Sbarro; Shibuya; Tokyo

Yep.  Here it is.  The Italian restaurant in every shopping mall's food court has landed in Japan.  This one is not too far from Shibuya station.   My buddy Dana and I decided to hop on the train and have lunch here not too long ago.   We were both laughing at our excitement about being at Sbarro since neither one of us would eat at a Sbarro in the States.  But given the distance from home, we gladly took our opportunity to have an authentic slice of Americana.

In that sense Sbarro will not disappoint you as it is a perfect replica of the Stateside pizzeria.  The slices even cost the same, about 400 yen (4 bucks) each.

Unlike the food court staple, the Shibuya Sbarro is decorated nicely (you can't do that in a shopping mall).

In addition to pizza, Sbarro has salads and pasta.  A small salad, drink and two slices set me back 1,100 yen, which is not too bad.  The food, well, was identical to the food court fare.  For that aspect, I give it five out of five pizza slices.   Now if only they would bring Panda Express, Sarku and the Steak Escape over here too to round out the mall food court gang.