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| - Mellow Mushroom sticks out in the Myer's Park neighborhood for all the right reasons- laid back atmosphere with pleasant service, a casual family-friendly environment with colorful decor, and it's deliciously scrumptious pizza.
When entering the restaraunt, I immediately notice the vibrantly colored murals, the bright bubbling lava lamps over the bar, and the many flat screen tv's that line the walls (there's even tv's on the patio!). If you enjoy a relaxed environment where you can catch the game, race, or even the news while enjoying a beer, this is the place for you. With ample seating, this Mushroom offers quite a spacious environment. I noticed several large groups sitting toward the back of the restaraunt (under the festival murals), which told me they are capable of catering to birthday parties, and social gatherings. If you have children that are easily fascinated, the "magic bus" will be your first choice seating arrangement- and you can't miss it! It's a REAL schoolbus that was painted and overhauled to fit tables. Be forewarned, they do NOT offer reservations, but the hostess took our names, gave us a buzzer and we were seated in 20 minutes(Granted, we went on a weekend night). Despite having to wait, the staff we encountered were very pleasant, and seemed to enjoy doing their job!
Now- the best part- the food and drink:
The menu offered several choices of appetizers (pretzels, spinach dip, hummus, caprisse, wings, etc). We chose to try the spinach dip, which came to our table bubbling hot from the oven, served with crispy garlic toast points. It was gooey, cheesy, and nothing short of incredible, most importantly- the spinach and chunks of artichoke were fresh, along with the layer of shaved parmesean that came on top. Sooo good.
While we pondered the rest of the menu, I embarked on the beer list. If you like good, high quality beers and microbrews, the beer list is a gem. The drink specials they offer are quite reasonable, considering most of the beer IS craft brew. Tonight they were offering Abita pints (their featured brewery of the month) for $3.50 and $11 pitchers. Knowing our own thirsts, we settled on a pitcher, which went quite swimmingly with our meal.
If you like a thin, greasy, foldable triangle slice, this ain't NY. The crust is hand tossed, the toppings are all fresh, and the pizza is baked to order. That being said, you'll wait a humble conversation or music-filled 30 mnutes for a pizza if it's very busy. Understandable, because this isn't Domino's or Little Caesar's- I saw at least five people tossing dough in the kitchen, and two others pulling pizzas out of the oven. That tells me enough. And the wait was well worth it! The crust was a nice brown (but it's NOT a wheat crust, i was told). They brush their yummy crust in garlic butter and parmesean cheese, which can only be good! The cheese was practically dripping off each slice, and the toppings were a-plenty. We got the philosopher's pie- complete with artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, feta, provolone, mozz, and steak. It was every bit of delicious that our server promised us it would be
The best thing a pizza place can offer is variety and options. They offer a gluten free crust and a list of gluten free ingredients, and if you prefer, vegan cheese. If you want to modify or build your own pie from the ground up, you can do it here. They will accomidate it all!
Based on this experience, I'm definitely coming back. Next time, for lunch. Though it's not advertised on the menu- this particular mellow has lunch specials (a mere $5.95 for two slices+drink or a slice+salad+drink, if you prefer!!). If ya haven't jumped on the bus yet man, you better hurry up!
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