Bellshire Pizza

Original title "Are You Ready for the Country?" Review from 2010: Off to the unknown lands of Dickerson Pike in Madison. From downtown, if you start at the weird buffalo statues and drive through the hookers and dealers, you eventually end up out in Madison where it gets slightly less scary. It's more of a workin' man's area. Co-ops and tool shops surrounded by modest housing with pickups in the drive ways. In this odd little pocket of Davidson county lies a tiny and unassuming little pizza place called Bellshire Pizza. I think it's actually named for the area of town in which it's located, but I'm not positive and I'm really too lazy to GoogleMap it to find out. After sitting in the parking lot for a minute debating on whether or not we were "really gonna do this" we walked on in. We were greeted by 2 really friendly employees, one behind the counter and one on his laptop in the dining area. We were probably the first faces they had seen in a while. It was a Saturday night and all seemed quiet and calm around the place.

We ordered the usual and took a seat in a booth. While sitting, we noticed a patched up bullet hole in the window which was a reminder that no matter how far out we were, it's still Dickerson Pike. The pizza arrived at our table in the standard 10 minutes and I immediately had my doubts. It looked exactly like an overgrown Tony's frozen pizza. The cheese, pepperoni and crust were identical to Tony's. The crust was super thin, crispy and completely flat. The sauce was no more than a tomato paste mixture and the cheese seemed as natural as white folks eating pizza on Dickerson Pike. Thankfully the pizza was fairly cheap and we only got the 12" medium. I think our total bill was right around $13 or $14 dollars. If you've ever eaten a Tony's pizza from your grocer's freezer then there is no need to drive out to Madison for Bellshire. I'd still choose this over Pie in the Sky, however. The difference is with Bellshire I didn't really expect that much, so there was no real disappointment and the people were super nice. At P in the S, the expectation was high and the service was terrible. This puts Bellshire a slot above.

Bellshire is located at 3801 Dickerson Pike in the Madison area. They're open Monday through Saturday 11-9 and according to their menu, sometimes on Sundays. It's got a couple of question marks and says "call???" I guess if you've got a huge party of people that want pizza for the football game they'll open it up for you or something. Overall, the Bellshire experience was as to be expected. A pizza place owned by country white people makes for mediocre food served with a smile.