By George!

Reading Terminal Market (RTM) is a great place for lunch.  Probably one greatest places in the country.  They have everything you could possibly want all under one roof. Everything, even beloved pizza.  That’s where Pizza by George comes into play.  As far as I can tell, this is the only joint in RTM to get a slice which would explain why the lines are always long.  Aside from pizza, they have the usual stuff you would imagine from a pizzeria in Philly; from cheesesteaks and sandwiches to salads and pasta dishes.  I’ve never tried any of the other stuff but why would I? I review pizza and you don’t make friends with salad!

The pizza at Pizza by George is…fine. Nothing stands out about it on either end of the spectrum.  The word nondescript comes to mind.  The slices are of less than average size, they tend to be a little heavy on sauce and sometimes the crust can be a little burnt. I assume this comes from reheating in their brick oven since they make ALL of the daily pies in the morning (I overheard the counter girl telling this to an obnoxious customer) but that sort of thing is to be expected.  The slices I ate for this review weren’t the best I ever had there.  The review slice was too greasy and the crust was burnt.

I know Reading Terminal Market is a bit of a tourist trapand lunch prices will be a little bit higherthan say a corner shop but $6.50 for 2 plain sliceswithout a drink is completely outrageous.  That’s worse than NYC prices.  Get over yourself, George!  The pizza isn’t that good.

Dear tourists, if you are coming to the Reading Terminal Market there are much better lunch options you should take advantage of.

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By George!
51 N 12th St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 829-9391
http://www.readingterminalmarket.org/merchants/view/51