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| - The choose-your-own-pie movement is really picking up steam in the Charlotte area, what with the likes of Blaze, Pie Five and Zablong, so why not throw another into the mix? At Mod (er, MOD), there really isn't that much of a difference - they all have a pie crust, and you choose your toppings. However, they give you a CiCis-style welcome, making you feel at home. They have some warmer decorations. But in the end, there isn't a huge difference here.
Where this will probably win is against Pie Five, which is literally right around the corner. Pie Five took a dark concept, with black/dark walls, and here MOD is a brighter, corner space, with loads of windows and welcoming wood walls, with pictures of people being all MODdy (or something.
On that decision alone, MOD will likely win. It's also a lot easier to see them, rather than being tucked into an odd little space like Pie Five (at least in this location).
When it comes to the food, there is not a huge difference, but MOD does have a few toppings that are a bit healthier-seeming. I say seeming because you are putting them on a pizza, after all. In that sense, it's a bit more challenging - the MOD menu happens just before you sidle up to the bar to place your order. So you get there, and see all these tasty-looking toppings, and then completely forget what you just ordered, so you end up looking back to see what pizza you ordered, and ultimately put extra stuff on anyway. It would probably be better to print up little cards so you could reference it along the way - though that would surely cost a good bit more. Or just put the menu overhead.
For those who do not like pizza all the much, they do have salads, but this is another puzzling decision. You can actually order a "side salad", but it's challenging to do so - they really want to sell you a "salad on a pizza - which is what it sounds like, a salad on a pizza crust. It's also about twice the cost. The side salad is tucket in under the Mini MOD pizza so you can barely see it. But it's there.
The other strange thing is that even though all (or most) of the toppings are cooked, the staff is dunking their hands in them. First the meat, then the veggies, then back to the meat. Not sure that's a good thing. I seem to recall they use to have scoops that they would use - I guess those took too long, so now they just use their hands. I would imagine this increases their food costs as well - we'll see how that goes.
And they also have their no-name cake for dessert, which looks an awful lot like a ding-dong in an aluminum foil wrapper. If that's not your speed, you can also grab a milkshake or one of a couple of beers that they have on tap. All in all it's a nice place for a quick bite, and worth a visit.
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