More first-round action of the 2003 SuperHaven Apizza Tournament took place at Dave Pec\'s on Sunday. We had ten people in attendance. Nine judges. One server. That would be me, sitting out my two-match suspension for (correctly) guessing the pizza places I voted for in the two previous first-round matches and displaying the guesses on my vote sheet.
My feelings on this matter have already been documented.
So this gave me a chance to serve the pizza, which provided me with a golden opportunity to tamper. Oddly, I opted not to tamper. I stuck to the plan, dished out the slabs, and away we go.
PAUL\'S DEFEATS GIUSEPPE\'S 7 to 2
Giuseppe\'s, which shocked many a Foxoner with its Cinderella run to victory in the 2002 Staven Tournament, was promptly bounced from the major leagues by Paul\'s, a fellow Stavener, and better yet, a Momauguin Stavener. Paul\'s also posted a strong showing in the Staven Tournament, blowing out supposed Main Street heavyweight Tolli\'s, then losing to eventual runner-up John and Maria\'s, which has yet to have its first-round match in this tournament. Anyway, seven of the nine judges felt that, overall, Paul\'s produced a better pie. I agreed. It was my favorite of the night. I am a Foxoner, but show no geographical bias when it comes to apizza. These are two of my favorites.
In the side statistics, Giuseppe\'s won the dough category and Paul\'s won the sauce and cheese categories.
Giuseppe\'s now has an overall record of 3-1 with a vote total of 20-10.
Paul\'s has an overall record of 2-1 with a vote total of 17-8.
ABATE\'S DEFEATS PERROTTI\'S 7 to 2
A matchup between two Wooster Street dark horses turned into a laugher. This was the first tournament appearance for either of these places. I had never eaten either of them and liked Abate\'s much better. So did everyone else as they won big overall and swept the dough, sauce and cheese categories. For the record, I had Perrotti\'s as a 5-1 favorite to win the tournament and Abate\'s as a 40-1 favorite. So much for word of mouth. Still, Perrotti\'s, while hardly a bad pizza, was my least favorite of the night. And that\'s the point of the tournament: places that are average by comparison are good nonetheless.
Although, to be honest, Perrotti\'s has to come up with something a little better if it expects to make it on that street.
But hey, I\'m no restauranter.
Chris Pitch
For the record...
FIRST-ROUND RESULTS
Modern 5, BAR 4
Sally\'s 9, Brazzi\'s 0
Paul\'s 7, Giuseppe\'s 2
Abate\'s 7, Perrotti\'s 2
FIRST-ROUND MATCHES
John and Maria\'s vs. Grand
Pepe\'s vs. Amity
Zuppardi\'s vs. Olde World
Spot vs. Tony and Lucielle\'s
QUARTERFINAL MATCHES
Sally\'s vs. Modern
Abate\'s vs. John and Maria\'s/Grand winner
Paul\'s vs. Pepe\'s/Amity winner
Zuppardi\'s/Olde World winner vs. Spot/Tony and Lucielle\'s winner
As always, it was a great time. Thanks to Dave, Tim, Justin, Aruny, Paul, Christine, Mike, Jackie and Jay.
Hope to see everyone again and more
Pitchie
