The Pizza Box

By grace.g.yang · September 20, 2007
Under: Cheap Eats,Italian,Lunch,My Life

On our recent Labor Day vacation to California, Chris took me to his favorite pizza restaurant by his house: the Pizza Box in Milpitas. The place is in a strip mall (apparently strip malls are all the rage in Northern California) and it’s slightly run down (and by slightly, I mean it looks like we walked into the 70’s when we were pulling into the parking lot):

Chris hadn’t been there since last Thanksgiving, but he told me that the place hasn’t changed since the late 80’s, when he first started going there as a kid. The place is owned by a Filipino family and the wife is known to be a littleâ€¦spacey. She wasn’t sure if they had garlic bread or not (another one of Chris’ favorites) but she did charge us up front for a product she might not haveâ€¦couldn’t she have just gone to the back and checked? I suppose not.

The Pizza Box is known for their large pizzas – look at the different size options you can order:

Chris said we should only order one slice of pizza and one piece of garlic bread. I asked him if he remembered who he was with (I’m a really big eaterâ€¦what can I say?) He really wasn’t kidding when he said one slice would fill both of us up. Look at how huge this ONE piece is:

I put a knife next to the pizza to do a side by side comparison. Yeah, it’s huge! The pizza was comparable to New York style pizza (I’m thinking John’s + Patsy’s). There was so much cheese and toppings on our slice that I really couldn’t eat the entire slice on my own (which is saying a lot, considering I usually scarf down at least 3 pieces of John’s).

They ended up having garlic bread (whew!) and like their pizza, the garlic bread was also gigantic:

Can you even see the knife to compare the size?! The garlic bread was oozing cheese and oil (but the good kind of oilâ€¦yeah, you’d like it). It was so chewy and doughy – definitely great garlic bread.

We finished our pizza and garlic bread right before the after school rush (thank goodness) but it seems like it’s still really popular with kids. I can’t wait to go back the next time I’m in Milpitas!