03/06/09

South Street Sushi

by mefman00

South Street Sushi is a mirage, a hallucination, an eruption of passion lined thinly with a nightmarish hue. Like a tribal rite of passage, its essence cannot exist outside of the hours of 2:00 am - 4:00 am, as if a greasy, grungy Brigadoon bloomed and blossomed from the bitter sidewalks of South Street every night.

To attain this level of enlightenment, the subject must consume enough alcohol that they would be considered a "crying out for help" by certain audiences. Next, after a confused, sometimes frightening trek through the shadowy South Philly streets, the subject must obtain one cheesesteak from Jim's Steaks, at 4th and South streets. The cheesesteak is carefully transported to Lorenzo's, one block east, and kept in its wrapping while the subject purchases any one slice of Lorenzo's gargantuan pizzas.

The subject carries the two items outside, and in a fit of gluttony, drunkenness and shame, wraps the jumbo slice of pizza around the cheesesteak, and shovels the sickening combination down its throat like a snake swallowing a helpless mole.

But like a river in the deep, dry desert, it is but an illusion. For when the feeling is gone, and the day is new, your life-changing accomplishment sends you spiraling back to Earth with a long, long lecture - courtesy of the porcelain god.

Only those who truly with to live their lives to the fullest will experience this miraculous disaster. It will change your life.

01/24/09

Eh

by dumbjaw

Often undercooked. Often overhyped. It's okay if you're wasted and need something in your belly. Otherwise, avoid.

• Pros: Location
• Cons: Taste

09/28/08

NOT BAD IF U R DRUNK

by NegroWhippah

AND TO CORRECT MISTAH "PHILLY FOOD CRITIC" DIS AIN'T DA SAME THING AS LAZARO'S ... AT ALL!!!

LAZARO'S IS GOOD SOBER AND DRUNK.. LORENZO'S FAIR SOBER AND AMAZING DRUNK...

DA SERVICE IS LEGENDARY AND U CAN MAKE SOME GOOD CONVERSATION IN LINE WHILE WAITING.. A WORD 2 DA WISE SLASH HIP...

DO URSELF A FAVAH AND ONLY GET IT BY DA SLICE AS DA ENTIRE PIES AREN'T AS GOOD..

YO I KNOW DA SECRET RECIPE BY DA WAY... AND NOT TELLIN YO :-)

• Pros: GOO SLICES, INTERESTING PEEOPLE
• Cons: DA LINE ON WEEKENDS, A REHEATED SLICE

07/11/08

Same pizza as Lazaros, but no where to sit

by Phillyfoodcritic

Love the pizza--- good sauce, giant slices, nice and thin. I guess the location is good(being on south street), but its literally the same pizza as lazaros at 18th and south. Both pizzas are great, but I like to sit down to eat

• Pros: Fast, good 'za
• Cons: A little dirty, few seats

06/21/08

Best Pizza...On the weekend

by superman828

This is a place to go if you are a pizza lover. The slices are huge and the price isn't bad. This is one place you get what you pay for. you can get one slice and walk away satisfyed. I just have one issue. For some reason the puzza here is always better on the weekends

• Pros: big slices, tastey, filling
• Cons: long lines, small place, parking

05/02/08

Love the giant pizza

by OzzRaven

I try to get out to Lorenzos once a week if I can. The pizza doesn't taste like cardboard and has the right consistancy always. Of the many times I've been there, I had one pie that was so so and it was still good. There is no need for toppings when the pizza is that good. As for the mirrored back room... I personally think its kinda cool. Kind of a throw back to the quirkiness that South Street used to have. Price is right and the staff moves everyone through there very quickly even if there is a line. I can only eat one slice and my bf can only eat two. Thats saying alot for two people that love to eat and have a huge appetite.

• Pros: Pizza is the right thickness and the staff moves the lines very quickly . Very good price
• Cons: It would be nice if the shop were a little bigger

04/16/08

Fabulous pizza! The perfect midnight snack...

by ezralevin

The pizza here is outragously good. No, there really isn't proper seating, there is always a line, they charge for boxes, BUT THE PIZZA IS SO DAMN DELICIOUS! Take it home to enjoy or eat it on your way home. Huge slices of mozzerella goodness. Yum!

• Pros: Delicious pizza, huge slices
• Cons: Long line, no seating area

04/07/08

The opposite of good is South St. Lorenzo's

by DrFear

first off, you can't trust any pizza place that the owners don't actually work in, but who can blame them, being that the place is clearly a converted public restroom, which is fitting, since eating the half-assed pizza is something like munching on a sopping handful of used toilet paper. Weak sauce, and too little of it, gobs of cheap, flavorless cheese, and a thick, gummy, barely-done crust make it tedious going after the first few bites. It seems like a laundromat for mob cash, the pizza being an afterthought. So if you're in the area, and are really desperate for pizza, go for it. I guess you can always imagine that it's good.

The person who recommends the Italian Market Lorenzo's is dead on, except it's on 9th and christian.

• Pros: quick n' cheap
• Cons: passing this off as some kind of tradition is an insult to anyone's intelligence

03/21/08

Best pizza in the world -- for sure!!!!!

by tissyhon

My husband took me to his favorite spot (Lorenzo's) while he is working near South Street sometimes and it was incredible!!!! We took our five year old son who is a pizza phanatic too and he loved it as well. Anyone who is from Philly can vouch for this place and knows that the ingredients are fresh and not cheap as some of the other reviews may be claiming. I love the way the pizza just melts in your mouth. Excellent all the way around. There are no need for toppings because you wouldn't want to be covering this pizza up with anything more. I am from Southwest Philly origininally and now live in delco and I'm going there tonight for Good Friday for a whole pie to bring home to my family too!

• Pros: excellent thin pizza
• Cons: no seating at all.

02/02/08

Drunkin' Pizza

by roubaix3325

So, Lorenzos is not, "I'm just walking around South Street and I'm hungary" kind of pizza. Lorenzos is a "I just had a long night of drinking and I've never been so hungary in my entire life" kind of pizza. I agree, Lorenzos is average pizza for those that are casually hanging out. But if you're drunk, or even better, hammered, and the bars have closed, and you need a snack, Lorenzos is the absolute BEST THING EVER!!!! It cures your hangover for the next day too!

• Pros: Yay drunkin pizza!
• Cons: If you're belligerent, don't go. People cut in line and you just have to live w/ it.