Every neighborhood has their own pizza shop which may or may not offer up sandwiches, hoagies, pasta and calzones as well. I've definitely frequented pizza shops that offer up only pies and their counterparts which offer all things Italian in addition to pizza by the slice. Bravo Brick Oven Pizza is the latter type.
The gourmet pizzas come in personal ($7.99), medium ($13.75), large ($16.95) and pan ($18.95, Chicago-style deep dish) sizes. There is a "meat lover's" (pepperoni, sausage, meatballs and cheese), "chicken barbecue" (chicken, BBQ sauce, red onions and cheese), "hawaiian" (pineapple, ham and three cheeses), and then more intriguing sounding "holiday" (broccoli, spinach, tomatoes and three cheeses) and "american" (the works up to five regular toppings).
If you only want a slice, a plain slice starts at $2.00 with toppings and fancier crusts (sicilian or deep dish) costing extra. I had a slice of mushroom for $2.40.
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Bravo offers calzone and strombolis which are $6.99 for a personal size and $14.99 for a large. Fillings include spinach or ham for the calzones and pepperoni, steak and chicken for the strombolis.
Steaks ($5.75 for plain steak, $6.25 for cheesesteak, $6.75 for pizza steak) and hot subs including chicken parmesan ($6.99) and meatball parmesan ($6.25) can be customized with mushrooms, peppers, lettuce and tomato ($0.50 additional).
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Hoagies and grinders include the typical Italian ($6.50), ham and cheese ($6.00), tuna sub ($6.50) and special Italian (prosciutto, salami, fresh mozzarella, provolone & basil, $7.25).
Pasta dishes range from spaghetti ($6.99) to manicotti ($7.99) and chicken cacciatore ($9.99) which are all served with fresh salad and baked garlic roll.
There are salads, sides (chicken fingers ($5.99), fries ($2.75), mozzarella sticks ($4.99), soup of the day ($2.75)), etc. and even buffalo wings (10 for $6.95). But the main event is the pizza.
Wash it all down with coke, cherry coke, sprite, Minute Maid apple or orange juice, Nestea or bottled water ($1.50).
The interior is your standard pizza joint with tables tucked into the side wall, two big refrigerated cases of drinks, a rack of chips (Utz and Herr's products naturally) and a TV blaring away in a corner.
There was a guy in a suit reading the paper while he had lunch, a rep of some sort teaching a new hire the ins and outs of the new job, construction workers with faded jeans and work boots, high school kids on lunch break and myself in the dining area. The service is prompt, not chatty but still friendly. It's the kind of place where people from all walks of life can come in and have a quick slice and soda while watching old reruns of Tom and Jerry and not be bothered. And sometimes that's all you need in the midst of the chaos and emotion that is daily life.
