Students put pizza to the test |
By JOE LoTEMPUO Staff Writer PLATrSBURGH - When it comes" to pizza and chicken wings, college students aren't exactly known for their discriminating tastes. "At 2 a.m., we'll eat anything, and we don't care what it tastes like,". Plattsburgh State student Matt Ross says. But about 25 students on Ross's iloor in Harrington Hall did their best recently to put aside their gluttonous habits and carefully judge the area's finest late-night snacks. Ten restaurants participated in the informal pizza- and wing-tasting contest as part of Ross's resident-assistant program. 'The students, sans beer, judged cheese pizza, specialty pizza and wings.. , They did not know beforehand where each entry came from. The winners were: Cheese pizza: Little Caesar's Specialty pizza: Mangia Chicken wings: Monopole "I was shocked that Little Caesar's won," Ross said. "But I guess their formula works because there are thousands of them around." Indeed the formula does work, says Plattsburgh Little Caesar's Manager Don Yerkey. "We make everything fresh every day, so I had a feeling we'd do all right." |
"I like a pizza that has not too much grease, a garlicky flavor and lots of cheese," Thomas said. Mangia's winning specialty pies |
featured chicken-pesto and barbecue-chicken toppings. Manager Sue Chagnon was not surprised the students found Mangia's pies to their liking. "We seem to be doing more business with the students. More of |
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them hold our club cards, which is basically buy one, get one :free, and it's nice to see that." But the exotic combinations on the many types of pizza they tasted ' did not titillate all the judges. "I'm not a big specialty-pizza fan," said John Cahill, a junior English major from Dutchess County. "But I did like the pineapple one (from Leonardo's), but it finished last." In the chicken-wing category, Monopole was the runaway winner. “I could tell they were Monopole “ wings,” Cahill said. “They’ve got the market cornered on great wings.”Thomas agreed.“They (Monopole wings) were the only ones that stood out,” he said.. Monopole owner Corey Rosoff was elated with the victory. “I would have been disappointed if we didn’t do well,” he said. The Monopole has long been famous for pizza, but chicken wings have become an even bigger seller for Rosoff the past decade or so.. “We have a secret recipe, and everything is low fat,” he said with a chuckle. The winners will receive a plaque and invaluable word-of-mouth advertising. “I hope this turns others onto us,” Rosoff said. Joe LoTempilo can be reached by &mall: jlotempl1o@pressrepubllcan.com |