Lamonica's Westwood -- Good News
Grabbed a Daily Bruin last week and found the new coupons for Lamonica's Pizza. Nice surprise! The delivery or carry-out price for a large two-topping pizza is $13.00, tax included. Now, they seem to have eliminated the inclusion of a large soft-drink, which probably makes the delivery guys much happier, and I have my own soda at home. But the last time I found these coupons, a few months ago at the top of the gas prices, the price was approaching $20. Now some will say that Lamonica's pizza is greasy, and if you get pepperoni and sausage like I do it is. But they don't skimp on the toppings or the cheese, the crust crisps up nicely on a heated castiron skillet left in the oven, and two slices usually satisfies my hunger. And I am very close by, well within easy delivery. I can understand some places needing to raise prices when ingredients or other costs go up -- but it is very unusual to see them come down when expenses normalize. Nice job! And yes, Lamonica's still offers two-for-one on Monday evenings after 5:30.
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Glad my post got so many people reminiscing. FYI -- the coupons for the 2-topping $13 deal are usually in the Daily Bruin on Mondays, and then once or perhaps twice later in the week -- not every day. The Monday evening 2-for-1 does not seem to require a coupon, just a mention when ordering. They have a $2 off special coupon for Tuesdays, but I don't quite understand the point -- the $13 is still a better deal. And surprisingly, the special specifies carry-out or delivery only, which I don't really understand -- would they throw you out if you took your box, ordered some drinks, and ate there? I find that the cheesy, meaty greasy pizza benefits greatly from some crushed red chili pepper to spice it up.
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Man, I miss Lamonica's. I used to live in Westwood, just down the street. I went there just about every week. My daughter, then 1, loved the crusts. I tried to get her to try the cheese, but she loved eating those crusts. I'm guess it's time to make another visit, for old time's sakes.
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Used to always buy Lamonica's in college. Can't believe it's fairly well-known here in CH. Not saying it wasn't good. It's just, back in the day, was more price/quantity conscious over quality, so find it funny I was eating good pizza & didn't even know it.
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re: pharmnerd
nah....you weren't. They just happen to deliver to the pool. As far as I'm concerned it's gross, greasy, tasteless, "NY-style" cardboard. Just what the doctor ordered, especially for cheap! I, too, find the high acclaim here for this un-noteworthy orange-stuff odd. But it's nice to know about the coupon; thanks!
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re: J.L.
I think it's a NY-(style)-pizza thing. I actually never had pizza until my college years but they were in Chicago and my idea of paradigmatic pizza is Giordano's (the old one), the "deep dish" variety, pre spin-off. So that wafer-thin stuff just never got programmed into me. I believe you it is "good", I've heard so many say so! And we do buy it and I've never seen it go uneaten!
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J.L.
Feb 9, 2009 02:30 PM
Those 2 for 1 deals on Monday (just mention the promotion, no coupon needed) are great! I survived my college days at UCLA (and that's quite some time ago) with help from Lamonica's...
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