Grimaldi's in Dallas–Fort Worth Area

Posted by Adam Kuban, March 19, 2008 at 3:45 PM

How's the new Grimaldi's in the Dallas–Fort Worth area stacking up to local coal-fired pizzeria Coal Vines? According to the blog Donna Cooks, pretty well.

It should be noted that this Grimaldi's appears to be affiliated in name only with the one under the Brooklyn Bridge here in New York, the one in Hoboken, or the one on Long Island.

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Tags: Dallas, Fort Worth, Grimaldi's, Grimaldi's Coal Brick-Oven Pizza, Texas

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Last week I ate at Patsy Grimaldi's in Scottsdale AZ which has the same ownership as the Dallas location. The pizza is definitely different than the Grimaldi's I have eaten in Hoboken (same owners as Brooklyn Bridge location), but it was still really quite good. The crust was thin and crispy and the overall taste reminded me more of Frank Pepe in New Haven than anything else.

pizzaMePlease at 3:49PM on 03/20/08

I tried to add some photos of the pizza, but I guess photos aren't allowed in comments ... here's a link to my pizza set on flickr - which has photos of Grimaldi's in AZ:
http://flickr.com/photos/pfiddy/sets/72157604180012269/

pizzaMePlease at 3:54PM on 03/20/08

Thanks, pizzaMePlease! Yeah: The comments don't allow for photos to show up directly in them -- only links to photos. I'm working on direct uploading of pix; don't know when it will be done, but I'm hoping to implement it.

Adam Kuban at 5:06PM on 03/20/08

I've tried the pizza at the Scottsdale location a few times. Its damn good for being a chain pizzeria. Last time I was visiting the area, I went to Patsy Grimaldis and Pizzeria Bianco. Everyone I was with thought the pies at Grimaldi's were better than Pizzeria Bianco's.

dnb101 at 7:57PM on 03/20/08

I had Bianco while in Phoenix also. I don't see how anyone could have liked Grimaldi's better. To each his own, I guess.

pizzaMePlease at 11:14AM on 03/22/08

I've been to Grimaldi's in Dallas twice after a trip to Brooklyn in January. The Texas location seems to have the same kitchen/oven set up and the pizza results were pretty similar. CoalVines Southlake is good, but not quite as good.

Neither is good as Bianco's!

mgraban at 11:13PM on 03/22/08

I liked Bianco's, but I don't think the 5 people I dragged there liked waiting that long for pizza.

dnb101 at 9:40PM on 03/23/08

I had eaten at the Grimaldi's in Henderson, NV this past December. It was above average. But after reading the menu that listed all of the Grimaldi's locations in the US, it made me realize Grimaldi's is more of a chain or franchise restaurant.

kmc212 at 12:23AM on 03/25/08

It's a "chain" in the sense that it has more than one location (though I have to point out that the NYC-area locations are separate from the western locations). And I can't speak for the western locations, but you really can't place this small chain in the same "chain" league as the Hut or Domino's. These places are still churning out better pizza than the majors.

Adam Kuban at 12:32AM on 03/25/08

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