Good execution turns into good pizza at Lucky Pie

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Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House
Bacon peanut brittle $4
Ham and ricotta fritters..$7
Kale chips $4
Strawberry salad $7
Mozzarella bar $7 (2 cheeses)/$5 (1 meat) $1.50 (condiments)
Zucca pizza $12
Sausage pizza $15
Braised lamb meatballs $10
Prosciutto-wrapped trout $17
S'mores $8

1610 16th Street 303-825-1021

www.luckypiepizza.com Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. (drinks only until 11 p.m.) Sunday-Wednesday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. (drinks only until midnight) Thursday-Saturday.

Bagwhan

Gretchen has done one thing in her reviews that I admire. She has made it clear that she visited the restaurant a number of times. Presumably all reviewers do this, yet most reviews seem to want to provide the illusion that they are reviewing a singular dining experience. Which then, of course, leads to reader criticism that judgment shouldn't be drawn from a single experience. I don't know why most reviews are written this way, but I appreciate how Gretchen lets us know that the review is based on a multitude of experiences.

monopod

Interesting, the pizza in the picture looks nothing whatsoever like the pies I've had at Lucky Pie's Louisville location. Those pies are flat, a bit greasy, very chewy and have (in my opinion) way too much cheese applied, to the point where it glops off onto the plate when you pick up a slice. Not terrible - they seem to be trying, and the ingredients are good - but I just can't get enthusiastic about them. I also found their "roasted vegetable plate" to be pretty insulting - something like $10 for barely-cooked bell peppers and red onion, with a scant couple of pieces of still-chewy fennel. Maybe the Lodo location has these execution issues better worked out.

Bagwhan

@monopod We agree on one thing, that the pie above looks puffier than the pies I have had in Louisville, but that's where the agreement ends. I have eaten at Lucky Pie 4 times, and each time the pizza has been excellent, as have the apps. My gold standard is tasty food, and if it's done at a reasonable price, all the better. And in that respect, I have found Lucky Pie to be consistently hitting the mark. I have never experienced a pizza that was too greasy (pizza is supposed to be somewhat greasy, that's part of what makes it pizza) nor have I experienced too much cheese on my pizza.

Perhaps you hit them on a bad day, or perhaps our standards are different.