3 /5 Darren Stritzinger: Cebula’s Pizza & Bar, located on Main Street in Dupont, Pennsylvania is a small, time-honored establishment offering customers sandwiches and chicken bites; however, the place is best known for their distinctive pizza.
We arrived around 6:45 on an early Friday evening and were unaware of just where to enter. There was a back door used only for pizza pick-up, a side door (which we didn’t realize we could use), and a front door that opens upon the bar area. We made our way through those enjoying their beverages and entered the dining room, where there were plenty of tables available.
The dining area is old and tired, boasting functionality far more than formality or fanciness. What appeared to be department store July 4th decorations adorned the walls. The booth where I sat was lumpy, and other booths had tape covering rips and tears. Interestingly, some of the booths had doorbell-type buttons that, in the past, were used to alert servers to a customers needs.
Our server was a very pleasant woman. She took our order, and within minutes, she brought out a piping-hot, 8-cut tray of pizza. Plain cheese pizza is continually made throughout the evening, hence the very fast service. We initially wanted onions on it, but any extra toppings wouldve resulted in a 45-minute wait.
The pizza had a thin crust, little sauce and loaded with a blend of cheese that gave it a very unique taste. Im not sure what types of cheese were used, perhaps some American, but the pizza was unlike any other Ive had before. Upon further research, I discovered that only two people know the recipe.
The meal was also very heavy. I initially thought that eight cuts wouldnt satisfy us, but there were two cuts remaining when we decided to raise the white flag.
I enjoyed the pizza well enough, but not enough to go out of the way as I recently did just to give it a shot. Still, in the unlikely event I find myself in the area, I wouldnt turn my nose up at an opportunity to dine there. Cebulas appears to be, first and foremost, a neighborhood place (customers knowing to enter the side door to eat instead of the front door is an indication). Although I have no way of knowing, some of the seniors present seemed like regular customers, as well as adults with children. Before leaving, music was playing in the bar with people laughing and mingling about.
Cebulas has a very relaxing, down home environment. Despite the tired state of the dining room, it was clean and the service was very good. Its certainly worth a try for any pizza enthusiast.
