October 24th, 2018
Duluth, GA
A recent work trip took me down to Atlanta. I really didn’t have too much time to explore in my schedule, but I got to my hotel around 7:30 on Wednesday evening, which left me enough time to head out for pizza. My first thought was to go to Antico, which would have been a 25 minute car ride. But instead, I decided to go for a 35 minute car ride North to Duluth, to O4W.
I am so glad that I did. I didn’t end up getting there until a little after 8:30 pm, which meant that I was almost the only one in the restaurant. I pretty much had my pick of table. It was a little chilly out (for Atlanta, anyways), or else I maybe would have considered sitting outside. While O4W also serves slices, they only serve full pies for dinner. So, a full pie it was. I didn’t take long to decide what to order – the Grandma pie came highly recommended.
It felt like it took forever for the pie to come out, but it really was probably only 15 minutes. I hadn’t had dinner on the plane, so I was definitely hungry.
O4W makes “New Jersey” style pizza. I’m not sure what qualifies it as “New Jersey” style, because the only style that I know that is typical of NJ is Trenton-style tomato pie. Their Grandma pie was more like what I would consider a NY-style Grandma pie. I guess that they call it “New Jersey” style because the founder was trained in NJ.
Whatever style it is, the Grandma pizza is delicious. It was absolutely worth the long car ride, skipping dinner on the plane, and eating by myself in the restaurant right before closing. It’s topped with a good amount of homemade sauce, fresh mozzarella cheese, and plenty of fresh basil, all on a thin, not-too-crispy square crust. I loved that it wasn’t covered in too much cheese.
I didn’t eat the whole pizza (although, I probably could have). I brought some back to my hotel and then even managed to save a few slices to take home to Eric on the plane two days later. While O4W made the list in 2016 and 2017, it was left off the list last year. We’ll be voting for it again next year.
To visit:
O4W Pizza
3117 Main St
Duluth, GA 30096
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