We ordered a pizza from Domino's last night. And you know what? It wasn't half bad.

A little background is in order: I am a fiend for pizza. As far as I am concerned, it's one of the sublime foods in the universe. This applies to pretty much all forms of pizza. It's one of those foods that even when it's not very good is really very good. But-- and this is a big but-- sometimes I dream of real, thin, crispy, New York pizza. Portland has many advantages as a food town, but the pizza scene here is pretty disappointing.

Ricetta's is usually good, assuming it arrives at your door within an hour (which is by no means assured). It's fairly pricy as pizzas go, though, and sometimes we just don't want to wait that long.

When I worked in the Old Port, I sometimes got slices from Portland Pie. Something about the cheese they use makes their pies really greasy, though, and with any type of topping it's almost impossible to eat without a knife and fork. Plus, the last time we got delivery the pizza arrived cold. Yuck.

Amato's provides a simple, workaday pizza, at a reasonable price. The crust is a little thick, though.

So, when one of those ubiquitous flyers arrived in our mailbox for Domino's, I noticed that it was advertising "Brooklyn Style" thin crust pizza, and figured we might as well give it a try. Since the only other dinner options in the house appeared to be Quorn patties or leftovers for the 3rd night in a row from the King Ranch Casserole I made earlier in the week, the decision was easy to make.

And the verdict is: two thumbs up. The pizza was very thin, and the crust, although not really New York style (not crispy enough) was nice and foldy.

But...I'm still waiting for that perfect Portland pizza. Maybe someday.....