DAY 5 ALFREDO'S SOUTH SCRANTON, PA

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE WEATHER WAS NICE, THE FAMILY WANTED TO GO OUT FOR THE DAY SO WE WENT TO SOUTH SIDE BOWL WITH MY FAMILY OF FOUR AND SOME FRIENDS OF THE KIDS IN TOW. THE BOWLING WAS COOL, OR SWEET AS THE KIDS SAY NOW A DAYS, COSMIC BOWLING THE LIGHTS TURNED DOWN LOTS OF DISCO BALLS AND STROBE LIGHTS AND LOUD MUSIC. AS FOR THE BOWLING, MY KNEES COULD ONLY STAND TWO GAMES (184 AND 154). GUESS I'M READY FOR THE AARP PRO BOWLING TOUR. LOL

AFTER THE BOWLING AND VIDEO GAMES IT WAS A SHORT DRIVE TO ALFREDO'S PIZZA LOCATED IN THE SOUTH SIDE SHOPPING CENTER. ITS A STRIP MALL LOCATION BUT ALFREDO'S HAS MADE IT UP SCALE. OUTSIDE SEATING IN THE WARMER WEATHER, A NICE BRASS AND WOOD BAR INSIDE AND SEVERAL NON BARROOM SEATING AREAS FOR DINING. WHITE TABLE CLOTHS AND FLOWERS ON THE TABLES AND NICE SELECTION OF BEER AND WINES. THEIR MENU IS FROM SANDWICHES TO FULL MEALS AND IT ALL LOOKS GOOD, BUT WE WERE HERE ON A MISSION TO EAT PIZZA.
A TRAY OF RED(12 CUTS) AND A TRAY OF WHITE(8 CUTS) WAS THE ORDER FOR THE TABLE. THIS WAS GREAT RED PIZZA LOTS OF CHEESE, THIN CRUNCHY CRUST, JUST ENOUGH PEPPER AND ONION SO YOU KNOW IT WAS ON THE PIZZA. THE WHITE PIZZA WAS OVERFLOWING WITH CHEESE, WE ENDED UP CUTTING THE LARGE CHEESEY CUTS IN HALF AND FOR MOST AT THE TABLE ONE HALF CUT WAS FILLING. WHILE THE WHITE WAS GOOD IT COULD HAVE USED SOME MORE SPICES ON TOP FOR FLAVOR AND THE CRUST ON TOP WAS DRY. I'D LIKE TO TRY THE WHITE AGAIN ON ANOTHER DAY BEFORE PASSING JUDGEMENT.
ALFREDO'S HAS AN OLD FORGE CONNECTION, ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES LIVES IN OLD FORGE IN THE MINE SHAFT ESTATES SECTION. OUR UNNAMED SOURCES TELL US HE'S NOT TO BAD OF A BOWLER AND IN FACT DURING THE 1980'S COMPETED ON THE PRO BOWLERS TOUR APPEARING ON TV SEVERAL TIMES. IT ALSO IS RUMORED THE THE MOVIE KING PIN(BILL MURRAY AND WOODY HARRELSON) HAD THIS LOCAL BOWLING/PIZZA KING AS A PAID ADVISOR FOR BOWLING AND PBA CORRECTNESS.

IN OUR GROUP WE HAD A FIRST TIME OLD FORGE PIZZA EATER FROM MICHIGAN, HIS TASTEBUDS STILL NEED TO BE FINE TUNED SINCE HE THOUGHT THE RED PIZZA WAS ONLY OK AND THE WHITE HAD NO TASTE. NICE KID BUT WE NEED TO WORK ON HIS FOOD SELECTION.

PIZZA CHALLENGE RANK FOUR CUTS TODAY'S SCALE READ 184