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| - I was prepared to give this location 4-stars because our appetizers came out pretty tasty for the most part.
I was a fan of the calamari mixed with fried veggies mixed in. However, the sauce was pretty mediocre and its appearance was literally the closest resemblance to vomit as anything I've ever seen. Really, the calamari sauce looks like pure vomit. I can't emphasize enough how much the chef needs to change this. It's appearance is disgusting.
The Brussel Sprouts weren't bad, but they were very oily. My mother, who is a fan of Pizza Hut pan Pizza, complained about how oily they were. That should tell you something. Tasty, but extremely oily.
The free garlic bread with Yelp check in was good. I was a fan. No complaints other than the fact it was left on our bill even though it was supposed to be free. A small mishap, but if you're reading this, be sure to make sure at the end of the meal that they aren't accidentally charging you for items that are supposed to be free via promotions.
Things were good enough so far to merit a maybe 4-Star review. But then came the Pizza.
I'm a Pizza fan. It might be my favorite food. I've gone above and beyond to find and appreciate good pizza, but I'm also guilty of loving trashy pizzas. I'll scarf down papa johns and Pizza Hut no problem. And if I want a late night fix at home, for some reason, Tombstone Pepperoni Pizza really understands me. Maybe I should be embarrassed by this. I'm not. I love tombstone pepperoni pizza for some reason. The little pepperoni nuggets hidden in the sauce are magic for me. I digress.
This pizza was not good and not terrible. I got the calabrese. The waiter said, for him, it was by far the best pizza on the menu. It was ok, I guess. Slightly bland. Which is impressive in a bad way because it lists quite a number of not-bland ingredients. Peppers, meatballs, what appeared to be some kind of chimichurri sauce laced over the toppings. It looked really good. It wasn't. It was meh. I'd rather eat a tombstone oven pizza with Tabasco on it. The price is outrageous. $17 for this 11-inch tasteless Pizza. But I suppose it is the strip.
I was pretty irritated by the waiter at one point. When I told him that I wanted a porter or stout. He pointed to the appropriate section on the menu. There were 5 options. After looking for 10 seconds, I made a choice.
"Sorry, we're no longer serving that one"
Another 10 seconds of deliberation. A choice is made.
"Sorry, we're out of that one too"
Yo, waiter. I've made it clear that I want a porter or stout. And now I've tried to order 40% of your options and at least 40% of what your menu supposedly offers is not available. Instead of allowing us to waste our time, maybe let me know that 2 or 3 of the 5 beers that I'm selecting from aren't available. Would be really helpful. Seems like a no brainer. Can you imagine if 4 beers was unavailable and I just proceed to name all 5 beers before getting to the 1 available choice? No. How dumb is that? So irritating. Let people in the future know what 3 are available please. Thank you.
Place is called Flour and Barley. Should be Flour and Barely. As in they "barely" have any dark beers to choose from. Or there is "barely" any flavor in the food. Or this place barely gets 3-stars.
I shouldn't be so harsh. Waiter was good for the most part and Management was nice too. Just tilted from the recent recollection of the attempted beer order. Appetizers were pretty good. Pizza wasn't great, but not atrocious. Bad...idk, it's pushing it. Somewhere between average and not quite bad. We'll just call the place 2.75-stars and round up.
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