Have you ever tried to make your entire family happy at once with a dinner choice? Well, I have, and it is not always that easy. However, I've found that MOD Pizza is one of those places where everyone leaves happy! At MOD it's a lot like the Subway for pizza places, you get to personalize your own pizza all the way from toppings to sauce to crust.
I remember the first time my wife suggested it. I had never heard of MOD pizza, but what she described sounded interesting. We went in, and the atmosphere was a very casual mix between Chipotle and one of those Dominos where the preparation area is in plain view (I love the Dominos pizza at Hastings and Dumfries by Restore and McDonalds where they have those steps for the kids to climb up and watch, have you been there?).
Anyway, going into MOD, I was greeted with the most compelling mixture of mouth-watering aromas ranging from the splendid smell of delicious baked bread to the sweet fragrance of what seemed like an inexhaustible array of pizza toppings (some of which I never would have imagined putting on a pizza!) all emanating from the fire oven behind the counter.
The most common 11 inch pizza is $8.97, and you can add as many of the buffet of toppings as you like. For a small upcharge, you can also make the crust either gluten free or “cauliflower crust”. Now, I would NEVER have thought about getting a cauliflower crust and imagined that would go against all pizza etiquette I learned as a teen (I’ll let you imagine that), but my wife was on a particular diet and ordered it (for hers). I was pleasantly surprised when I tasted her pizza and very impressed by the texture and flavor. If you’re skipping gluten and want an alternative, the cauliflower crust was quite good!
I ordered a pizza with my favorite toppings which must have seemed most mundane to the person taking my order compared to the eclectic mixture my wife ordered, and we washed it all down with a beer which they serve there, too.
This quick and easy pizza place is top on my list, and I recommend it! There are two locations in PWC: One in Gainesville in Virginia Gateway near BJs and one in Woodbridge near Smoketown and Minnieville.
During COVID-19 MOD has also been trying to keep up with safety procedures and although they aren't doing a dine-in option right now, they are doing to-go orders and delivery through 3rd party sites. So go ahead and try them out! You won't regret it!