“Fresh asphalt”
“Crushed marbles”
These are just a few of the pizza toppings listed on the menu. Little bits of humor are planted all around Woody's. Some of the decorative signs on the wall read: “BEER The reason I get up every morning.” and “Please, no singing no dancing no swearing. This is a respectable house” (keep in mind, Woody's is technically a sports bar, so of course there is going to singing, dancing, and swearing!) To add to the fun, cowboy bandanas are provided as napkins. The cheap cloth doesn't work very well for wiping pizza grease off your hands, but the fun element that it adds to the experience makes up for what the bandanas lack in functionality.
Outside of Woody's, the signage with multiple references to their famous pizza indicated to me that this was a local family pizza joint. Therefore, I was very disappointed when I opened their door and found myself standing in what looked like a dive bar. Dim yellowish lighting covered the brown wood-paneled walls, and almost all of the natural daylight was blocked out of the small windows by crooked wooden slats. The wooden walls were adorned in local sports and historic paraphernalia. The tables were arranged in a very awkward combination of regular booths, freestanding tables, standing-height tables, standing-height booths, and of course the long bar countertop. From the exterior, the building looks small, but the interior extends far back from the front. Perhaps the most prominent feature of the inside is the twenty-five television screens, many of them widescreen flatpanel TVs, which provide three different channels of sports viewing. Amazingly, the televisions are arranged around the room in such a way that almost every seat in the building can see not just one TV, but all three channels in one field of view.
From reading the menu and talking with my perfectly attentive waiter, I learned that Woody's is famous for their semolina-honey crust pizza dough, which they prepare fresh every morning, then bake in a wood-fired oven when you place your order. I wanted to take in these flavors in their purest form, so I decided to order a small cheese pizza. Another well-known food item that I must note is the beer cheese soup, consisting of Coors beer, vegetable broth, cheddar cheese, lots of potatoes, with the option of adding add bacon or jalapenos peppers.
For a place that is so famous for its pizza, the menu is actually quite extensive with sandwiches, burgers, and entrée salads, but most people take advantage of the “all you can eat wood-fired pizza, soup, and salad bar” for only $8.78 (kids 10 and under are $5.99, kids 4 and under are free.) Single slices are just $2. These prices and the unique, extensive options for pizza toppings (such as artichokes, Fontina cheese, smoked mozzarella, sundried tomatoes, and of course, fresh asphalt) seem to attract people of every age, which in turn, means that Woody's is not a dive sports bar—it's a family-friendly eatery, popular sports bar, and favorite luncheon get-together spot for senior citizens.
As I sat waiting for my pizza, the smell of the freshly popped, free popcorn in the machine a few feet away was making my mouth water. By the time my pizza arrived, I was very anxious to try this special wood-fired pizza dough. The sweetness of the honey and the fresh-baked, hand kneaded flavor and texture in the dough was definitely noticeable, but the pizza was severely lacking in tomato sauce. The little bit of sauce that was there was also so unevenly distributed that some bites had no sauce flavor whatsoever. Overall this pizza was disappointing to me, but perhaps this particular one the I got was a below-average version of their usual. A second visit to try the pizza bar would be needed to clarify this, but I was not able to return to Woody's while I was in town.
More information:
1305 Washington Avenue
Phone: 303-277-0443
Fax: 303-279-5131
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