Week 46: Atomic Pie

You've heard many times, "it's a marathon and not a sprint." And that's what we told ourselves when this journey started back in January. Now here we are, December is in full swing and we're heading down the home stretch of our 2012 pizza adventure. It was Sunday around lunchtime and we had just spent our morning freezing and wet at the Dallas White Rock Marathon. After finishing the half marathon, nothing sounded better than hot delicious pizza! This year we've had Extreme pizza, we've tried Serious Pizza, and now we were ready for Atomic pizza. 

The weather outside was rainy and cold as we pulled up in front of Atomic Pizza at 11:45 AM on Sunday.  Unsure of what time they were planning to open I gave the door handle a tug and they were closed.  Quickly an employee ran to the door and mentioned they opened at noon, but we were more than welcome to come inside and eat.  (Score one point for Atomic Pizza).  We all piled out of the car and made our way into the small eating area of about a half dozen tables, and placed our order.  The menu was very simple; in addition to the basic toppings they also had a list of about 5 specialty options.  We ordered a small cheese pizza and a medium 1/2 “the garden hippie” (Mushrooms, Onions, Green Peppers, Black Olives, Artichokes, Tomatoes, and Spinach) and 1/2 “the power of the people” (Sausage, Salami, Canadian Bacon, Breakfast Bacon, Hamburger, and Pepperoni).  Since we were the first ones at the restaurant we were told pizzas would be out in 15 minutes.  The restaurant location was hidden back in an old Lake Highlands shopping center on the corner of Walnut Hill Lane and Audelia Road.

The pizza was hot out of the oven in 15 minutes and before we knew it we were staring at 2 beautiful oval pizza’s.  This marked the 3rd time this year we were served an oval pie.  Honestly, the small 2-3 bite slices go down quick and before you know it half the pizza is missing.  The cheese pizza was good and on par with an iFratelli pizza.  The crust had a little more to offer but overall not as good as fellow oval pizza maker

Campisi’s.  The specialty pizzas were works of art...  The pizza was loaded with tons of fresh toppings on both the meat and veggie sides.  Once again right in the middle between iFratelli’s and Campisi’s.  The highlight at Atomic Pie was the customer service.  Long story short, after completing the White Rock half marathon in the cold pouring rain the guy behind the counter could see that a fresh bowl of tomato basil soup at no charge would really hit the spot.    

The Final Report: 7.0 out of 10

In a time where there are pizza restaurants on every corner there has to be a differentiating factor.  Sure, the pizza was good at Atomic Pie but was on par with many places we’ve been this year.  However, the little things like opening 15 minutes early or providing a bowl of soup had us leaving back for home with a good taste in our mouth. (Pun Intended).