Shane, our roommate and close friend introduced us to Antonio’s. He and Ray are pizza whores. Me, not so much but whatever, I’m always up for a new place. Usually, when we get pizza I let the boys make the decisions; today was no different. If you don’t already know from my previous blogs, I like to order my dessert before hand, so when I noticed a gelato stand my attention immediately shifted. The guy behind the counter seemed as though he had no prior experience in scooping gelato. I don’t remember what flavor I ordered or the price, but what I can say is that it was at par with the pizza, nothing amazing.

The boys ordered Antonio’s Fabulous Garlic Bread Rolls, $3.50. Just one look and I swear my cholesterol went up.

You see what I mean. I’m not crazy about butter, especially when it’s melted but I do like garlic, however, these were actually done really well. They came out fresh and piping hot. In my opinion when garlic and butter are involved, it’s tends to be too salty, like most garlic breads. But this was different, it wasn’t too salty at all and you can taste the garlic loud and clear. As soon as it hits your lips it screams, “What’s up, I’m Garlic Butter. How you doing?” Yep, that’s exactly what it says.

Now, as for the pizza . . . I want to tell you I love it because I’m a little frightened for my life if I give this place a bad review. Have you seen the owner?

This is the owner. Yes, that is a mohawk and a mullet. He likes long walks on the beach, mud wrestling, arm wrestling, little boys, big girls, big trucks, and crushing things like an itty- bitty pimple. Dude, I don’t reckon this picture is helping him get laid. Should I be writing this? Did I mention, I’m a little frighten for my life. Let’s move on to the pizza.
We got a two topping medium with mushroom and sausage (what Ray usually gets). I don’t remember the exact price but I’m guesstimating $15.00.

Most of the toppings were in the middle. Once you eat half way through a slice all you get is cheese and sauce and then crust.

I mean, just look at the toppings. To the naked eye it looks generous but don’t be fooled. The mushrooms are cut paper thin and the meat is like ground beef shavings.
Another thing that sucks about this place is that they don’t give free refills on their sodas. Ray wasn’t aware of this so he downed his first soda when we got the artery clogging garlic balls, and had to purchase another soda when we got the pizza. It’s a good thing I don’t drink soda. Nope, all my empty calories are reserved for dessert purposes only.

Just for the record, I would have stolen the refill.
The ambiance was tables, a couple arcade games and pictures of frightening, deformed muscle heads that are probably going to hunt me down beat me with a metal chair, body slam my ass onto the concrete and them cut me into four equal parts and beat each other with it.

You know, now that I think about it, this place really wasn’t that bad. The artery balls are dangerous. Once you pop, you can’t, you can’t stop. The gelato was sweet and the pizza was hot.

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4210 Waialae Avenue # B 109
Honolulu, HI 96815
(808) 737-3333

If you don’t have a Costoc card I highly recommend getting one or find a friend that has one. I don’t know if I would be the person I am today if I had not had a Costco in my life. Costco has a ridiculous return policy, which I do admit I use to my advantage quite often. They give out free samples of food. Go on the weekend there’s a lot more samples but also a lot more people. Costco also has an amazingly cheap food court. Let’s say your too cheap to purchase a Costco card and you don’t have any friends, have no fear. A friend once told me that special things just seem to happen here. When I saw a food court outside of Costco for the first time I became a believer. I’m from all over California and as a religious member of Costco purchaser of bulk items I have only attended Costcos with courts inside. Now some might think that there’s nothing magical about this, well perhaps not, but special, without a doubt.

Eat Costco’s food without being a member. Don’t worry about the member card thing, they NEVER, ask for it at the food court. At Costco one can get a whole meal for $1.50. Friend, I would not lie to you. I know because that’s exactly what I have done, on several occasions. A hot dog or polish dog and a 16 oz drink for $1.50. These aren’t wimpy limp dogs, but could quite possibly be one of the largest dogs I have ever encountered. Not only that but they’re kosher. Not Jewish, that’s cool, I’m not either. If you like sour kraut you have to ask for it when you order. Hot dogs aren’t very exciting to you? Well, they also have large slices of pizza for $1.99 and and whole 18″ pizza for $9.95. Chicken Bakes for $2.69, but I don’t recommend those. They’re usually over done and has a weird creamy filling. Not a junk food person, no worries, there’s a chicken caesar salad for $3.79. Love sugar, but not the fat, sweet. There’s also berry smoothies, mocha freeze, berry sundae, and nonfat yogurt all between $1.25 - $1.55. As for the fat, think yourself thin or exercise but whatever you do, don’t cut back on the sugar. Don’t ever listen to anyone if they tell you to do that. Actually if anyone ever tells you that you should instantly call the authorities. This person is probably a terrorist or pedophile. Sugar is like love, you need it, everyone needs it. Sugar balances our equilibrium, wakes the sun up in the morning and brings the moon out at night. Enough of it has the power to stop global warming. Without it the world would stop and everyone will die. I’m doing my part; I purchased an ice cream bar. It’s ginormous and only cost me $1.50. It comes rolled in nuts or without.

If you do make a stop by the food court, keep in mind that they only take cash, or American Express. I forgot the one day and had to walk awkwardly walk away, without any food after standing in line for 15 minutes.

If you want directions or more info here’s a link

Costco in Hawaii

If pizza is what you crave I might have found a place for you. Our friend Ona picked us up the other day. We had plans to go to the beach, but our stomachs intervened and we decided to hit up a place to eat first. We were all open to options that were fast, cheap and good. Pizza came to mind so that’s what I suggested and that’s what we went out in search of. Ona’s been on this island for some time now so she knew of a place called Boston’s North End Pizza Bakery that was near by.

Boston’s is a staightforward pizza place. You walk in, order your food at the counter and wait. There’s premade pizza slices laid out behind a glass window or you always have the option of putting in a new order. Along with the typical cheese and peperoni pizzas, they also had the not so typical pizzas like garlic and spinach, or anchovies. The pizza’s were reheated up and served hot. There were a lot of things I liked about this place. For one, they give gigantic slices. Also, if you enjoy herbs like I do, then you’ll love the variety of self serve herbs available to spice your pizza up with. The decor was plain with cheesy Christmas lights that glowed on the wall above. The service was good. I wouldn’t expect anything other than what looked like high school students working at a pizza joint. Pizza slices were around $5.35 depending on what slice you wanted and how many toppings they had. Whole pies were 19″ and 3 lbs. They ranged from around 18 -24 dollars. These are their toppings: pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms, bell peppers, anchovies, sausage, garlic, tomato, broccoli, spinach and onions. Sodas were $1.01 - 22 oz, $1.25 - 32 oz, and $1.76 - pitcher. There’s really not much left to say about this place but what I have already said, It was fast, cheap and good. We ate left and headed to the beach to soak up some sun.

This is a picture of three slices of pizza. They’re ridiculously ginormous. If you want more information, give them a call because that’s all I got for you, (808) 734-1945. They don’t have a website but there’s about 12 in Oahu alone. If you want directions click below.

Directions to Boston’s North End Pizza Bakery