Hungry and tired , I bought one of these abominations at the San Jose Airport-and was not impressed. It was (almost) as good as a Pizza hut “pizza”. Crust: burned, sauce= bland, cheese= reminiscent of melted polyethylene. An a bargain at $15.99!
Avoid this stuff at all costs! :eek:
I had it at O’Hare and it was really good.
You have far too high expectations of airport pizza, I think. Mine were realistic, which is why I was so surprised by the pizza at O’Hare.
Are you sure you didn’t get one made by his brother, Hockey?
$15.99? For one of those individual sized pizzas?
You must have been really hungry.
I almost bought a Wolfgang Puck Quattro Formaggio pizza at the Denver airport a couple of years ago. The sign in front of the pizza clearly stated the three cheeses in it.
Wolfgang serves his pizzas inside socks? Maybe he should switch to boxes. Could be that’s the problem.
There used to be a Wolfgang Puck Cheeseless Pizza sold in grocery stores which I really liked. Can’t find it anymore, though.
I’ve long been unimpressed with the Wolfgang Puck franchises in airports, which is very mediocre sandwichs and salads at obscene prices. Yet another celebrity chef who sold out for thirty pieces of silver. (I’m not saying that I wouldn’t, mind you, if I had the opportunity, but since I don’t, I can grouse with a clear conscience.)
Stranger
True story:
I sat next to him in first class years ago. He was flying from LAX to Chicago to open one of the very airport pizzarias you mentioned. I got the first class breakfast of croissant and fruit and juice and in a loud voice asked “Hey, do you have any ketchup?” Just to see the look of pain on his face.
But his soup is the only kind in a tin worth eating.
That’s because they all clock in at about 6000 calories a serving. I thought the ones I tried were a bit bland, but I’m not a big soup person. (Although I would be if I ate Puck’s soups all the time.)
I admit, I do add spices, and also sometimes just use them for a base for a more interesting soup. They’re a meal and a half, all right, but I eat once a day, I get to have the good stuff. 
I had a pizza at one of his Vegas establishments and it was fantastic. I’ve also used his pizza crust recipe myself for years (from his Pizza, Pasta, and More!), and while it isn’t quite as good as the Alton Brown overnight-rise version (I Pepsi-Challenged the two), it’s very tasty.
One’s expectations from an airport stand should be pretty low, regardless of the celebrity they’ve convinced to grace it with his likeness.
Indeed. But when I look at the prices I get the distinct impression that they’d like me to think otherwise.
We have a Wolfgang Puck at the airport? Which terminal?
This makes no sense to me. Why should airport food be intrinsically shitty? However, I agree that generally it’s true.
I got delayed in Denver and was given a food voucher. I had a Wolfgang Puck Pizza and it sucked. If you are a world famous chef and are putting restaurants in airports, you still are responsible for your suckass product. It certainly does nothing for the brand name, and I have to assume that his “real” restaurant sucks as well.
There’s more than one terminal at the San Jose airport? Color me shocked.
I used to occasionally get the frozen bbq chicken one (I think that’s what type, it’s been several years) at the grocery store.
They were good, but way too overpriced (I guess that’s why it’s been several years :)).
Any place where customers are guaranteed will generally suck. If people are hungry and you’re it, they’re going to come over and get some food regardless of anything. So you’re better off to cut expenses as much as you can, since you don’t need to worry about impressing the client, advertising, nor even convincing people to come back. Essentially it’s just an example of why monopolies are bad, on a miniature scale.
Airport Food is an oxymoron.