Week 6: Johnny Brusco's Pizza

The 2011 Dallas ice storm could not hold us back from making our pizza trip this week. While the roads were slick and the snow was falling, we bundled up the family and visited an old friend, Johnny Brusco's Pizza in Flower Mound.  In lieu of making the long haul to Ft Worth, we opted to "eat safe" for week 6.  The 3 mile drive almost took 30 minutes, but after being trapped inside for 4 days we had to get out of the house!  Johnny Brusco's has been an old standby for local pizza since it opened a few years back.  Restaurants have had a hard time staying in business up in that area, but the pizza at Johnny Brusco's keeps folks coming back for more.

The restaurant offers a pretty basic set up, booths around the perimeter, and a handful of tables in the middle.  There are also a half dozen tables outside, but being that it was 12 degrees outside we settled for a booth next to the local high school jersey hanging from the wall.  The service is always friendly, and the beer is cold!


I'll get to the pizza in a moment, but first I must bring your attention to an appetizer that is worth the trip alone: The Garlic Knots.  These bite sized pieces of heaven, are so good you might need to order 2 plates.  

After I finished up my 12th garlic knot our pizza arrived.  This week we got one large pizza that was half White Pizza and half Margharita.  The pizza is made in 2 sizes, and for the sake of cost efficiency we split our large.  The list of specialty pizza's is one of the longer lists we have seen, but as always you can make your own with a lengthy list of toppings.  The crust at Johnny Brusco's is always great, it's crispy with a slight touch of sweetness.  I must admit though, the specialty pizzas did not "wow" us like they had in the past.  The Margharita half tasted bland, and the white pizza was way off the mark.  I'm not sure if we caught things on the wrong night, but we weren't thrilled with our choice.  I find that tough to say, because we have enjoyed other pizzas here for quite some time.

The Final Report: 6.5 out of 10

I think next time we visit Johnny Brusco's I'm going to see if they will make me a pizza with garlic knots as a topping? Yeah they're that good...

See you next week!