All Star Pizza Bar — Restaurant in Cambridge

The people and the atmosphere are great. No problems with service, and even the pizza is made well and not absolutely terrible.

I'm giving it 3 stars for the specific pizza we tried (duck confit) It was made well, the crust was good, the toppings weren't too heavy, and the cheese wasn't too stringy. It also wasn't greasy. So this is all good. Why the 3 stars?

The flavor of the actual pizza (duck confit) We were reviewing it for our personal content we put out and realized in the process of filming that we would never order that pizza a second time. After the first bite, it was unpleasant. When I think about a pizza or any food for that matter, I like to ask, would I eat this again? We didn't want it after the second bite. Much less another slice.

I am willing to bet other pizzas there are fine, and I would imagine changing the ingredients on this pizza would help. It doesn't do well with blue cheese and Buffalo. You would think it would, but it gives an unpleasant aftertaste.

I totally applaud the efforts for trying something different and cooking outside the box. I, again, am willing to bet other pizzas there are fine, give their classic marg. a try, and I'm sure you will be pleased. I don't recommend the one I had and wouldn't get it again. We may try another pizza here in the future and see how we like it.

I recommend trying their pizzas, and maybe you can confirm my distain for the one I tried if you are...

can you say gEnTriFicAtIOn?! I sure can, you're in EAST CAMBRIDGE! Next to Boston's North End! Which is what this neighborhood is essentially made of...

WHY are you going to unauthentic Italian for pizza!?!? GO TO NO. 2, GO TO ALFREDOS, EVEN GO TO SKAMPA!!

But don't bother! Overcrappe'd hipster garbage, you really want yourself shelling out your wallet for purple and yellow paint... When your money can be going to the authenticity of the originators and supporting the locals? This place is an industry plant gentrification market scheme selling knock-off bougie flavor profiles from reddit. Rather than stepping up and supporting local businesses with actual reputation/authenticity local to your community you buy $30 pizza from...

Creative topping combinations but average pizza overall. Tried the El hefe pizza which had pulled pork, pickled onions, mango, and cilantro. First of all, their dough and the crust was average at best: it was definitely a thin crust, but not crunchy as it should be. Their toppings on the other hand were amazing (except for the cilantro part): pulled pork was great and it was similar to having a pulled pork sandwich with pickled onions. However, it would’ve been nice if they added those toppings in greater quantity as some parts ended up being boring. The biggest letdown for me was the cheese or its lack thereof: I could barely taste any mozzarella and the cheese layer was barely visible...