Papadan

I’ve decided I’m also going to review restaurants on my blog, because I like doing it and there is no Yelp here…I mean how else do you hold restaurants accountable!  Like the other day at Brother Jimmy’s all-you-eat ribs, lame.  And who can I tell without Yelp?  Nobody.  Well now I have a forum and I intend to use it!  But I’ll review Brother Jimmy’s another time because I’m going to give them a second chanceJ

My first review is of Papa Dan’s Pizza. Actually I don’t even know if that’s the name of it because it just says “pizzeria” on his stand but I think he calls himself Papa Dan because on skype his name is Papadan.  In my head I always think of him as papadan, one word.  Anywho, Papadan is a transplant from France he has a wonderful French accent, I just love hearing him chat with customers in French. French is definitely one of the coolest sounding languages on the planet!  So basically Papadan stands in his pizzeria all day taking orders from an open window.  Here’s a tip: If you don’t want to wait for the pizza to cook and cool then skype in the order ahead of time.  Genius! He has many pizzas; from traditional like margarita and pepperoni all the way to non-traditional like pizza with pepperoni, blue cheese, and honey.  He said the honey-on-pizza is a Caribbean thing, which as newbies on the island we definitely wanted to try.  We did the pepperoni with blue cheese and honey.  I have to say the honey was great, until about 2 slices then it started to settle and coagulate in my tummy and I decided next time to just stick with just pepperoni.  Josh is a little sad about that because he really liked the honey.  Maybe papadan will do a ½ and ½ order…I’ll have to ask him.  The prices are around $13-15 for a regular pizza that will feed two people.  We even had leftovers, which we left on the kitchen counter for two seconds and the ants got (I think it was that damn honey). Josh of course says the pizza is good but not the best he’s had (he’s a pizza snob being from NJ).  My assessment is the flavor is great, the dough is alright, somewhere between meh and good.  I usually skip the crusts anyway unless it’s fabulous, just because I’d rather not waste my time on bread, I love the pepperoni. Another tip: if you like spice ask him for some of his special spicy sauce, and when he asked you “the really spicy one?” say yes, apply with restraint though or you will be sorry. My second visit I ordered a “student special” which is an individual sized pizza that he sells for half the price.  It’s actually a little bigger than an individual and we shared it for lunch and were satisfied.  In conclusion I would say we will probably frequent Papadan’s because it’s walking distance from our home and the school, he’s cool and the pizza is good.  Although our friend Jared who is a 4^th semester said we should also try the pizza at this place called the something pineapple…