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Mama Angelina's
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Categories: Pizza, Sandwiches [Edit]
Neighborhoods: Avenue of the Arts South, Washington Square West1337 Locust St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 735-4987
- Hours:
Mon-Thu. 7:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Fri. 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Sun. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
- Parking:
- Street
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Price Range:
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$
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- None
16 reviews for Mama Angelina's
Their cheesesteak here is freakishly and surprisingly good. Soft bread, mmm! I'm knocking off one star because there is no cheese wiz option!
Remedy? We bought a jar of wiz at the grocery store to slather on whenever we're feeling lazy to drive to Jim's or Tony Luke's. I mean, it's across the street from our place; you can't beat that!
Oh, and their pizza is pretty good too. :)
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Possibly the best pizza I've had in Philly yet. It's got a nice crust, not to cripsy and not too soft. I have yet to try any of their other menu items but I swear by this pizza. Just an FYI, they only except cash.
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I only stopped by this place because it was on my way to where I was heading...if that makes any sense. I just wanted something quick/easy in my tummy before I got to the drinkin', and it was the first place I saw that fit the bill.
Walked in, ordered a slice, and sat down. Few minutes later the slice was ready, and I ate it. It was decent, as Philly pizza goes...VERY greasy, if you are into that sort of thing. Workers had the gruff-friendly thing going on, mixed with a general sense of bewilderment. It was amusing to see two cops casually walk in, look around, and say "well, your burgler alarm is going off, but I don't think you are being robbed. Reset the alarm". And then walk out. Yay, Philly!
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4.5 stars. I went here all the time in college. I happened to be in Philly recently and was staying at the Double Tree, conveniently located right next to one of my favorite old slice joints. Sure, you need to bring a few paper towels to soak down the mountain of grease, but it is worth it as it is so very good (the pizza, not your grease-soaked paper towels). Also, really good cheesesteaks in a city clogged to the gills with 'em.
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I used to go here when I lived in Philly before, in the mid-late '90s. I'm living in Philly again now, and I stopped in recently. It had been 10 years! I was happy to see the pizza is still as good as I remembered. The inside is different -- it looks like they tried to make it a little nicer. It's cheap and good...can't ask for anything better than that!
I'd give the pizza a 3.5. The service a 1.
The pizza here is pretty good. I think it is expensive, but that is due to me graduating from Rutgers, where the pizza was really cheap (in New Brunswick).
I'd say to just make your order and leave and come back (after making sure you waited enough time for it to be ready). The workers here are mean. It's like they don't even want you there. Just get in and get out. I ordered in store once, and the guy basically yelled at me when I asked how long it'd be.
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This afternoon I found myself wondering why I hadn't gone out to pick up a couple of slices for in the past month so I asked around the office and was directed here. No-frills pizza in a no-frills parlor; few customers here at 1pm which didn't bode well. The slices were served up to go right quick with no smiles but no attitude either; grease flowed forth like none other on the two block trek back to the office. Single-handedly the greasiest slice of pepperoni pizza I've ever had; I folded that sucker in half and watched my paper plate drown in 'roni juice (and this slice was not piled high with pepperoni, six rounds max).
Okay goods, I finished off the two slices no problem but none of the ingredients stood out, sometimes you get what you pay for ($5.60 for two one-topping slices).
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CHEEP CHEEP!! Do I hear chicks? CHEAP CHEAP! Ah I see! CHEAP!!
Ok what do you expect. This is a DIVE pizza place with cheap food. Pizza is greasy. But it is awesome! Reminds me of when I lived in NY as a poor girl. Cheesesteaks are very basic with no frills!
Atmosphere. There is none. I usually sit outside with their cheap WALMART plastic furniture and people watch.
The staff. There is this one guy that is really nice to me. I should get his name the next time.
But I would definitely come back for more.
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Haha I give you 4 stars Mama. BUT only because you're open late as hell and I like your pizza. That old dude cracks me up but really he needs to smile someday. I've been there a lot and I've never seen the guy smile once! He sure yells a lot but smiling not so much. The pizza is awesome though. And I had a cheesesteak (no whiz, that stuff is nasty) but it was good. The pricing is fair too. And if you're a UARTs student you get 2 slices with a drink free (bring your ID). I like that. They ain't skimpy on toppings either. Anywaaays. Yay Mama's. That's the moral of this latenight story.
The horrid attitude and unfriendly overall aura of Mama Angelina's has made me finally resolve not to dine there. I live in the Arts Condos, which is LITERALLY directly across the street from Mama's, so it has always been a convenient place to get a slice of pizza at a good price.
