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| - Sigh. I hate to say I'm comparing it to the old one but... I'm comparing it to the old one. To be fair though, I compare all other locations to the old one.
The Old One, if you don't know what I mean, is the old Victorian house in NoDa that had AN ENTIRE UPSIDE-DOWN HOUSE ON THE CEILING. And giant mushrooms out front to climb on (which are currently inside the Neighborhood Theater.) I mean, it's not that this location is bad, exactly. And I'm sorry that they carry stigma from another closed-down location. But in my mind, MM is supposed to be fun, quirky, makes you go "Whoa!" when you walk in. My reaction was "This is supposed to be the Mellow Mushroom?" It's edging on boring, except for the bus, which honestly, took me a minute to even notice.
My food and service were excellent. I'm impressed with their beer selection. The crust was delicious. So, that's good. I just couldn't get over the feeling that I was inside a Ruby Tuesday's or somewhere similarly generic. You'd think, after knowing what kind of reputation they had to live up to, they'd go all out.
I'm not saying I'm never going back, but I'm not going out of my way either. I've seen better.
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