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The Mellow Mushroom fun-loving hippies began serving pizza and cold beer in the 1970s and now have over 180 locations in 21 states.
This brand new Mesa location has only been open since May 2. Barely over a week, not even two weeks, so with that in mind there will be definitely a few kinks to work out, but I had a really pleasant experience on this first visit.
We were told the wait would be 5 minutes when we arrived and it was just slightly under that time. The interior is very interesting, filled with tons of artwork and lighting to look at while waiting. The elephant by the front door and the owl watching over the interior of the establishment are some highlights.
Our server seems super concerned about our timeline (if we needed to get to a movie or anything). This is certainly appreciated since AMC is in the same shopping complex.
Also, our server let us know Happy Hour (M-F from 3pm-6pm and reverse HH, every day 10:30PM til 2AM -- open until 2AM, Heck YEAH! Late night post-movie food!) was coming to a close soon so we could still get HH price on apps and drinks if we put in our order before then. A very cool move on his part. We tried the Stuffed Mushroom (one portobello mushroom cap filled with artichoke hearts, feta cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach and mozzarella. Topped with a drizzled of balsamic glaze on a bed of greens). It was very tasty. The server offered up this tip: he often orders the Stuffed Mushroom and makes it into a burger. Something fun to try in the future!
MM offers a lot of options with a ton of unique and interesting flavors of pizza (they also have calzones and burgers too). Some flavors include: Maui Wowie, Funky Q. Chicken, Rib Eye Pie, and Loaded Potato. Our server pointed out the local favorites section (worth a look) that offers flavors not seen at other locations such as Egg & Pancetta (olive oil/garlic base pizza, sunny side up eggs and pancetta), Melchacho (spicy chipotle red sauce base, cheese, chorizo, red onion, tomato, avocado and fresh cilantro), and The Caesar! (you get a salad on top).
They offer vegan and gluten-free pizzas for anyone that has special dietary needs, too!
Seeing that we had mushroom (much room) for more food. We ordered two small size pizza pies to try. One of the local favorites: Fun Guy (5 types of mushrooms! on top of mozzarella cheese and house made grilled mushroom vinaigrette) and Thai Dye (Olive oil and garlic base, curry chicken, mozzarella, roma tomatoes, onions, fresh basil, cucumbers and a sweet swirl of Thai chili sauce). Both were so good, it was difficult to pick a favorite.
Their pizza is great! A mostly thin crust, but with a nice, thick, doughy pillow of a crust on the outside edge. YUM!!!
Plenty of food to share and have leftovers to take home for later. While it might take a little bit longer, Mellow's pie beats out some of the faster, build-it-your-way, pizza places that have popped up all around recently and I'll definitely be back to MM soon for more!
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