Pizza Luce (Selby Location)
Pizza Luce1183 Selby Ave
St. Paul MN 55104
651-288-0186
Pizza Luce is locally owned pizza chain with four Twin Cities locations and one in Duluth, MN (about 160 miles north). They are open late and offer free delivery until 2:30am every night. They are more of a "gourmet" pizza place than say your typical "hut". They offer everything from 'za, pasta, salad and hoagies. Prices are mid-range with apps running $5-$8, pizzas from $13-21 (from small to large), all pastas are $8.39 and all hoagies are $7.39.
Pizza Luce is a busy place - always call ahead during peak meal hours to get on the waiting list or suffer a long wait (which varies depending on the meal time).
As always I'll discuss the veg head options first. For 'za, I love The Rustler which is mock duck, pineapple, banana peppers, red onion, cheese with a bbq red sauce. I'm lactose intolerant so my wife and I always sub in soy cheese or rinotta (nut based topping).
If it's a hoagie kind of evening, the Mock Muffeleta is great! It is a bit spicy and salty because it has a blend of olvies, peppers and garlic with mock duck topped with bbq sauce. The typical toppings of a muffeleta follow with onion, tomato, pepper rings, lettuce and rinotta. You can sub in provolone cheese for the non-lactose intolerant people. They off a non-veg version of called the Muffeleta (of course).
I haven't had the chance to try the spaghetti substituted with bean balls instead of meatballs. If anybody tries it, please let me know as a comment.
Omnivores next! I'll although we heard that Luce was a good place, our first experience at it was after we turned veg. Considering that veg pizza toppings aren't that different, I assume that the non-veg pizza are equally as good since the crust and red sauce is great. Luce lists their entire menu online, so check that out for all the various options!
The decor of Luce is funky and is different at all of their locations. The Duluth, MN location restroom has a shared common hand washing room (including an ATM) with opposite sides for men and women toilets. The bar has a normal amount of beer on tap and several kinds in bottles.
The Selby location of Luce is 3.5 miles from the Crowne Plaza which is a short taxi ride. This location is in the middle of a neighborhood (with single family dwelling on each side). If you come by taxi, be sure to have a number of a taxi service or you'll have to walk to Grand Ave to hail a cab.
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