15 April 4 - 10, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Slices of Heaven These pizza restaurants serve whole pies and slices of our favorite greasy comfort food. BY AAREN PRODY D ough. Cheese. Sauce. Three simple words that could send a couple of New Yorkers into a brawl. Dallas is no stranger to pizza, but we are newly acquainted with the art of the pizza slice, although we also like whole pizzas. Purists, don’t you worry, because here in Dallas we choose our battles wisely. NYC, you defend your greasy folded slices. We defend our frozen margaritas. Ev- erybody wins. Pizza by the slice shows up in several ways around Dallas, all equivalent to the size of a personal pan pizza. Whether it’s New York-style, Sicilian-style, no frills-style, these places around the city are where you can grab this greasy bargain. Greenville Avenue Pizza Co. 1923 Greenville Ave. Greenville Avenue Pizza Co. services slices with a little extra oomph. You can build your own “slice” (actually one-quarter of a pizza) starting at $5.50. Add sauce, drizzle and veg- gies for $0.75 each. Cheese and proteins go for $1 each. Or grab a slice of their specialty pizzas for $8–8.50. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., the restaurant offers a lunch special: one topping slice, salad and a drink for $12. Serious Pizza 2807 Elm St. Serious Pizza has some se- riously massive slices of pizza, so large that they’re advertised as a “huge slice” on the menu for $5.75. Each additional topping other than cheese is $1. Shaved rib-eye, white truf- fle oil, jalapeños, Canadian bacon and roasted garlic Alfredo are a few of the more interesting top- pings to add, along with all the regular items such as black olives and banana peppers. Poco Fiasco 2823 McKinnon St. Pizza slices grace the menu at Poco Fiasco only for happy hour. Both of them, that is. Regular happy hour runs Sunday through Friday, 3–6 p.m., and late-night happy hour is Friday and Saturday, 10 p.m. – mid- night, great for a post-game or concert snack at the AAC. You can order a slice of pizza, meat or no meat, for $4. They also have other specials: $8 bites like mini cal- zones and pizza cones, $3 draft beers, $7 wines by the glass and $9 build-your-own martinis. Holy Crust 3011 Gulden Lane, No. 112 Holy Crust, the self-proclaimed “pizza prophets,” offers $7 slices on Sundays and a slice (cheese or pepperoni) and soda lunch combo deal Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., for $11. Or, here’s a genius idea. Grab two of your friends and try the B.A.P Challenge: If you three can down a 28-inch pizza and a pitcher of beer in 20 minutes you get free slices of pizza for a month, plus the meal is free. If you lose, you pay, so bring friends with appetites. Blackjack Pizza 2536 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Blackjack Pizza is a covert spot for one of Dallas’ best burgers, but their $4 slices of pizza are also worth a stop. Dress your slice up with toppings for $0.75: beef, mushroom, jalapeños, green peppers and more. They keep things old-school here, so it’s cash only. Don’t leave without trying one of their homemade sweet teas. Pizza Leila 2111 Flora St., No. 120 Sicilian-style pizza by the slice is the core of the menu at Pizza Leila. This is another go-to if your ideal slice of pizza is more than just cheese or pepperoni. Although they still serve those, here’s a peek at what else is available: roasted elote, heirloom tomatoes and arti- choke, pepperoni (vegan option as well), qua- druple cheese, wild mushroom and chicken al limone are a few standouts on the menu. Slices are $5–6. They also have several op- tions to modify your slice: make it gluten-free for $0.75, dairy-free for $0.75 or add toppings ranging from $0.25 to $1. Broadway Pizza 700 N Pearl St., No. 104 Broadway Pizza is another spot for classic New York-style pizza. The classics section offers plain cheese ($3.99) or pepperoni, sausage, pepperoni/sausage or pepperoni/ mushroom (all $4.25). Slices of specialty pizza are $4.25 for white spinach, veggie, meat lovers, supreme and more from the menu. A lunch special gets you a slice of pizza, salad and drink for $10.99, plus tax. Sal’s Pizza Restaurant 2525 Wycliff Ave., No. 110 Sal’s Pizza Restaurant may offer the cheap- est pizza by the slice in Dallas. For $2.65 you can get a standard cheese slice with the op- tion to add toppings for $0.75. Upgrade your slice with extra cheese, meatballs, salami, feta, sausage or most traditional toppings from the menu. ▼ TEXAS RANGERS SWINGS AND MISSES TEXAS RANGERS NEW FOOD ITEMS HAVE SEVERAL LOCAL OPTIONS, PLUS SOME BOOMSTICK FAMILY MEAL PLANS. BY LAUREN DREWES DANIELS T he World Series Champion Texas Rangers are set to host the Chicago Cubs in the season opener on March 28 at Globe Life Field. A smattering of single seats and some standing-room tickets are available. The World Series Championship banner will be unveiled before the game, so arrive early. The Rangers are beefing up the food menu, as they’ve done since introducing the Boomstick in 2012. Each year the team’s concessionaire, Delaware North, tinkers with the menu, trying to take things up a notch — a bat flip to a plain old hot dog. We got to try some of the new items recently and here’s what you can look forward to (and avoid). Concession logistics and “push- through” have also been updated. Delaware North has added three more Amazon “just walk out locations” and 10 Mashgin self- checkouts that use AI and cameras for touchless checkout. Also, mobile orders are available from seats for 90% of concessions. They’ve also added old-school vending ma- chines for beers, soda water, hot dogs and more. Whataburger at The Ballpark First and foremost, there is a full Whata- burger inside Globe Life Field, near sec- tion 105. This outpost will have many classics, including a No. 1, with the fresh- never-frozen beef patty, fries, onion rings and shakes. The obvious question is will one have to miss three innings to get food like in the drive-thru? Our guess, yeah, probably. But that’s part of the appeal, right? To our point: Whataburger won’t be ready for the first homestand but look for it in April. Hurtado Barbecue A highlight of eating at the ballpark is the inclusion of local vendors such as the popu- lar Arlington barbecue spot, Hurtado Bar- becue. Go sports and brisket! Hurtado’s Milanesa taco was our favorite item we tried at a press preview. A thick slice of chicken-fried brisket is topped with creamy gravy and chile de arbol and served in a tortilla. The brisket isn’t dry like you might expect; they make this work some- how. Bonus, this spot uses Amazon Express pay. Plus it’s so popular they’re opening an- other location in April on the upper con- course near section 201. Arlington Eats The Rangers and Delaware North try to give props to local restaurants. Arlington Eats is located near section 101 and will have a ro- tating lineup of Arlington-based restaurants including Prince Lebanese, The Tin Cup, Cartel Tacos, Ella B’s Restaurant, Shrimp Doc and TJ’s Catfish and Wings. These res- taurants are all solid and we’re excited to see them there. The Boomstick Triple Play The original steroid-injected culinary play at the ballpark, The Boomstick, is on de- fense now too. A three-tool meal. For $32.99 you can get a burger with two Nolan Ryan beef patties, Rico’s Nacho Cheese, LTO and pickles; a foot-long chili cheese dog with grilled onion and jalapenos; and a nacho tower with chili, cheese, grilled on- ions and jalapenos. Section 132 is where you’ll want to go. All of this is $33. Aaren Prody Come for the pizza slice, stay for affordable happy hour drinks at Poco Fiasco. | CITY OF ATE | ▼ Dish Aaren Prody Pizza Leila’s vodka-sausage-pepper pizza >> p16
