Newk's Express Cafe

Newk's is very good! I frequently visit the one in uptown. Excellent staff and food! Tell Matt I sent you!

This is not the place to go for pizza. I found the pizza to be dry, tasteless and pretty much lacking everything a pizza should have. I tried the Margherita. My philosophy is to try pizza in purest state, without any toppings to cloud the taste and texture.

The crust was like a cracker, no delicateness to the crust at all. On its own the crust was verging on inedible. Save for the tomato sauce, which tasted like jarred sauce left out overnight to dry out into a thick glue like paste, the crust was more akin to a matzoh. Pizza is about the crust not the toppings. Loading a pizza up with toppings, to rescue the crust, is not my idea of a good pizza.

The cheese, atop the tomato paste, was so thick it detached itself from the pizza with every bite -- almost as if it was an after thought. There was no melding of the the tomato paste or the cheese.

Lastly, why did they add the basil or unripe tomatoes to the top of the pizza? The just fall off with even the slightest movement of the pizza.

I can see one "loved", but three? If you want pizza, or should I say like pizza, this is not the place to go!

This place is great. Best salads and pizza. Huge portions. Great sandwiches. Free bread sticks. I was impressed. Glad to have it in NC.