Speederia Pizzeria (San Carlos)

Sunday night in San Carlos and half the places I want to try are closed. After some internet searching I find "Speederia Pizzeria" which has a 4 of 5 rating on Yelp.com. Time to try.....
http://www.speederiapizzeria.com/

I've walked by this place every time I go to the Farmers Market. They say they are "New York" style pizza. Being born and raised in New York right outside of the city I take these claims very seriously. After all you are representing a style of pizza from a place many of your customers may have never been. Better get it right you know.
I ordered by phone a pie (18" size- your one and only choice) and added mushrooms and sausage. The guy told me 15 minutes and cash only. I walked down and it was ready. I was hungry and ate a slice on the walk home. It was a pipin' hot of course and I burned my mouth some. The crust was very very good. It had a good crunch and light sweetness with a chewy texture inside. The sauce was light and bright, not too sweet like some pizzerias. The mushrooms were fresh cut and not from a tin or bottle but they barely put any on. Four mushroom slices on one piece of pie? Get outta here! The sausage was sliced and not ground. It was par to below par for sausage although there was a decent amount of it the pizza. Okay so was this a "New York" style pizza?

15 minutes and cash only (NY all the way)
Pimple face white boys and random Mexicans working there (Legit)
Crust and sauce (Very solid, would be accepted in NYC)
Toppings (Fuhgetaboutit! I'll bring some mushrooms next time for you guys!)

Oh, a 18" large pie is 15.50$ plain and you can't beat that around here. Skip the toppings and get yourself a couple of these and your drink of choice and enjoy. This is solid "New York" style pizza for the Bay Area and worth a repeat visit.

TOWN (San Carlos)

I just got back from lunch at TOWN restaurant in San Carlos.
http://www.townsc.com/

It always seems crowded whenever I walk by it for dinner, I figured I would try lunch because lunch is always cheaper at pricier places like this and you don't have to wait. We walked in at 2:15pm and waited at the Hostess desk. The Hostess was fiddling with menus and didn't see us. She was having trouble picking one up, perhaps her nails were too long. She was dressed and looked similar to Chloe from "Keeping up with the Kardashians" c-list fame. She had overdone makeup, super high heels and a short skirt. Alicia said the Hostess wasn't as much of a "wildebeest" as Chloe is (whatever that means).
Okay, for lunch Alicia gets a soup/salad combo. It's a sweet corn chowder with andouille sausage and a Wedge Salad with a side of cornbread. Both Alicia and I think the corn chowder is good but not great. I like the battered/fried jalapeno slices in it, Alicia doesn't. The Wedge Salad is a big wedge of iceberg smothered with an average blue cheese dressing. It also has lots of bacon pieces on it and a few cherry tomatoes. Don't get this salad if you go there. The side piece of cornbread is very big. Alicia gives it the thumbs up although it's kind of plain and oily for me.
I got the Chicken & Cheese melt sandwich. I choose fries as the side. They were quite good, crispy and salted well. The problem was the sandwich I got it with. The sourdough bread was toasted on the grill but they slathered a ton of olive oil. The oil was beading up on the plate under my sandwich. The cheese was supposed to be Gruyere but it was like playing "Where's Waldo" I searched and couldn't find much cheese. There was an aioli on it that must be the secret recipe from the Corner Cafe chain's aioli vault. It was a 5$ aioli on a $10 sandwich. Well the bread was too oily for an Atkins hater like me to even eat so I scrapped it and ate the chicken with a fork. The chicken was good; it was pulled from the rotisserie chickens they make on site. Don't get this sandwich, the fries will be good with the burger for sure.
The service was okay. Everything was quick because it was fairly empty. One thing that was weird was the waitress calling Alicia "Hun". It happens like this: "You want any fresh pepper for your soup Hun?" Anyplace that charges 10$ for a martini shouldn't call customers "Hun".
I wouldn't recommend TOWN myself but they get good reviews on Yelp. I should have ordered the things that were given high marks on Yelp like the Tuna & Avocado Roll or Sloppy Joe (Yeah people still eat those).