The NEWEST Tulsa pizza place...Marleys.

Marley's was our final stop on our quest for excellence...and excellence we did find. As pizza perfection finders we truly believe that we have found some great pizza places in Tulsa that have not been receiving the attention that they deserve. This week we will have a closure dinner at Hideaway, and potentially rank our favorite places now that we have eaten at each of them. The journey has been long and treacherous, but our sacrifice was well worth it as we believe that we can now give our friends and family suggestions as to where to receive the best pizza Tulsa and the best value and atmosphere. Now onto Marley's....

Marley's is a new pizza restaurant at 71st and Sheridan serving Chicago Style Pizza. I was very fond of this Chicago Style Pizza. Sometimes after eating this thick style of pizza I feel ill for hours, at times even days. There is just a large amount of grease and cheese, and my body just doesn't know how to respond to this. Marley's did not affect me this way. Marley's had a great combination of thick crust (not too thick, just thick enough), cheese, sauce and toppings. I thought it was a job well done. I think Marley's will succeed in Tulsa. While I did enjoy Marley's, I think that Chicago Pizza is probably more enjoyable for the males. Take that as you will.

Marley's scored pretty well on our rating scale this past week. The pizza received a 7.6, which is pretty good. The atmosphere received a 3.9. I personally didn't feel the atmosphere was anything to rave about, but it was a fun place. The value of the pizza was a 3.7. It was more fairly priced than Savastanos and in my opion, just as good.

I hope you have enjoyed our pizza journey, and hopefully we will soon write a final blog wrapping up thoughts on our pizza quest.

Cute

Love. 

Amy Ann plans on framing this and putting it on her bedside table, so now matter what way she faces, Russ is there.

Two of my favorite people. 

Leftover cheese bread.

Yummy pizza.

Pizza dip...pretty freaking good. 

Aw Hey Mambo Hey.

Hey Mambo

Hey Mambo, one of Tulsa’s newest restaurants, hosted the team for our 11^th consecutive week, scowering T-Town for the city’s best pizza place.  While the name may sound cheesy, this restaurant does not mess around.  From the brick wall interiors, to the dark lighting and expansive wine list, Hey Mambo creates an atmosphere best suited for a Friday night date (or in our case, 6 single people on a Tuesday night).  They even had breadsticks that looked more like table decorations, although extremely tasty!

Hey Mambo’s pizza menu consists of a more sophisticated selection of specialty toppings and pizzas.  Some of the toppings include: baby spinach, pine nuts, prosciutto, carmelized onions, feta and gorgonzola cheese, pepper bacon, smoked gouda, salmon, and fried sage (Thankfully not all of these toppings are on the same pizza). 

We selected two pizzas.  The first was the “Thasta Spicy Meatball” (or as Libby might say, “man pizza”) which included homemade spicy meatball halves, carmelized red onions, red pepper flakes and mozzarella.  The second was “The Big Cheese”, which might be the best cheese pizza I’ve ever tasted.  With mozzarella, feta, parmesan, olive oil, romano and gorgonzola, this pizza had tons of flavor.  This pizza significantly contributed to the high ratings from the group.

Overall pizza score: 8.83

Atmosphere: 4.5

Value: 2.5

Hey Mambo was certainly one of the best restaurants we’ve been to so far.  This place will definitely be seeing repeat business from our group.  Plus, the center of the universe is only one block away.

Pretty tight atmosphere.

John and the breadsticks...what an artistic picture.

Why do i love being weird?

Profile pic!

Probably the best cheese pizza ever!

Top That

Last week took us to a tasty pizza place called Top That near 81st and Memorial. Since it is newly opened none of us really knew what to expect. Boy were we surprised when we found out you could get a pizza for $5.99 with an unlimited amount of toppings! I think I speak for the whole group when I say that this may very well have upped our value score...and possibly our overall pizza score as well all acted a little like kids in a candy store. 

I think It was Rachel who said it best, "Basically this is Subway for Pizza." What a novel concept! You go through the line and start by picking your pizza crust (choice of 3), sauce (choice of 5 - I think - including an Alfredo, various reds, and a garlic/olive oil combination), and then pile on the toppings. The pizza then goes through an oven while you watch and out comes the finished product. It all happens pretty fast. In the end I think we were all pretty happy with our pizzas. Although I will say I don't have a future career in making tasty topping combinations....

On to the scores. Pizza scored a 6.7 which is not our highest but also not our lowest. Value got a 3.8 which is pretty good. Lastly atmosphere got a 3.3. Honestly I don't understand this one, but there were a lot of other people voting. We do have to keep it fair on this here blog. Overall I would say we all liked Top That and thought it was a good concept. I don't know why I am about to say this, but I think kids would really like it. It seems like it would be a good way to please a family what with the create your own with all the toppings you want and all of that jazz. And with that random comment I conclude my blog post on Top That pizza.


The night of awkward pictures...

The group.

My pizza. Yum Yum.

Cutie Betsy.

Amy Ann loves this picture.

I felt I had to be fair and put up a very attractive picture of myself.

Nice.