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| - If I had written this review a couple years ago, it would be raving 5 stars. Not anymore. Empire has dwindled down their quality so much to the point that I won't eat there anymore after my latest experience. I've eaten something (not always pizza) from here at least once a month since this location opened and at first I absolutely loved it. But, recently we ordered a 10in pizza with pepperoni, sausage and mushrooms and it just wasn't as good as it used to be, not to mention, they have decreased their topping quantity drastically over the years. We also had their "new" philly gyro, which is "steak", mushrooms, onions and peppers on a pita with 'cucumber sauce'. I wouldn't call this "steak". I'd call it "steak-um", because it's about as bad or maybe even less flavorful than the frozen steak-um you can buy at a grocery store. It's completely un-seasoned and flavorless. I also ordered their mozzarella sticks. I really don't know who thought it was a good idea to batter these rather than bread them, but they're horrible and again flavorless. I prefer my mozzarella sticks to be breaded with breadcrumbs. These are battered with some kind of thick batter that has no flavor whatsoever. It would be one thing if they used a beer batter or added some type of flavor, but these didn't even taste like salt was added. I opted for the marinara on the side instead of ranch. Their marinara tastes like its the cheapest canned stuff you can get. It's just not good. We also had a small greek salad. This was the best item of everything we ordered. A salad. Sorry Empire, but your quality had taken a nose dive. There's no coming back for me. You can't fix this, because I've given you the chance to improve over the last few months and you've just blown it in every way possible. I'd maybe come in for a beer, but that's about it.
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