion. After the salad, and with their pizzas being deep dish, the small was enough for the two of us. I thought the pizza was good, but I wasn't wowed by it. My date absolutely loves Midway's pizza, but I just wasn't feeling it. The crust was crispy, but lacked flavor. The ingredients were good, but the chicken lacked flavor too. I also think that the bottom line is just that I prefer a thin crust pizza, and I'm a purist. I love a New York style, thin crust, pepperoni pizza. That's my jam.

If you are into deep dish pizza, I'd probably recommend Midway due to the great atmosphere, great service, and good ingredients.

I also found it to be a good value. For our large (very large) salad, and the small pizza, our bill was $23 and we left satisfied...but not overly stuffed.

I've heard that they have an all you can eat deal for $8 during the week. That's a hell of a deal.