Wilmington Pizza This pizza is totally gummy worms, except bad tasting

27Aug/125

Hungry Heroes

What the fuck am I supposed to write here?

Hungry Heroes opened up a few weeks ago in the desolate clusterfuck of traffic some degenerates call Ogden. Initially I was reminded of the defunct Hungry Howie's business over by Eastwood and Racine. I never went there. I only heard they had flavored crust and that was enough for me. I knew it was bogus.

Hungry Heroes seems, by a fair margin, more legitimate.  Meaning they seem to sorta just be a sub joint that sells bread and pizza too since what-the-fuck-why-not-fuck-you-buddy.

This showed immediately when I went there for my slice review some weeks ago. Apparently their air conditioning was not up to the task of cooling a place running pizza ovens, so they said to come back in a week or two for pizza. This bothered me a bit because I had driven about solely for pizza and it was raining like a bastard but at the end of the day I didn't mind too much because I punched a baby so my day was alright overall.

Also they gave me a free loaf of bread. I didn't even buy shit the dude just gave me some bread. They claim to have the best italian bread in Wilmington. I can tell you straight away that's not true because you could get some italian bread from my Mom. She'll probably give you some fruit salad too. Honestly, Hungry Heroes bread is really good, though. Except that they forgot to put any salt in it. Bread without salt is like a tasteless void of pain and discomfort. I still ate it, mind you. However, it made me worry about their pizza.

I was right, sort of; the crust was lacking sodium. However, other than that I would say the crust was stellar. It was so good that I can damn near overlook the under-salting. I mean, I still have to mention it. I'm a reviewer, after all. The crust was the perfect height, well-browned and dry in that sort of way where fuck it you're eating greasy pizza, right? You don't need a greasy crust, too, do you? Oh you do? Fuck you then.

After the crust is a downhill, as might be expected. These guys are all about dough. And Boars Head meat. Are they about good pizza cheese? No. Are they about good red sauce? No.

And there you have it. This place serves up small (16") pizzas as an afterthought. The slices are an afterthought of an afterthought. The cheese is mediocre. It's not offensive or anything. Same thing with the sauce. It's kind of too sweet and it's annoying because damn it's close. And either one of these things could carry the slice into the record books. For Wilmington, anyway.

Rundown: Great crust; bland cheese; bland, overly-sweet sauce. Also cheap as fuck at $1.44 after tax.

Another weird thing about this place is their layout. They have this giant section in the front that is entirely empty and begging for tables to be put in. My only guess is that since they don't have a customer bathroom they're not allowed to have such seating. If so, I don't know where I stand. If a place is too small for a bathroom, wassup? However, let a nigga shit, right? Y'all know you like poopin'.

4 recircs out of a possible 8 recircs (lower is better)

Hungry Heroes - $1.44
8024 Market St., Wilmington, NC 28411

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Posted by pete

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  1. Thanks for the heads up! I make it to Ogden maybe once or twice a year. If my ass is going to Ogden, it’s going to Brooklyn’s and nowhere else cause (and I’ll put this in Pete words) why-the-fuck-would-I-go-anywhere-else-fuck-you-buddy.

    PS. Hungry Howie’s was AWESOME. Flavored crust is AWESOME. I miss some Howie’s. It’s not Brooklyn style pizza but don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.

  2. I take it Pete must have graduated from a fine institution with his fine grammar and eloquent use of the
    English language. I’m the owner of Hungry Heroes and NOT ONLY DO I USE THE BEST MOZZARELLA
    available…ITS THE SAME WITH MY TOMATOES…I’VE BEEN MAKING PIZZA FROM 40 YEARS…It’s unfortunate
    that some low life can splatter the internet with useless garbage. By the way my slices are inexpensive yes!!!
    I’m the new guy on the block and I have to earn your patronage…Try us in spite of Mr. Intelligent’s useless and incoherent verbiage. Thank You Wilmington!!! Hey Pete…. by purchasing a slice how did you know it’s a 16″ pizza…are you in the business and just trashing your new competitor? Why don’t you give
    us a break…we’re working hard trying to earn Wilmington’s trust and a living…

  3. Glad you made the hole and one, Pete, wasn’t that the year Funigiello destroyed all 18 greens? If it didn’t go in the hole, it would have been another three put green rolling through the mess he created. He’ll fuck this business up too.


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