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| - I went here for a poetry reading/concert that a friend who was on tour had booked. They do slam poetry once a month or something here, great readers.
The place itself is totally cute. Checkerboard floor and chalkboard signage. The pizza and sandwich selection is ample and mouthwatering.
I had an Italian cold cuts sandwich. Served hot with red peppers and lots of cheese, this sandwich was amazing. I think what set it off was the bread. It was so good I knew my friend had to try it, so I traded him my second half for his meatball. The meatball was also awesome, very saucy, good spices in the balls.
The thing about this place which I love, just like Otto's in Tempe, is that it is a family run business, run with love for the people and food he serves. When I mentioned my liking of the bread he patted a bag of flour and made a point of the fact that it is never frozen, nothing ever is, he makes the dough each day.
There is going to be an expanded bakery in back, a cake shop I think. This place is going to really hum when they have both businesses going. Mesa is lucky.
At the end of the night, the owner was overly appreciative of my friends words and music. He asked for an encore and bought one of my friends cd's. What a guy.
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