Friday, June 27, 2008

Kristina's Pizza, Mascher and Berks, Phila.


Kristina's Pizza is on a cool block, and it serves some pretty good pizza. The crust is a little thin, and it often cracks at the perimeter and drips a wonderful touch of oil. There's not much sauce - the whole slice is pretty thin altogether - but what they give you is pretty good overall.

The staff is a little brisk at Kristina's, especially when after having eaten outised, I walk back in and hand them my paper plates to discard (there are no garbage cans on the block or in the customer area inside). But it's nice going there. Across Mascher St. is a tire shop (always a lively spot), and across Berks is a very nice handball court and gym. The El is just a little down Berks, and there's a stop right there. The neighborhood is lively. A building on Berks between Mascher and Hancock advertises curled hair on its old brick walls.

I gave the neighborhood (The American St. industrial neighborhood) to Germantown, but Kristina's holds its own in its own way. Big up to that, you know?

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