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| - This place is fine, acceptable, and slightly above mediocre. I enjoyed the ambiance... though not "parlor" like at all. With a name like "The Parlor" I was expecting a dimly lit, carpeted establishment with red and white checkered plastic table cloths and shakers filled clumpy parmesan cheese on the tables. This place is infinitely too hip for such nonsense. Open, airy, brightly lit, and with minimalist modern decor, this place was a far cry from the pizza parlors of my youth-- which isn't a bad thing at all.
Our server was pretty average- friendly when he was at the table, but scarcely so. It took an inordinate amount of time to get our check after requesting it-- a true pet peeve of mine.
The food was fine. Good, not great. We ordered the cheese platter and it was pretty standard. Just decent cheese with the usual accouterments. And the pizza too was good, but not memorable. Despite being oven-fired, the crust was pretty standard, even a bit soggy. They do have a nice, diverse cocktail menu with many unlikely but surprisingly tempting options-- but they come at a steep price tag ($9 or $10 apiece) and are not included in their happy hour specials.
With places with Cibo and Pomo Pizzaria around, unless this place is nearby (it was) and you're starving (we were), I'd opt for a pizza place with fresher tasting pizza sauce and crispier and chewier oven-fired crust.
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