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| - Three of us tried this place for the first time last night, a Tuesday night. We split a sausage pizza ($12.99) described on the menu as italian sausage, roasted fennel, carmelized onion and roasted red peppers. Two of us liked the pizza and one of us thought is was just OK. Two of us thought it had way too much fennel. Unless you want fennel to dominate the taste of the pizza ask them to cut back on it. I thought the pizza crust tasted too sweet. I don't put sugar in my pizza crust. I would call this thin crust pizza with lots of toppings, making it medium thick and somewhat soggy, not as crisp as I would like.
The citrus basil salad ($6.99) was just the right size for 3 to split with a pizza. Two of us liked the salad a lot, but one thought the dressing was a little tart from the citrus, but refreshing. The greens were fresh and nice. We all loved the candied walnuts, which there were plenty of.
Two of us shared a small bottle of merlot wine ($14). It poured two glasses of medium quality wine. It was just OK. For $7 a glass I was thought it should have been better.
The young staff was friendly and helpful in taking your order and money. Although I thought the two big pierced lip rings the register guy had were gross. What a turn off. They should put him in the back where the public doesn't have to look at him.
The process here is; stand in line, order your food, order drinks at the register, and then you carry your drinks, plates, glasses, and salad to the table. Then you go get your water, napkins, and tableware yourself. This means you might save a couple of bucks on a reduced, or no tip, depending on how you think this system is suppose to be compensated.
The furnishing were basic but pleasant. Tables were spaced well apart so you don't feel crowded. The background music was pleasant and not too loud. It wasn't noisy liked some places. But it wasn't real busy either.
Overall two of us liked the place and wanted to go back. The third person, me, thought it was just OK, and I would go back if the others wanted to since it's close by. But I'm always on the look out for great pizza, and this was just OK pizza.
The total bill for three of us, with two drinking wine, and one drinking water, was $36.80, before tip. And you may not need to tip due to the self serve style.
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