Cicis Pizza

FOOD

Cicis builds its buffet around pizza with a permissive streak: familiar red-sauce pies share space with spinach Alfredo, Buffalo chicken and macaroni and cheese. Traditional rounds, thin-crust flatbreads and deep-dish pizzas broaden the format, with the assortment changing by branch and by what is coming out of the oven. Think of the national menu as the repertoire, rather than a promise that every listed pie will occupy the line simultaneously.

Mac & Cheese deserves an early look. Macaroni and cheese covers a garlic-butter-brushed crust, with more cheese on top: the pasta course has effectively moved into the pizza pan. Spinach Alfredo takes the same garlic-butter approach to the traditional crust, then combines Alfredo sauce with fresh spinach and finishes with mozzarella. These are defining Cicis departures from tomato sauce, with the toppings doing the work.

Supreme brings red onion, green pepper and mushrooms together with pepperoni, beef and Italian sausage over marinara and mozzarella. Meat Eater trades the vegetables for a combination of pepperoni, ham, beef and Italian sausage. Both use a traditional crust brushed with garlic butter. Supreme mixes the meat toppings with vegetables; Meat Eater commits the whole slice to its name.

Buffalo Chicken combines chicken and mozzarella with a hot Buffalo-sauce drizzle on the traditional garlic-butter-brushed crust. Zesty Pepperoni makes its change underneath the cheese: Parmesan ranch sauce replaces marinara beneath mozzarella and pepperoni. Those sauce choices give the specialty lineup much of its personality. If a favorite is absent, request it; staff can tell you which ingredients and crusts are available for the buffet that day.

Away from the pizza pans, pasta comes with a choice of marinara or Alfredo, and a cold pasta-salad option extends the station. Garlic Cheesy Bread uses pan-pizza dough brushed with garlic butter, then adds cheese and Parmesan-oregano seasoning. The dough connects it directly to the pizza kitchen, with garlic and herbs taking the leading roles.

The salad bar supplies lettuce and toppings such as tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, olives and croutons, plus dressings. Chicken soup adds chicken broth, chicken, pasta and sliced vegetables to the supporting cast where offered. Exact salad ingredients and side selections can vary. These stations give the meal its pizza-night completeness without requiring the pizza counter to do every job on its own.

Dessert is included in the buffet. Mini cinnamon rolls arrive with an icing drizzle, while the fudge brownies get a dusting of powdered sugar. Dessert pizza carries the format into sweeter territory: Apple Dessert layers warmed cinnamon apple, sweet crumbs and icing onto a buttery crust. Bavarian Dessert substitutes Bavarian cream beneath its crumb topping and icing, and is specifically a participating-location offering. The final pizza pan may therefore be the dessert course.

Limited-time pizzas and seasonal sweets can supplement those enduring choices. Wings, giant pizzas and carryout value packs also appear on the broader Cicis menu, so check locally before counting an extra as unlimited buffet fare. A national promotion may depend on participating restaurants, dates or an offer-specific purchase; it is not a guarantee for every branch.