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Pizza Pies for Your Eyes
By bukkhead | July 9, 2007
The tables at Snoose Junction are made out of the boards from Lelani Lanes. That’s all I really need to tell you—it would have been enough incentive for me if I had known in advance. Need more? Fine—they have an Addams Family pinball machine. And it takes dollar bills. Now you know why I’ll go back even if I’m not in the mood for a slice. And they serve by the slice (or whole pies). And they serve a tasty little pear cider. I tell you, never before have I been so jealous of my friend who lives a few blocks away. Walk down to the Snoose, have a slice, a cider, a coupla games of kooky spooky ooky, and ten bucks has never been better spent.
I came across Snoose Junction thanks to a promotion via AM1090, the progressive talk radio I listen to in the car and sometimes online. They have Blue Chip deals, where you get gift certificates 50% off at participating restaurants, quantities limited. When I checked it out, Snoose was the most attractive option, so I picked up 50 bucks worth. After a weekend of Indian, my crew was in the mood for some pizza.
Which I will get to, though pizza is pizza and even bad pizza is good pizza if you’re in the mood (and Snoose makes a good pizza no matter what mood you’re in). But I want to talk about the atmosphere more. It’s there in Ballard on Market and 23rd (or what would be 23rd if 23rd went through). Parking in Ballard is impossible (part of it’s charm?) so you’re going to walk, which is good, cause Ballard is a chillax place to walk around. Snoose will be just another part of your Ballard experience. There’s the nearby Sonic Boom (the GF found a CD she’d been hunting for weeks), that cupcake place across the street, and your choice of coffee shops. The Tractor Tavern just a stroll away. Archie McPhee if you’re looking to get your kitsch on. Inside, they’ve got some grunge-era concert flyers on one wall, some charcoal sketches of locomotive parts on another, high ceilings so the place doesn’t get too hot, and as many recycled building materials as they could find when the built the place late last year. Our server was new, well pierced, Ballard through-and-through, and a real nice guy.
And yes, the pizza is worth the trip alone. We shared a half combo half veggie deluxe. I don’t know the pizza nomenclature, but I can tell you the crust was thin but firm. The cheese was melty but not oily. The veggies blended right in and the pepperoni and sausage where appreciated. Their sauce (the signature of any non-chain pizza joint) was light, a hint of sweet, a hint of olive. I had a slice of each, and the pear cider, and a game of AFP. Need I say more? This is what a pizza experience is supposed to be.
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