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Tasted: Home Slice Pizza { Austin / Part 3 }


Our second night in Austin, we treated ourselves to a night's stay at the Hotel San Jose located in the very cool South Congress district. In our early afternoon walk through the area, we noticed Home Slice Pizza just a block from the hotel and giggled at the name of it's second location, for take-out only, right next door called More Home Slice. My cousin Valerie, who generously drove us down to and around Austin and joined us for the New Year's party, also gathered a few of her friends nearby for the night's dinner. Conveniently, her friends by chance suggested Home Slice, their favorite pizza place in Austin and, as we learned later, a true Austin favorite.

It was a quick 45-minute wait as we admired the back patio holding various levels of large group seating. The strung lights and vegetation created a great backyard party atmosphere. After being seated inside, I personally was entertained with the marketing phrases on the menu greeting us with "What's up Home Slice?" and "Congratulations! On your choice to enjoy Home Slice Pizza." Phrases that sound more like inside jokes were actually boldly displayed in printed form. They were notable examples of using the personality of the restaurant already evident in the overall mood to create its branding. That was probably my favorite thing about Austin as I saw other businesses branded with genuine personality.

For five of us, we ordered 2 large pizzas ~ the Margherita and the White Pie with Spinach. It was New York style thin crust pizza, no tomato sauce but topped with large clumps of cheese. The Margherita had delicious fresh tomatoes and basil. The white pie had 3 cheeses including my favorite addition ~ ricotta. As both were absent of any meat, we were able to appreciate the quality of these cheeses and pizza crust.





We also took a little slice of personality home with us. The "What's up Home Slice?" shirt that one of the managers Gabe wore that night was available for sale in all sizes including kid's sizes that we had to buy for Atticus. With their purely coincidental identical stance, it was like we shrunk Gabe and brought him home to Memphis.
Stay tuned for Part 4 ~ Hotel San Jose.

Home Slice Pizza
1415 S. Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78704
ph +1.512.444.PIES

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Film and camera phone photos by Sophorn. Special thanks to Valerie, Linh, Alexander, Matt, and of course Gabe.

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