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Letter to the editor: Pizza Wars - Unhappy Customer
Issue date: 9/28/07 Section: Ed-Op
Dear Editor:
When reading the most recent edition of the Triangle I was appalled when I saw that Allegro's pizza had received the top vote in the "Pizza Wars" article. Allegro's?
While the pizza there might be ok (I will refrain from allowing my personal pizza tastes to interfere with this editorial) it is certainly not number one, nor should it even be considered due to its distance from Drexel's campus.
"A few blocks" is a gross understatement when you consider that Allegro's is on 40th and Spruce. Did the writers of said article ever consider that after a party or a basketball game very few, if any, Drexel students say: "Hey guys/gals, let head over to Allegro's?" (Not happening)
Furthermore, how many times has Allegro's pizza been featured at a Drexel function, either for a basketball game, club activity, or curriculum-based meeting? All in all, I find it irresponsible to include said pizzeria in the article and find it almost humorous that it was voted number one (for a while I considered that this was a lost piece from the famous "Rectangle" April fools edition of The Triangle).
I will only touch on the fact that you included "University Pizza and Wings" in your evaluation, a seemingly fictitious establishment that even the staff had not tasted, as well as Varsity, another out of reach place that in reality is frequented due to their low prices in the 'malt liquor' department, not pizza department. These egregious errors will only be mentioned here, although much more space could be devoted to them.
The "Pizza Wars" article would have better served The Triangle, the student body, and most importantly our precious freshman (who are so impressionable in these early days) if it only included tasty, accessibly pizza joints. By tasty and accessible I am referring to the overwhelming favorites of Ed's, California and Powelton, with Village, Drexel Pizza and Mad Greeks in a lower tier. Doing this service would provide insight and new perspectives on the quality that Drexel has to offer.
Note: One of my friends, who is foolishly loyal to Allegro's, pointed out to me that the article "Pizza Wars" focuses a great deal on delivery and service and should not be criticized as such.
While I find my friend annoying, and detest his taste in pizza, I must admit he has a point; however, if the Triangle's goal was to review all of the pizza places that would deliver to the campus the article would be much, much longer and even more misleading (Papa Johns, Dominoes, Pasqually's etc.).
When reading the most recent edition of the Triangle I was appalled when I saw that Allegro's pizza had received the top vote in the "Pizza Wars" article. Allegro's?
While the pizza there might be ok (I will refrain from allowing my personal pizza tastes to interfere with this editorial) it is certainly not number one, nor should it even be considered due to its distance from Drexel's campus.
"A few blocks" is a gross understatement when you consider that Allegro's is on 40th and Spruce. Did the writers of said article ever consider that after a party or a basketball game very few, if any, Drexel students say: "Hey guys/gals, let head over to Allegro's?" (Not happening)
Furthermore, how many times has Allegro's pizza been featured at a Drexel function, either for a basketball game, club activity, or curriculum-based meeting? All in all, I find it irresponsible to include said pizzeria in the article and find it almost humorous that it was voted number one (for a while I considered that this was a lost piece from the famous "Rectangle" April fools edition of The Triangle).
I will only touch on the fact that you included "University Pizza and Wings" in your evaluation, a seemingly fictitious establishment that even the staff had not tasted, as well as Varsity, another out of reach place that in reality is frequented due to their low prices in the 'malt liquor' department, not pizza department. These egregious errors will only be mentioned here, although much more space could be devoted to them.
The "Pizza Wars" article would have better served The Triangle, the student body, and most importantly our precious freshman (who are so impressionable in these early days) if it only included tasty, accessibly pizza joints. By tasty and accessible I am referring to the overwhelming favorites of Ed's, California and Powelton, with Village, Drexel Pizza and Mad Greeks in a lower tier. Doing this service would provide insight and new perspectives on the quality that Drexel has to offer.
Note: One of my friends, who is foolishly loyal to Allegro's, pointed out to me that the article "Pizza Wars" focuses a great deal on delivery and service and should not be criticized as such.
While I find my friend annoying, and detest his taste in pizza, I must admit he has a point; however, if the Triangle's goal was to review all of the pizza places that would deliver to the campus the article would be much, much longer and even more misleading (Papa Johns, Dominoes, Pasqually's etc.).
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