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| - Thankfully the fella and I arrived early on a Saturday night (around 5:30) because the place was absolutely packed when we got there. I didn't realize it was an "order at the counter" place, and we were a little confused about how everything worked at first. (Am I dumb?) We stood in line for about 10 minutes, and that gave us time to debate where to sit - do we sit at the bar? If we do, do you order there, too? If not, can one of us grab a seat before we order, or is that rude? (Ok, I'm dumb.) When I got to the register, the cashier explained that we ordered everything there, and if we decided we wanted another drink, we had to go the bar and pay for it separately. Kind of annoying, but okay.
We got the meatballs to start, which were huge and meaty and saucy and delicious, and we split a pepperoni pizza. It was tasty (isn't all pizza, really?) - a little on the thinner side with more cheese than sauce, and gooey cheese at that, and a smidge greasy, but that just added to the flavor. The fella got a NoDa Hop Drop 'N Roll, and I settled for a soda. All of that was about $30.
Service was on point with a few different people checking on us, getting us napkins, refilling my drink, etc., so it was definitely good... I just felt like they weren't quite sure what they were going for - neighborhood take out pizza joint (which a ton of people were doing) or nice, sit down Italian restaurant with a bar.
By the time we left, the line was wrapped around the restaurant, and I felt like a salmon swimming upstream just to get out!
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