RUDY'S PIZZERIA

Rudy's is located in downtown Bellingham and is a great place to go for tasty, filling pizza.  

The restaurant is well laid out and decorated. The walls are colorful and covered in artistic mosaic work and the lighting is warm and inviting. There is also an elevated seating area. Elevated seating areas are something I am a big fan of so this scored a lot of points with me personally. 

I have only seen a few variations on order markers, which you set at the edge of your table, the ones at Rudy's I thought were clever just because you can have up to 52 different markers and the material is inexpensive. 

There is a large list of ingredients to choose from when constructing your pizza. What I went with this time was: Pepperoni, spinach, broccoli, artichoke hearts, garlic, feta cheese, bleu cheese and of course bacon. 

There are many things I like about the way Rudy's does pizza. They lay the toppings out very close to the edge of the crust for starters. This way you don't end up with a breadstick and a half worth of crust, which is nice. The pizza is nice and thick. Just about everywhere you go these days everyone is doing New York style pizza. Nothing against New York but sometimes I get tired of being able to fold a whole, large pizza down into the size of one slice. There is an interesting cheese laying technique they use too. It seems they put down a very lite layer of cheese followed by pepperoni. Then they put more cheese on top which encases the pepperoni in a kind of cheesy cocoon. Then as you're eating all of the sudden...

BAM!

Pepperoni in a bite which looked like it had no pepperoni. 

They actually layer all the ingredients within the layers of cheese. It's pretty amazing. 

Rudy's also earned some extra points with me for carrying one of my favorite alcoholic beverages. Arrogant Bastard Ale is not something you find everywhere, so it was nice to be able to enjoy it with my meal. 

All and all I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a good pie.