The Hawk

Issue date: 2/28/07 Section: Features

Overbrook takes pride in providing its patrons with great taste and low prices.

Will Smith has eaten there. Same with Kobe Bryant. I am not talking about the famous Pat's Steaks or Geno's Steaks. I'm talking about a fancy restaurant in downtown Philadelphia either. I am talking about Overbrook Pizza.

Located on 2099 N. 63rd St., Overbrook Pizza is the choice take-out and delivery place for Saint Joseph's students who live in the Merion Gardens, Pennbrook Apartments, and Lincoln Court area.

After working three years in a take-out pizza shop of my own, I know good pizza when I taste it and Overbrook Pizza has some of the best.

Overbrook Pizza prides itself on its pan pizzas. A pan pizza is different from a regular slice of pizza.

The dough is placed in a two-inch pan, which after baking in the oven, makes for a thick pizza with an even thicker crust. Overbrook's pan pizzas are delicately made to perfection using their fresh dough made daily on the premises, as well as a mixture of their own cheeses and Wisconsin cheese.

Unlike a local competitor's pizza, known to be rubbery and greasy, Overbrook's has a fine crunch and superb taste that make you want to fight for that last slice.

A small 10-inch pan pizza, which serves one or two people, only costs $4.75. The small order can be eaten by any college student. If you are ordering for two people, I suggest buying two small orders or splitting a large pie. The large 14-inch pan pizza costs only $8.

Overbrook Pizza also offers gourmet pizzas priced right for any college student looking for something different. The cheapest gourmet pie is a small Australian pizza (cheese on the bottom and sauce on top) that costs only $4.75.

The most expensive gourmet pie is a large Greek pizza, which includes feta cheese, black olives, fresh tomatoes and spinach.

This type of gourmet pizza costs $12.

The Cheesesteaks from Overbrook Pizza are also satisfying. Its cheesesteaks are cooked just right and served on an oven baked roll.

The only difference between its cheesesteaks and Larry's Steaks is in the price. Overbrook Pizza's are 40 cents cheaper. This may not sound like much to you now, but think of all the cheesesteaks you have had in your college lifetime. Those cents are bound to add up.

A student who eats one cheesesteak a week from Overbrook Pizza for all four years of their college career would save $38.40, compared to another student eating the same number of cheesesteaks a week at Larry's Steaks.

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