Good day everyone!
Hope everyone is doing well! The purpose of this post is to review a restaurant I recently ate at. The premise starts with a random gathering of friends that haven't seen each other for quite a while, I wonder why it's so hard to keep in touch no matter how close your friends are? I guess it's the demands of life in general and especially a person around my age where everyone's getting married and starting to have families of their own. Reminds me that we have a lot of weddings to attend to next year, are we all grown up now? I start to think so but when I'm around my boys, they give me reason to second doubt myself haha. I guess I just want to reiterate that your friends are precious and always take the time to spend time with them whenever you have the opportunity.
So we decided to eat at a place where a majority of my group used to work, Upper Crust Pizza in Vista. I consider the whole group a bunch of foodies so to choose this place to eat is I guess uncommon for us. But we were looking for something quick and simple but not too quick and simple, know what I mean? The picture below is a dish I had a lot in high school while my friends were working there. I decided to order my usual from many years back which was a Roast Beef Sandwich and a Garlic Cheese Pizza Bread. Even though I noticed the staff are all a bunch of people I didn't know, I found the food to be just as good as I remember. This place is very family friendly and all the ingredients are very high quality without that very high quality wallet breaking price. This hot sandwich, which they make with pizza dough and your choice of meat and cheese then finish off in their pizza oven, is one of the best sandwiches I've ever had which I can say with the utmost confidence. First of all, it comes to you warm which is very important and you can tell it was made to order. The dome gives it a great texture having a very crispy outside and it's very soft inside which does well to soak up all the flavors from the juices of the meat. I know not a lot of people tend to hold this in high regard but the quality of their cheese and even their vegetables are great. Not to mention the sandwiches are a lot bigger than I remember as I was only able to finish half of the sandwich and half the pizza bread. Better yet the cost of this meal was a whopping $11 for which I was able to split into two meals. Now on to the pizza bread (I like to call it garlic bread on crack). They actually throw this dough to order and instead of being just bread with cheese on it like most other places, they use their high quality cheese with some delicious house made garlic butter. Paired with their house made ranch, you got yourself a winner not only on the garlic bread but with the hot sandwiches as well.
The general consensus in my opinion is that this is a great place to eat as I have been coming here for years. The only reason I don't come here more often, which is probably a good thing, is because I live about an hour away. I know it seems like I am just reviewing a mom-and-pop pizza restaurant, but I really feel like it's more than that. Being in the food industry, you know how bad food costs have risen and for them to be able to stick to using the same quality ingredients is really a testament to their dedication to bringing their customers great flavor all while not breaking the bank. If you haven't been here, and I doubt that you haven't if you've been a resident of Oceanside and Vista, let this be motivation for you to go and try the place. When I eat, I tend to really break down what I'm tasting, like the cost and quality of the ingredients and I'll always give my two cents on my opinion of the food. Mel really hates it because she says I ruin every meal for her haha. But I am one of those people that if you want to charge me $12 for a burger it better be a dang good burger and if I can tell that the quality meets the price, I'd be more than willing to pay. Do you know of any other good mom-and-pop places in the North County/San Diego/Temecula areas that I haven't heard of? I'd be more than willing to go try and compare opinions. Also sorry for that first bite in the picture I couldn't control myself!
Roast Beef Hot Sandwich and Garlic Cheese Pizza Bread
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