Petrillo's and more...

Tonight I finally tried Petrillo's Pizza! I'm such a lame-o. I hung out with Allie, Kacey, and Darryl, and both Allie and Kacey have had Petrillo's their entire life (or at least Allie has.) What is sad is that we've all lived in the same houses since we were tiny little children, so it shows just how deprived I am of good, LOCAL pizza.

I liked their specialty pizza, but it was so overloaded with toppings! It wasn't a bad thing, but I could only eat one slice because it was so huge. Next time I think I'll get just a pepperoni and bell peppers pizza to really get a good idea of the cheese and sauce. I really liked the crust, plus the quality of the ingredients was 100x better than Dominoes or Pizza Hut. Their Italian sausage was one of the best sausages I've had on a pizza, and I've eaten a lot of pizza.

Tonight we played a bunch of games and talked. It was fun, and it was even more fun watching Allie's new dog run around, sleep, and attempt to hide a pizza crust she stole from the table while we weren't looking. Everywhere I go I am reminded of the fact that I want a new dog haha. It's not that my current dog isn't cool enough, but I'm used to having two dogs who play and run around a lot. Ever since my female dog died last year, my male dog hasn't been the same.... he just sleeps all day :(

Anyway, on Friday Darryl and I ventured over to this cute little restaurant called Cook's Tortas for lunch. I was pleasantly surprised by the restaurant because it reminded me of West LA, not Monterey Park. That was mostly due to the decor. There were a ton of tortas to choose from, but I got the Chicken Basil (chicken, pesto mayo, cucumbers, lettuce, tomato) and Darryl got the Carne Asada (carne asada, avocado, pico de gallo, and some sort of chipotle mayo.) I enjoyed mine, but Darryl's was amazing. I also loved the crusty bread they use. For $6.45 (plus tax,) you can get any sandwich plus a small side. I thought the almost footlong sandwich and red (sweet potato) fries were worth it!