Screamin' Mimi's: Who is Mimi and why is she screamin’?

Pizza, gift from the gods. It’s so easy to make yet also so easy to completely mess up. The cheese has to be good, the crust can’t be too doughy or too thin, the pizza has to be big enough to support the weight of the toppings. There are so many ways pizza can go wrong.

Thankfully, Screamin’ Mimi’s always does it right.

I never considered writing about Mimi’s before because it’s just so damn reliable. It has the atmosphere of an independent restaurant, while it also has the consistency of a well-honed chain restaurant.  But fortunately, it’s not a chain.

Screamin' Mimi's storefront

You order your food at a counter, get your own drink, and sit and wait for someone to call your name if you are sitting inside, or for someone to bring your food to you if you are sitting outside.

The outside seating is definitely a plus this time of year. You can still see some hustle and bustle of the city, but you don’t have to deal with strangers asking for bus fare or to bum a cigarette while you eat.

To date, my favorite slice is white pizza with broccoli and tomatoes. This last trip, I was also brave enough to try a slice of white pizza with ham, feta and basil. What an amazing combination.

Ham, feta, basil, white pizza (front); Tomato, broccoli on white (back)

It’s not that I don’t like Mimi’s red sauce, to the contrary, it’s really good. So good that I also highly recommend their spaghetti and meatball entrée. I just feel like there are some pizzerias where you cannot get white pizza by the slice, so when I can, I do. Luckily, Mimi is a gracious gal.

Other good things about Mimi’s? I’m so happy you asked. The slices are huge. Seriously big and seriously tasty. I think after adding all of my toppings, it came to $3.50 a slice.

Yes, this is on the expensive side, but they use a high quality cheese, the toppings are fresh, and the restaurant is independently run, so I am definitely fine paying a little more than some of those $1/slice places on Broughton and on various squares throughout Savannah.

This time I also ordered a salad for man cannot live on pizza alone. Believe me, I tried. The salad was good: a healthy serving of greens, tomatoes, olives and peppers. Go for the house vinaigrette.

Yup, it's a salad

The glutton in me also really likes that there are free refills of soda. And I also like that they have Coke and not Pepsi products. These things matter.

One last thing, the restaurant name is officially Screamin’ Mimi’s Pizza and Subs. I have yet to try a sub there, but if the owners thought it was important enough to include subs in the name, I will try one soon.