My girlfriend and I decided to check out this place and after our fine meal we grabbed a movie and a butt plug from the porn shop next door, then went to Circle-K which is also next door (A&J's is right between the two) and made our last purchase of a couple Old English 40's. We then headed home to finish off what obviously was an amazing evening.
I have to come to understand and accept that I am probably the reason restaurateurs hate yelpers.
I just have no appreciation for atmosphere. I know this because during my 12-day stay in the Bay area, the word had to be repeatedly hammered into my brain, as the natives could not understand how I could merely judge a restaurant's merit based solely on their cuisine.
Eventually they wrote me off as a lost cause, chalking up my dis-appreciation of fine decor and tacky acoustic music as a symptom of being Phoenician.
For a while I was confused. I didn't know what was wrong with me. Was I just impossible to please? Had I no taste for aesthetics? Oh shit, I have no aesthetic sensibility. I'm an art major. What does that mean for me?
All I have is a clock radio. Who am I Mommy?
I was beginning to have some serious doubts about my aptitude for critique.
Sweet Zombie Jesus. Maybe I didn't know what I was talking about all this time.
After all, Angie and Jimmie's is as far from atmosphere as you could be. Like, as far as John Cage is from actual music, or Miley Cyrus from being talented.
Fun Fact: While in San Carlos we saw a guy parked underneath a Miley Cyrus billboard giving himself some of the old "self-service at the pump". True story.
There are no polished tables and cushy chairs at A&J's. No, instead they have those all-plastic all-purpose chairs that last you years and years sitting in your backyard until you invite that one plus-sized friend of yours who sits in it and bends it in such a way that is is never usable again.
And there is no ambient music. Only the sounds of the arcade machines and the TV, which no matter what time of day is always playing a crime drama. Or a Billy Mays infomercial.
"HI BILLY MAYS HERE BUY SOME FUCKING OXI-CLEAN OR I'LL SHOVE SOME MIGHTY PUTTY UP YOUR ASS WHILE I BANG YOUR WIFE!"
The staff at A&J care as much about presentation as Fred Phelps does about receiving a box set of "The L Word" for Christmas.
Their wings are not soaked in the sauce (BBW calls the process "spinning") like at other joints. No, the wings are cooked, and then, the sauce is poured over them. At first you're like "this is fucking shady, I am not pleased with this", but when you can actually taste the chicken, and dont' have to ask for like fifty extra napkins, you find you might actually walk away from the table with some dignity.
Try saying the same thing after paying 9 bucks for half a sandwich while ten pounds of bitch in a five pound bag asks you if you have room for dessert.
The subs are meaty and quite sustaining. So I've heard. I have a rule about ordering shit that isn't on the sign. I've never ordered a cheeseburger at Del Taco or chicken nuggets at a Red Lobster, and here I am, still alive and kicking. The system works.
The pizza is simply fucking fabulous. It's crispy but never crunchy, hot but never molten, and cheesy but never "hey, how long are you going to be on the toilet? I need to take a shower" cheesy. Honestly, the only pizza I've had in Phoenix that even compares to it is Pizza A Metro...which is another small independently owned pizza shop crammed next to a Circle K...
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Maybe it isn't me. Maybe it's just Phoenix. Or just the west side of it. Everything's backwards here. It's like Bizarro world.
All the best food is located in these hole-in-the-walls, where the decor is haphazard the menus have to be laminated because people are always spilling shit on them.
There's still a pretty good chance that I'm a tasteless Philistine, but we're in Bizarro World and that makes me a learned connoisseur of wealth and taste.
Angie and Jimmie's is most certainly what us folk would consider a "dive". Between the porn shop, Circle K, patio furniture, and Addams Family pinball machine, this is a place where I could feel at home.
The wings? Fantastic. These are the best wings I've had in the valley thus far, without exaggeration. There's actual, you know, meat on the bones, and the sauce is a perfect compliment to the flavor of the meat. I do not, however, eat them with dignity.
The pizza? Excellent. At the moment, my favorite Phoenix pizza list now reads:
It's a distant third while the first two are nearly tied, but a solid third. I haven't tried Pizza A Metro yet and am willing to alter this list if necessary. I can't figure out how I missed this place when I lived at 19th Avenue and Camelback; it would have been a regular stop and I will be returning in the near future.
Okay, let's just lay this on the table. This place IS a dive. It's nestled between a Circle K and a porn shop. It looks like it hasn't been painted since day one. The seating is mostly patio furniture. And it's not the first place that comes to mind when you think, "Hey, I want pizza."
And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Dives are great. They lack pretension and when done right, are hidden gems in a sea of the same old, same old.
You get a lot of bang for your buck at Angie & Jimmie's. The pizza is hot and fresh. The wings are HUGE and you get plenty of them. A small order of fries comes out on a big plate. The staff is friendly and accommodating.
Come to think of it, if you go enough, it MIGHT end up being the first place you think of when you want pizza.
This place is awesome. Nestled between a convenience store and an adult book store on Indian School and 31st Ave., you'll miss it if you don't know to look for it. I was introduced to Angie's & Jimmie's by a co-worker, and I am so grateful! This place is a dive, but the food is awesome, the waitstaff are friendly, and you get a ton of food for a tiny price! I ordered the hot turkey and cheese sub. I wish I had known to order the half sub, because the whole sub was ENORMOUS. I was hard-pressed to finish half, and the other made for a very filling dinner later that night. The fresh cut fries are wonderfully seasoned, and one serving is more than enough for two people to split. My co-worker ordered the small order of wings (12) , expecting your run-of-the mill bite-sized wings, but what she got was a heaping plate of HUGE wings. She was able to get through four of them. As if that weren't enough, this place offers a monster-sized 28" pizza! The same co-worker and I are heading back there today, and I'm looking forward to enjoying some pizza. And fries, of course!
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