Vincent's Restaurant & Pizzeria

Vincent's is an interesting local place. It's a Pizzeria but it's a local eatery. Their slices are large and for $3+ per slice, well worth it! Their Pizza sauce is spot on! Not sour, not sweet, not bitter or salty. They use a generous amount of whole-milk Mozzarella to give it the right amount of gooey-ness. While most places offer an 18" pie, I would guess theirs is about 20-22 inches. In other words, their slices are way above average. Their specialty slices are actually pretty good. They are made fresh, as you order them, they assemble it. They are not giving you premade, cold specialty slices that will dry out the moment it hits the oven. Their meat rice balls and other appetizers are surprisingly good too. Alas their entrees are where it comes down to if you want to find out about the whole "ristorante" title. For the most part I do agree with their food. The red sauce is a variation of their pizza sauce, but it is the pizza sauce. Don't get me wrong. I feel the way they prepare their red sauce is pretty good actually. They have a few other standard sauces as well, such as their lemon wine butter which is fine but I cannot rate it too high as I feel it is lacking. I personally use a chicken stock for those base sauces, they do not. To me this lacks body and a gravy without body is simply just food that does not make you run back for seconds, I have not tried any of their cream-based sauces as I am not a fan of cream-based sauces, but I know I will need to in order to give them a fair shake in my reviews, so expect an edit. I am reducing what I believed would be a 4-star review down to a 3-star review because I have noticed that the amount of protein served per dish will vary based on the dish and that level of inconsistency concerns me. In specific, Chicken Parmesan provides more chicken than Chicken & Artichokes. About twice the amount of Chicken and the Chicken & Artichokes costs slightly more (for cracking open a can of quartered Artichoke hearts and throwing in about 1/2 without rinsing them). Not sure I am comfortable with that, but I do love Artichokes. Also the Chicken & Artichokes, the chicken is slightly overcooked and always a bit tough. I know reducing 1 star because of 1 dish is petty of me, but overall consistency is really important to me. At least make the chicken properly and not overcooked. I am tempted to try a few other dishes as well to see if the reduced portion size is inherent amongst their dishes which lack the name Parmesan. Maybe I will try the eggplant, who knows. Nonetheless, their Pizza is stellar and I would gladly order from them for a party!

Vincent's is a local staple and a must-visit when in town. Food is amazing and reasonably priced. The restaurant is a beautiful, hidden gem in an unsuspecting location. Pizza is orderable by the pie or by the slice. The eggplant roll is a must try. For such an extensive menu, they do all of them well. edit: food is still SUPERIOR