Joe's Italian Pizza in Springfield (not Lincoln)

Michael Lawrence a year ago

My name is Mike Lawrence. I began coming to Joe’s when it was still located in a somewhat decrepit house located just one door west of the building it’s now in. The front porch on that old house was loose and would bounce or sag a bit when you walked across it and my joke to guests I took in there with me, was they should carefully walk around that bad spot when we left because we’d all be heavier from having eaten and would probably fall through. My daughter lost her first baby tooth while eating Spaghetti at Joe’s. She’s now 43 so, yeah, we’ve been coming for decades; certainly since the days when Joe Porcasi ran it. All the food was great and, through all those years, I NEVER heard anyone say anything bad about the food, the service, the price, nothing … until now. I guess it’s to be expected, especially in the food industry. Over time people weary of doing the same job day after day, get tired of serving the same food to the same people. Pride in performance gives way to pet peeves and personal pity parties. Oh, I get it. I do. The reviews I read now talking about bad service, bad food, no longer being able to dine in … none of that would EVER have been true back in the d

Dmtri Cornellier a year ago

Worst pizza experience ever. They said "one hour." An hour and twenty minutes later, I'm waiting in the parking lot for the lone delivery person to bring the pizza to my car (customers aren't allowed to enter the restaurant). She literally took my credit card back inside while I waited another 2-3 minutes for the receipt. Nice girl, but a ridiculous business model for pickup pizza. Still, I thought: maybe the pizza will be worth it. Nope - absolute garbage. Bland as could be, hardly any sausage and if that was extra cheese, I fret to imagine how much cheese a regular pizza would have. It even smelled funny; the sauce was sour. All three of us agreed it was awful pizza. This restaurant should be ashamed of itself.

Mad (ItsYaGurl) 3 years ago

I am pleased to say that this is the best mom and pop pizza place in Springfield. I haven't had a delicious pizza like this since I was a kid. I ordered one 16in and a 12 inch and it was altogether $29 which is not bad for the quality you get. It took them about an hour to prep. The bring the pizza out for you when you arrive. It fed three people and I will definitely be ordering from them from here on out. I highly recommend. Each bite on it's own is perfect. It doesn't cumble, the crust isn't hard or too chewy.

sean102574 4 years ago

The pizza isn’t bad, unfortunately their marinara taste like ketchup it’s way too sweet. I ordered a chef salad by time I got home and looked at it I noticed that they had just given me some lettuce with three little pieces of tomato and the smallest thing of dressing nowhere near enough. The lettuce was like rubber so it was way too old to be serving most likely left over from the night before. So I didn’t even get the chef salad that I paid for on top of that I got rubbery lettuce. So I was a little disappointed, is probably the nicest thing I could say. The cheese sticks are not cheese sticks. It’s a pizza pie with cheese on it and then they just cut it in strips. I’m guessing they don’t know what cheese sticks are. I really didn’t like them asking for my card number over the phone. They couldn’t wait for me to get there to pay for it for some reason. I highly doubt that I’ll be back for these reasons. I paid almost $40 for a pizza and what they call cheese sticks and a Styrofoam thing full of lettuce. In my opinion that was a total rip off. All I can say is save your money go somewhere else.

Tim Rice 8 years ago

Long-time staple for pizza in Springfield. Local family operation. Reliable quality. And of course, delicious.