"My favorite joint in the country! I fly into Florida from Texas just to go here. Mom and pop operation makes you feel like nothing else. The cuisine is impeccable! Love yous guys!"

jeremy edens

"May 21, 2025 - Update almost 4 years later. Take out for 3. (I had first reviewed them on Yelp in 2021 and am now cross posting this update review here on Google)

We finally moved to Venice from Osprey and the MIL we were caring for in Northport had passed away. I have tried Big Mike's and other in the area and we are always looking for great pizza, great buffalo wings, & a good buffalo pizza.

I forgot I had been here years ago. My wife directed me here for pickup and she was hankering for buffalo wings. She makes FANTASTIC wings!!! The bar is not really that high.

1) must be properly and thoroughly cooked. We are not talking 'well done' but firm/crisp skin.....not rubbery and fatty. simple?

2) she like flats, I basically don't eat meat much for the saturated fats so when I am 'eating the thighs' that she and my daughter don't want, see item #1 - I want the fat baked out.

She talked with the order taker and was told they don't do 'flat only orders' but they are about 50/50 flats and thighs. She ordered well done, thoroughly done, crisp skin.

We ordered a large plain to give that part of the experiment a try as well...the pizza sauce, cheese and ingredients were tasty and nice. The dough/crust is also flavorful and this is a upper percentile pizza in our book. The pizza was a little doughy and undercooked. Seems everybody like to rush the oven and process. It was getting cold as I waited for our undercooked wings for another 10 minutes.

The 10 wing Barbecue wings were very rubbery and undercooked. Tasty ok but oddly the sugary barbecue sauce coating had jelled and crystalized from a fast or too high cooking temperature. Most disturbingly for my wife who ordered this......there were exactly ZERO flats in the order. NONE!!!! So on the TWO simple request a total FAIL. 0/10

The Buffalo Wing order was similar. Good taste and flavor but rubbery skin and undercooked. FAIL on criteria #1. In this case there were exactly TWO out of ten wings were flats. So 20% flats NOT the 'guaranteed' closer to 50%. A FAIL on the second criteria. 2/10

I did like the interior and the women behind the counter was pleasant as was the wait staff wandering our the place. I took a picture of a couple's dinner coming out and it 'looked' very nice!!! Loved the interior for a simple pizza and Italian restaurant.

I don't think there will be a third try for us here. Too many other options.

Footnote: (picture here somewhere) We re-baked the wings the next day after my wife ate the TWO our of twenty wings that were the flats that she wanted the previous night. They were properly cooked then and those 100% thighs - came out great . Sad we could not get what we ordered - OR what was promised?

Also they have a hidden sneaky UP CHARGE for non cash purchases. Basically makes an already average expensive meal just more expensive. More like a cable bill than a restaurant."

Thomas Lynch

"So I popped in here twice, the first time 1 slice of pizza and salad and it was pretty good. Today I went in and they had no Sicilian slices, so I told her that I'm vegetarian what other options did she have. So she said to try the cheese ravioli it came with a salad. Salad was fine, garlic rolls were also fine. The ravioli was terrible I took one bite and it tasted like bacon or something. The noodles were gummy and old tasting. When I explained to the waitress I didn't care for the dish, the older lady- I'm guessing the owner, came over holding the plate and glaring at me said' What's the problem with it" .I said I just didn't care for it, I didn't even eat one full bite of that ravioli, it was awful to be honest but she stormed off and was so rude and nasty. I guess if you don't like something there she expects You to EAT IT anyway. Not happening, and she needs a lesson in manners. Most restaurant owners apologize to a customer if the customer doesn't like the food, not this lady she wanted to guilt trip me. She is TERRIBLE at customer service and they changed me Way too much for a salad , lemonade & garlic knots. Do not recommend."

TRACY H