Nampa's Messenger Pizza

After reading a couple of newspaper articles and reviews about the new Messenger pizza in downtown Nampa I was anxious to visit. Walking through the door took me back a few decades to college town pizza joints. The decor is a mismatch collection of tables, kitchen chairs, living room style chairs, stools and lamps. The menu board also a collection of removable letters and sheets of paper.

Messenger serves a thin crust, incredibly large 24" pizza by the slice offering the customary as well as unusual toppings and combinations. You can also choose you own toppings and order whole pizzas. We went with likely one of the more unusual combos, titled the Drunken Goat. It was topped with figs, goat cheese, bacon, balsamic glaze and topped with fresh arugula.

The crust was tender and tasty. The overall effect of the pizza was out of balance as several of the slices only had the flavor of the sweet fig and a small smattering of the goat cheese. For example, in the slices I ate the taste of bacon never occurred. My daughter who had joined us and took the remaining pieces home reported those slices had several pieces of bacon. It sounds like a bit more care could be taken in the kitchen. If we could have experienced all the flavors I believe it would have been quite the taste treat.

Several of the pizzas they had displayed in "by-the-slice" area looked appetizing, I plan on returning for a quick-lunch.

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