When you hear the name Zaffiro's, you naturally think of pizza, which many people think is the best in the city. I've certainly had my share of pizza and I'm not going to argue with anyone who picks this one.

But there is something else that Zaffiro's offers that makes one of the best takeout meals I've ever had.

It's called the Zaffiro's salad (go figure). And it's just incredible.

Ingredients are mushrooms, onions, green peppers, black olives, tomatoes, pepperocini, pepperoni, chunks of mozzarella cheese and iceberg lettuce. It comes with slices of fresh Italian bread and little squares of butter.

It's not just the ingredients, though.

For some reason, this salad comes almost refrigerator chilled. And there is so much that it serves two and you can both have lunch the next day. The price is a reasonable $10.95 and you have to go a long way to match this for a dinner you can take home that is actually good for you.

I'd rather have a pizza than a salad every day, but sometimes that guilty angel on my shoulder screams "no more pizza." That's when this salad turns out to be one of the best tasting, highest-valued meals I've ever had.