I've been suffering from good pizza withdraw ever since I moved from NYC. Been looking for a good pizza place in Ventura county for a while and while D'Amore's doesn't remind me of NY pizza, I find the combination to be pretty good, but pricey. I normally prefer sausage and bell peppers, but the sausage at D'Amore's isn't very flavorful, so I go for the combo. D'Amore's advertise that their pizza has much less salt than other pizza places, and I do notice it based on how thirsty I get after a meal, but when you eat something that normally has a ton of sodium and you cut it in half, it's still not that good for you. The pizza has a thin crust if that matters to you. By the way, chicken wings are very pricey, but they're large-sized and surprisingly good. I get those occasionally as a treat.
For pizza, I've always gotten take-out. Each time I call in my order, the time estimate I get is about 15-20 minutes too short. I've learned my lesson and go 15 minutes late, but still have to wait. Once, I waited an additional 10 minutes, which means that if I had gone on time, my wait would've been close to 1/2 hr after the time they quoted.
I've eaten in once for dinner on a Wednesday. There were only 2-3 other groups of customers at the time, but the service was also slow and inattentive. I ordered the rib-eye steak special, but forgot it was an italian place and it came covered with some mushroom sauce. The sauce was too overwhelming and not something I normally like, but that was my mistake for not thinking before ordering.
My recommendation is take-out on the pizza and chicken wings, but show up late to pick it up.
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