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the oven-baked sub was crazy good. Essentially, it’s pizza in a roll—with a choice of up to five toppings, slathered with pizza sauce and mozzarella. It’s If you were a high school or collegefired in the oven until the whole thing aged kid in ’80s and ’90s Reno, chances becomes a crunchy, cheesy, zesty are you probably spent some time at delight. That sandwich could be habit Semenza’s. It’s the kind of place that forming. attracts hungry kids with a hankering for Our order of chicken wings ($24, salt, carbs and cheese. By way of full three pounds) put a huge, saucy smile disclosure, I have a few blurry memories on my face. They were about average of beer-soaked meals there as a young size and deep-fried crispy—the way adult, but that was a long time ago. I’d god intended—with a spot-on Buffaloheard the original family sold the place style hot sauce. Also available in mild, to one of their employees, so, on a medium, nitro and honey barbecue, whim, my dining group and I decided to there’s really nothing more I can say check it out. other than, “Yes, please.” The service was really fast, especially Last up, a pair of 12-inch medium for a pizza joint during dinner rush. pizzas—one plain cheese ($12.81) and Everything we ordered was served up the other a classic combo with pepperin about 20 minutes, starting with an oni, sausage, salami, black olive, onion, order of cream cheese jalapeño poppers mushroom and bell pepper ($17.34). The ($7.60, eight pieces). They probably crust was what I’d call medium thick, came from a box, but they were exactly essentially what I most what we were after— expect when ordering hot, gooey, crunchy a “West Coast” pie. It and spicy. Along with won’t win any awards, 4380 Neil Road, 825-4142 those bites, we ordered Semenza’s Pizzeria is open Monday though but it was nice and a basket of French Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Thursday crispy on the bottom fries ($3.75), which through Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and served its purpose were crispy, well well. The sauce was salted, and instantly classic hole-in-the-wall pizza joint, reminded me of a certain famous fast nothing fancy but with all the flavors food fry. If you’d served them to me that should be in there. Between the two without knowing their origin, I’d have pies, I preferred plain cheese, especially sworn golden arches were involved. when combined with those great wings. There are just two sandwiches It kind of cuts the heat in between bites available so we tried both ($8 of spicy meat. And when paired with each, with a bag of chips). The sub beer, it’s one of the best, most honest sandwich involved an eight-inch meals I can think of. What’s not to love? Italian roll stuffed with ham, salami, The menu also includes other sides pepperoni, lettuce, onion, tomato, oil, including garlic knots, garlic bread, vinegar, Italian seasoning and shredded cheese bread, onion rings, cheese sticks mozzarella. It was OK, but I probably and zucchini sticks, but we were already wouldn’t order it again. I didn’t detect at maximum carbohydrate overload by a lot of seasoning, and the cheese just the end of our well-enjoyed meal. Ω made me wish for provolone. However,
Semenza’s Pizzeria
