Acropole Pizza

If you run a pizza shop, you should maybe take a trip to NYC to at least try a pizza. I don’t know exactly what they serve here, but it’s not pizza. Way too much cheese and no tomato sauce? WTF?

Very different but good quality. They use a ton of cheese and dont poke holes in the dough so it can be cooked in 2 mins on a conveyor belt. I definately would recommend this pizza.

When you’re a New Glasgow native who only comes home a few times a year, you have to do what you can to squeeze in as much of the down home eats that the area has to offer, which is of course the pizza and donairs. One of these measures may include adding a fourth meal to your day and getting a late night donair while completely sober.
If the dictionary had phrases in it and one of them was «restaurants that don’t give a damn about the atmosphere because they know people love their food», Acropole’s picture would be next to that. If there was room. Dingy carpets and generic fast food joint tables and chairs, and a general sense of shame fill the room, although to be fair anything nicer than this would be wasted on the late night crew that must make up a significant portion of their business.
Typically when I’m home I grab a slice and a small donair sauce for the road, but this time I added on a small donair to it. I called ahead for a pick up order so I wouldn’t have to sit on anything there and the order was ready to go when I arrived.
Now the term «small» is certainly a relative one in this case, as this donair was heartier than any sub that you’re gonna get from the likes of Subway. Jam packed with meat, tomatoes, onions and Ac’s thick donair sauce, it was quite apparent that I would be having my slice of pizza for breakfast (this is a perfectly acceptable practice in Pictou County). The meat was a little on the dark side, but I did order a midnight donair on a Wednesday night, so this was likely on the outside of the spit for a while. Nonetheless, it wasn’t dry at all, and the generous amount of sauce helped as well. The meat had a nice zing to it and earthy seasoning for a great donair flavour. The sauce is probably my favourite of any place in the province — thick, with a light garlic flavour and not too sweet, it puts the translucent syrup in Halifax to shame. All of this was wrapped in a soft pita which did what it could to contain the hot mess, but we all know that no pita known to man can withstand the onslaught of a donair. Luckily the foil wrapper kept things relatively in order, but a donair is always going to be a multiple napkin affair. Chopped tomatoes and onions did their thing, adding their complimentary flavours to the donair and keeping the sandwich from being 100% meat and carbs. You know, so it’s only 98% now.
While the less than pleasant décor and clientele at Acropole haven’t changed since I was younger, more importantly its great food hasn’t either.
PS. I had a great breakfast the next day.

So I had posted a photo of the brutal tables, ugly carpet, and a bunch of teenagers hanging off the tables like monkeys to have photographic evidence to back up my review… however the business owner asked Unilocal to remove it, and so they did.
so I guess you will have to use your imagination on the «missing» photo.
I now take 1 star off for the business owner trying to «hide» the crappy tables and décor…hint, people will see it when they get there… the slices are still good, stay focused on that if you can’t/won’t spend the money on some interior reno’s.

Gah. I love the food here so much but they’re slimey and so aloof about their service. I decided to give them a 3 instead of the harsh 1 I gave them a year ago.
They make hands down the best combo slices in the entire town when they’re fresh, oh man they’re pure heaven. PC pizza is completely different than any pizza you’ll ever eat in the sense that the sauce is completely different — spicy, with veggies in it, they use the perfect amount of sauce every time somehow. They also use Brother’s pepperoni, so you get an amazing spicy kick.
Now, the service is where I have an issue. You can often times hear an angry man in the back muttering profanities at his employees, and don’t expect to get a smile when you order your slice. You can expect some of the best pizza ever, and THE best donair I’ve had.