Angelo’s Pizza

Don’t even bother. Angelos Pizza is closed. Their last operating day was December 30^th. The place was good, quick and had tasty pizza, I personally loved the eggplant. Oh well, let’s see if the Bellevue Food Court can freshen up a bit.

Hands-​down, this is one of the best kept secrets in the Philly cheesesteak arena, and also some of the best pizza in the city.
Located on the lower level of the Bellevue in the food court, Angelo’s is consistently good and still very fairly priced.
There’s a reason all of the other cheesesteak and Italian vendors in this food court have come & gone, — they can’t hold a candle to Angelo’s.
UPDATE: sadly, Angelo’s closed on 12÷31÷13. The owner had severe health issues, and I’m told his staff didn’t want to take over the business. Check back soon as a new vendor «Walnut St. pizza» is scheduled to take over and reopen the place.
I’ll follow up with another review when that happens. I’m looking forward to good pizza!

I waited at the counter for several minutes before the guy doing all the cooking was able to break away to grab the slice I wanted and toss it in the oven. Meanwhile, there was an older guy fluttering between the grill and 2 people waiting for their cheesesteak orders, basically just getting in the cook’s way. When he rung me up, I asked if it always takes that long to order, he said ‘I was making a sandwich — it’s what we do.’ He was not making anything, as far as I could see. I would hate to see him try to handle a lunch rush. And, sadly, the pizza was not worth the wait. The cheese had no taste or texture and made me wonder if it was mostly American, not mozzerella. The mushrooms were from a can. And that one slice cost $ 3.

I stopped by here and saw there was a chicken cheesesteak special (w/​fries and a drink for $ 9 and some change) and I never… get chicken steaks so I decided to switch it up. The steak was solid I can’t really complain especially since I don’t normally get them, but it was cool. What I did and didn’t like… were the fries. It was more than I expected and that was great. They were thin cut which is unusual, but a welcome change and they would’ve been even better for sharing (I was solo though). What ruined it for me was that they were salty as hell. Some ketchup would have balanced it out, but I usually eat my fries straight up. Eh…
In a sea of steak and pizza options Angelo’s keeps its head above water.

This used to be run by the dude that owns Montessini’s in Maple Shade…
I am a fairly harsh pizza critic and I must say, this comes the closest to the mark of any Jersey/​NYC pizzeria to be found in Philadelphia in my very humble opinion. The only other comparison was La Pizzeria down on south, but those were actual New Yorkers running it… RIP La Pizzeria.