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| - Overall a very great experience. Very good service and food was overall decent.
Started with the meatballs - they're fantastic. Not that I've tried most things on the menu, but this has to be one of the best things on the menu. The parmesan really comes through - I'd love to have the recipe for the mix. They're a must have.
Hawthornes is currently doing a corned beef fest for St Pattys, which brought me there (currently trying all the Reubens in Charlotte on a Reuben adventure, this makes 32). They added a Reuben to their menu and also have a Reuben pizza.
I'll start with the Reuben. Very mediocre. Marbled rye that wasn't crisped, sub par corned beef, almost no cheese, standard kraut from a bag. It wasn't a bad reuben, just nothing at all about it stood out. I'd say not worth venturing out to try during their special.
Onto the pizza - it was good, but I expected more Reuben flavors. I've had the pizza from Hawthornes before (they have one that has meatballs on, recommend that), and it is very good pizza. But the Reuben ingredients weren't done in the best way. Only a little bit of corned beef and a very thin layer of the thousand island sauce - nothing like their picture. I couldn't taste any Swiss which I feel is essential for a Reuben pizza (I don't think they added any). It was overall an enjoyable experience, but probably not worth the price tag on the large pizza ($23).
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