redbrick pizza (destin, fl)

Shopping is hard work man, especially when you're braving the outdoors in a Destin outlet. This pizzeria caught our attention while we were looking for some food and judging by its ubiquitous outlet mall placement, I was pretty confident that we were walking into an epic franchise pizza fail. Little did I know...

Inside is a clean, simply decorated restaurant with an open kitchen. Your pizzas are created, tossed and baked in front of your very own eyes in (what they claim) a 1000 degree F brick oven. I've had one of these before...where was it again? Oh that's right - Antico in Atlanta. Because we had a bunch of annoying little kids with us, we ordered the usual pepperoni and a Veggie pizza.

Not quite sure how hot the ovens really get because there's no visible thermostat displayed in front but the pizzas were baked pretty quickly. I think it was over their 3 minute baking time they approximate on their website but still, a rather fast bake time.

The pepperoni pizza was okay. The crust was thin and crispy but the pepperoni itself didn't taste that great. It lacked that spicy kick that's associated with this cured meat. The Veggie on the other hand was pretty good and this is coming from someone that makes fun of vegetarians any time the opportunity presents itself. Again, the thin, crispy crust highlighted the pizza and the artichokes were a nice addition. You can either get a red or white (anchovy and garlic) and I wish I got the later instead. However, still a surprisingly good pizza.

For a franchise, RedBrick Pizza has some tasty pies. It wasn't the doughy, bland, sloppy mess I was expecting from a chain pizzeria (let alone one in the mall). Forget Sbarro, if there's a RedBrick Pizza nearby go there instead.