pizza is like sex - victor jr.'s in culver city

Victor Jr.’s
10113 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310.559.8900
www.victorjrs.com

figi said to me once that pizza is like sex. it’s not like you’re ever not in the mood for it, and it’s not like any pizza will.

Nontheless, i understood the point he was making about pizza. i may get arrested by the pizza police for saying this, but pizza, even if it isn’t great for god’s sake, is still pizza. unless the crust is rock hard, the sauce made from rotten tomatoes, or the cheese is some strange orange color, if it’s pizza, i’m still going to eat it. shoot, if the japanese created a pizza with american cheese (japanese cuisine and american cheese is a whole ‘nother story) i wouldn’t put it past myself to try it.

the reasoning also goes for the converse. i’ve only ever come across amazing pizza once – something i’d travel for. but other than zachary’s pizza in berkeley, ca., everything else is pretty much in the same league. now, i don’t want to come off as a complete yay-hoo garbage disposal who’ll eat anything – that only happens once a month *heh*. but i do have standards, and the same philosophy doesn’t apply, say for example, to sushi or fried chicken. fried chicken can be done badly (i've experienced it), and if it’s not good, i won’t eat it.

Pizza, for me then, is sort of a twisted, backwards culinary interpretation of the hotelling phenomenon. without going back to econ 100A with professor olney, i’ll just say that it doesn’t really matter what pizza tastes like because i’ll just go to the place that will “minimize the average traveling costs.”

victor jr.’s in culver city is just another point on hotelling’s pizza model. less than a block away from the office, it's good for a working dinner. but after 7 pm, it’s dark outside and the overhead lights are off so it’s great that they’ll run an order down the street for us. they’re nice, they work hard, and they have bible verses, psalm 91 and first corinthians, on their pizza boxes. (so much for the analogy to sex.) everything is made from scratch, so a whole pizza costs anywhere from $13.75 for just cheese to $23.00 for the deluxe. they're 18”, though, and at 8 slices a pie, it can feed at least 4 people. more if there are dieters in the mix.

so given the way i feel about pizza, there isn’t much to say about the fresh veggie and the pepperoni pizzas. the crust was crunchy-soft, the sauce more spicy than sweet, veggies fresh, pepperoni greasy, and on the company’s dime, i can’t complain.