This letter is in response to the review by F.C. Foodie of the new Fayetteville restaurant, Pies On Pizza.

I don’t know how long F.C. Foodie has been in Fayette County, but pretty much everyone in Fayetteville knows that Ga. Highway 74 is NOT in Fayetteville. Do your research.

Pies On has never claimed to have New York-style pizza; the sign that you saw was referring to New York System, a way of cooking wieners.

And why does pizza have to be a “style”? Can’t it just be good pizza?

To continue, surely F.C. Foodie’s vocabulary is broader than having to resort to using the name of a pet food product as a food description. Friend, don’t try for cute or catchy, because that attempt fell flatter than yeastless dough.

Simply stating, “I prefer Italian sausage slices rather than ground Italian sausage on my pizza,” would have let everyone know where you stand on the issue without using negative wordage.

Also, you are telling your age, using the word, “joint,” which went out in the ‘70s. Get in the new millennium. Suitable synonyms would be “place” or “establishment” or even — duh — “restaurant.”

I do agree with F.C. Foodie that the “service” is friendly (although I am sure he meant to say the “staff” is friendly). As to the service being sometimes slow, I say this: Good food takes time to prepare, attention to detail and producing a quality product means more to me than a greasy white bag full of pre-cooked, kept warm food at a drive-thru window.

Pies On may do things the hard way, like make their own dough and salads or hand-slice the majority of their toppings, but the end product is certainly worth the occasional wait. And it states, right on their menu, that pizzas take 20 to 25 minutes to cook.

I encourage readers to go by and check out Pies On for themselves. To quote F.C. Foodie, “It provides a break from the Pizza Hut-Dominos chain version of pizza.” And their calzones, subs and salads are great, too. Hope to see you there.

Dianne Stagner
Fayetteville, Ga.

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