Cappy's: Better than AramarkOn nights you can't stand another Asian chicken wrap or the "meat" at the Home Zone, food from Cappy's Pizza and Subs tastes like cuisine from a five-star restaurant. Whoever says Cappy's is crappy needs to have their taste buds examined.

Although primarily a pizza restaurant, Cappy's also provides salvation from Aramark food with their wide variety of subs, wraps and burger options. Their pasta dishes, including spaghetti, ravioli and lasagna, are made chock full of cheese and served with a slice of garlic bread-food that makes your belly feel like it has had a full meal. Their fresh-out-of-the oven calzones, with fillings such as broccoli, olives and pepperoni to choose from, are the perfect cure if you're homesick for a home-cooked meal or if you're just sick with a hangover. Why wait around for take-out when you can enjoy hot pizza out of the oven with a crust that is full and fluffy and melted cheese with a perfect texture between crunchy and stringy.

Cappy's competitors, including Franca's and Pete's, serve slices that are drowned in pools of oil and sag like a depressed dog's tail when picked up. Their pizzas don't have thin crusts, but more like a flimsy support system for the excessive cheap-tasting cheese they pile on their pies.

My friends and I have started a tradition of going to Cappy's every Sunday that allows us to catch-up with each other. It has become our own Central Perk, and the owners have even memorized our orders.

Nestled next to campus, Cappy's has an ideal setting-it's right at our doorstep and a better place to bond with your friends than over another Sherman pig-out session.

Cappy's prices are comparable to the over-inflated amounts Usdan charges these days, so there's no point in settling for a "burger" at the Boulevard when you can have quality, fresh-grilled meat at Cappy's. Along with the fact their food is actually edible, Cappy's is also the place closest to campus that sells Pepsi products. So instead of waiting around for Pete's to deliver, just go over to or dial up Cappy's. In the end, isn't it all about getting the best bang for your buck anyway?
- Jenn Rubin


Cappy's: Less than perfect pizza
College is the best time in your life for eating pizza, and Cappy's Pizza just doesn't cut it. At no other point will you stay up quite so late, need to eat quite so much at 4 a.m., look so good and weigh so little or be so desirous of a food lacking in any real epicurean value. Pizza is the culinary embodiment of college, so while you're here, you should only eat the tastiest pies available.

Don't get me wrong: Cappy's is OK. Its proximity to campus certainly makes it convenient. It's cheap and they take WhoCash. What more could you want? Well, if you yearn for a pizza overflowing with rivers of yellow grease, whose cheese clumps together and peels off like some single brick-like mass and always seems slightly cold-even when fresh from the oven-then Cappy's is for you.

However, if you desire something more from your pizza, there are much better options in Waltham. Pete's Pizza and Wings, on Main Street, easily has the best pizza in town. Sure, it might be a bit farther from campus, but Pete's pies are immeasurably better than Cappy's. Why have week-old steak tips when you can have filet mignon?

Pete's does pizza right. Their pies are impeccably crafted and reminiscent of some of New York's best pizza joints. Pete's pizzas always arrive warm and gooey with thin and crunchy crusts, stacked toppings and a tomato sauce perfectly balanced between sweet and spicy.

Let's face it: Cappy's is a pizza place that doesn't make good pizza. They try to make delicious pizza and fail miserably. There are no excuses for this. Sure, Cappy's might have decent french fries and subs, but their pies aren't worthy of your discerning, pizza-craving taste buds. Pete's not only serves amazing pizza, but they also have great wings and fried dough. If Cappy's bad pizza isn't already enough to scare you straight into Pete's arms, then its atmosphere surely is. The temperature in Cappy's dining area typically hovers somewhere between frozen tundra and arctic wasteland. The walls are plastered with fake wood and dated posters.

You owe it to yourself to eat only the best pizza, and Cappy's doesn't have it.
- Zach Reff