OPENING DAY SALLY'S DINING IN
This might be a two-part before & after post, as I'm sitting at one of a half-dozen plastic picnic tables beneath a large white canopy, with nine additional tables scattered throughout the parking lot.
In the far corner is a fancy, trailer-type porta-john, and a regular green one too. They've got social distancing spacing stickers on the asphalt.
At the entrance, there's a bar w/beer & soda, plus bagged plastic utensil setups, paper plates, napkins, and small containers of crushed red pepper and grated cheese, plus Small boxes for leftovers.
Any minute, I'll get a ½ bacon & mootz and ½ plain tomato pie. They are currently only selling Mediums, but may soon add Smalls.
There's also the walk-up takeout table that has already been pictured here, where you can order, but most people have called in and are simply picking up. Many people also pull up in their vehicles for curbside pickup. If you order at the door, they'll give a time estimate.
Starting at 11:30 daily, you can order, pay, and pick your time for pickup at sallystogo.com OR you can phone in the order. There are currently 9 phone lines that roll over, so there are fewer Busy signals, but it is possible that Hold/Wait times could be as much as a half hour, and it was suggested to hang up if the phone ringing time exceeds 30 minutes.
They've dropped doing their own deliveries. That didn't work. They are fiddling with everything and trying to add new things in measures fashion.
All of these 'data points' come from an unrushed conversation I had with manager, takeout table, and waitress all friendly/helpful. As with my other take-out and dine-on visits since last Labor Day, this is a more fully staffed and welcoming version of Sally's. And with pizza I have consistently enjoyed more than Pepe's. YMMV.
I say that as someone who recognized & accepted it as the quirky family business it was, going back to when Sally was there. I always loved the pizza, but it almost always was conventially inconvenient, and required going alone for takeout or with someone else who would be 'open-minded' about how long it would take to stand in line, get to a table, have your order taken, and receive your order. As a consequence, I very rarely visited over a 30 year period, and cherished the couple times a friend of a friend called and got us pizza to go as easily as you'd get it anywhere else.
Any errors are from my short term memory back in the car after the meal when I proofread and added more info.
If you choose to eat there, you enter the parking lot as though you are entering a restaurant, stopping at the bar where the waitress will seat you. Again, it was Day 1, so things might change.
Because it was uncrowded, they were totally OK when, after I took a short walk during my projected wait time, I asked if the pie I'd ordered To Go could be eaten there.
Beer selection was as follows:
(edited typos Monday morning)
