Voting With Your Stomach
June 10th, 2008 by Brian Ries in Contest, Restaurants
We needed sustenance for another of CL’s marathon editorial meetings, so we called up SoHo joint Gourmet Pizza for a few pies. Turns out Gourmet is running an election special:
The Barack Star — a white pizza (uhm?) with ricotta, tomato, feta and pesto;
or
The Meaty McCain, your typical meat-lover’s special.
Gourmet will keep track of the sales and post a monthly victor on the restaurant’s website.
This opens up a whole new, unwanted layer to the already tough pizza decision making process. What if I want the meat pizza, but don’t want to throw in with McCain, or vice versa? Could I end up buying a pizza I don’t want in a meaningless show of political solidarity with my chosen candidate? Sigh. I’ll just take a plain cheese, thanks.
We actually ordered a bit of both. The McCain was fine, although the ham was a bit bland and chunky. The Barack was, well, odd. It tasted fine, creamy with a big hit of garlic, but the bright green pesto star in the center was a bit disconcerting. Draw your own conclusions.
Know about any other restaurants or stores running similar politico-gustatory polls?
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June 10th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I was struck by the very obvious pentagram created with the Obama pizza. Clearly the pizza joint is owned by a Republican.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:40 am
that is awesome! a white pizza for Obama.
i wonder if i can get a fistbump when i pick it up.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Your thoughts are what’s “disconcerting”. I personally find it very clever and in no way disconcerting, after all it’s the Barack STAR pizza, as in rock star, or did you miss that part.
June 13th, 2008 at 11:02 am
wow…i actually work at GPC…and you are right…we are secretly putting the message out there that barack is part of the underground green star party…thats it…you caught us…and the tomatoes mean that if you vote for him you will get salmonella….and yes it is white base because every black man is secretly white on the inside….yup…how could we not think you would figure us out….and as for the owner being a republican….lets see we have 1 libertarian 3 democrats 1 anarchist and 2 buddahists….and 2 we dont know what they are yet….oh and i am one of 2 african americans employed here….if it makes a difference to you at all