And the pizza IS good, if you like New York style, super thin, super greasy, super cheesy pizza. At $2.00 a slice for a piece as big as your arm, it's a decent sized meal at a totally reasonable price.
But the staff is so abysmally rude that I won't put up with it anymore. I literally had my final straw today; I went in and ordered a cheesesteak with everything, two pieces of cheese and two pieces of sausage pizza. The guy wrote down my order and then another guy began making my sandwich.
Pizza is normally given to you on a flimsy paper plate, and if you're taking it to go, they slide the whole thing inside an equally flimsy paper bag (the kind you might get a cookie in.) If you order four or more slices they will put it all in a pizza box for you, which makes sense because 4 slices is pretty much the size of a small pizza.
Well today the guy pulls out some paper plates so I said "Could you please put them all in a box for me? I just have to walk across the street, but I don't think I can carry four paper plates and a sandwhich." And he said "We don't have a small box." So I said "Well, normally if I order four slices they put it in a box for me."
So then he starts glaring at me and YELLS "What kind of pizza DO YOU WANT?" I said "Didn't you just take my order sixty seconds ago?" And he just repeated himself - "WHAT KIND OF PIZZA DO YOU WANT?"
So I literally told him, to his face, "Look. I'm fed up of this. I have probably spent $1000 buying $2 pieces of pizza from you over the last 12 months, and every time I come in here I'm treated like dirt. You guys are so rude, I don't want anything to do with you anymore."
And he actually had the nerve to be incredulous about it, as if it was news to him. Trust me, he's heard this before. So he points back to his coworker who is making my cheesesteak and says something about how he's already making it, and I said "No, forget it. I don't want anything to do with your food ever again."
And then as I'm walking out the door, he had the audacity to say "God bless you."
Don't put money into the pockets of people who have no consideration for you as a customer just because it is convenient. Give your hard earned dollars to people who make you feel like your business is appreciated.
Mama Angelina's is staffed by two young men, an older man, and a woman who are incapable of gratitude, pleasantries or even social nicety. It isn't worth it.
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Mama Angelina's is one of the best bad places in Philadelphia. They are so good at being nasty that it's worth the visit! The pizza is never consistent, the staff is often rude, and the prices always change. It's like Vegas!
The flip side is that there open 'till 2am, next to UArts, and rude! So if your craving something unknown between classes, check out Mama A's!
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So, like a lot of the places I've reviewed, Mama Angelina's used to be a place I frequented for its convenient location. It's practically across the street from the music building of the University of the Arts, and all the music school kids (I used to be one) used to run over there for a couple slices between classes or if they were in the middle of a marathon practice session and needed some fuel to keep them going.
The place is not pretty, nor is the pizza. If I remember it correctly, it's that really, really greasy stuff, where you have to dab it off before eating or else the grease will run down your chin, burning you all the way. This disgusts some people and excites others. I'd say I was pretty into it at the time. Which explains the weight I put on during that year I spent in music school.
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Maybe my favorite pizza in Philly. Way good. I've had breakfast here a few times too, and it has been good. I'm not giving Mama Angelina's five stars because I'm not going to insist that everyone put down what their doing and head over there, but if you're looking for good pizza, this would be my first recommendation. Hands down.
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OK, here's the score...during the day it's an older Greek guy, Pete the owner, and his wife, not a clue of her name-and she is sort of mean. The other guys are pleasant enough once they get to know your face. The pizza is greasy but still not bad, they haven't switched over to the trendy ingredients that every other pizza place in the center city has switched over to. It's a dive pizza joint that caters to the U of Arts students and workers in the area. Don't expect much but it does fill your gut.
The older guy at night is one mean mother f****er, don't look him in the eyes!
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Love this place! The pizza is good and I've never had any problems with the staff being rude. There's an old, cranky guy that works there but what else do you expect from someone who has probably lived in PA their whole life?!? I'd be cranky too!
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i wandered around downtown philly for like an hour trying to find something decent to eat that was also dirt cheap. as my strength began to fade, i just said 'fuck it, i'm rolling into the next dirty pizza place i see'. mama beckoned me in, and i do not mind. living in chicago, i am forced to eat this weird chicago pizza...not the deep-dish monstrosity that we feed to tourists, but this thin-crust thing cut into little squares with the cheese on top of the toppings. it's good, but i like to be able to fold my pizza, so maybe i'm just a sucker for a properly-shaped slice.
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