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| - This place is rad. It's a themed pizza joint based on nerd, geek, and video game culture. They just opened, and they're still a work in progress with the decorations, and I think they are still even perfecting their menu, but it's already shaping up to be cool as hell here. I can picture as time goes on, this place will just get more eclectic and interesting.
The focus of the theme is old Nintendo video games from the 80s and 90s, and geek culture from comic books and cartoons to action figures and quirky toys. There's definitely a Mario Bros inspired theme here. The menu has some cool item names that are clever call-backs to video game terminology.
It's the sort of place you might expect to find in Austin or Portland (you know - where cool people live)... or even in Tempe. I was surprised most of all to find it in West Phoenix in an older strip mall - not really near any other cool or hip things. It's almost out of place where it sits, but that's perfect since it stands out. We need more stuff like this all over the Valley. The West side some cool and unique restaurants, but they are few and far between. It's good to see stuff like this pop up.
I have a feeling that this place will keep evolving into something even more quirky and cool if the owners keep tinkering and turning all of their ideas into reality. Chatting with them, I can tell they are passionate about this stuff.
In spite of being relative newcomers to the pizza biz, they make an excellent pie. I had a Boss Battle, which is half pizza and half cheese garlic bread. It's perfect. Their dough is thick and fluffy and tastes good. Their sauce is very flavorful and different. It doesn't come out of a can, and they are still tweaking it, but it's delicious. They don't skimp on the cheese or the sauce or toppings either, and the pepperonis are spicy and tasty as well. I'm not gonna say it is the best pizza I've had in my life, but it was seriously good. I'll go out of my way (and believe me, it's out of my way) to eat here again. Plus, you get a ton of food for not much money.
It's really important to our local economy and community to have great little local gems like this pop up and thrive. If you live anywhere near here, you need to order up some delivery or stop by for some take out or hang out and eat with friends and tell the owners you're pickin up what they're puttin down and that you appreciate their existence.
I wish we had more places like this on the East side. Metro Phoenix is so full of stuffy old conservatives that art and culture have to force their way in to our lives like blades of grass poking out through cracks in the pavement. Most people in Phoenix just play it safe with traditional names and themes when they open a restaurant (or other business). It's boring. Places like Super Pizza Bros need to be celebrated. Seriously. Insert coin.
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