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| - We swung by here on a recent evening, hoping to find an undiscovered pizza mecca. Unfortunately, at least for Forge, they're going to have to turn things up a few notches to avoid the risk of being branded just another generic pizza joint in Phoenix.
We started out with the cheese curds, which were okay. Although to me, they came off more like round-shaped mozzarella sticks. Aren't curds usually of the cheddar variant?
For pizzas, we ordered the usual margherita baseline and a roasted corn, due to our mutual love of the roasted corn pizza served at nearby La Grande Orange. Honestly, neither one of them really impressed. The roasted corn wasn't necessarily bad, it just wasn't what we were expecting. Its overall dryness ruined it for us. The margherita, although better than the corn, just didn't really leave a lasting impression. Either Forge hasn't gotten their recipe right or whoever made the pizza completely botched them, as our crust was extremely salty - and I have a pretty high tolerance for salt.
We would have ordered their sole dessert option (dough nuts), but the server didn't bother asking if we wanted any dessert. Hey, at least we didn't have to wait an hour for the check like Forno301.
It was worth a try, but with so many other good places, I doubt we'll be back.
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