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My rule of thumb regarding pizza places is that for the $10 Costco combo is the best dollar value, and the Nello's Combo is the best $20 large pizza you can get. Mellow Mushroom fails across the board.
Last Monday I took a date to the one on 50th street, and ordered a large 50-50; one half being their red potato, and the other Thai-something. The waiter informs us that as it's baked on stone it till take a bit longer than the usual pizza place. Fine. I'm OK with waiting a bit for good crust. I bake my own at home and it takes all day for the dough to mature.
The delivered result was a mess. On top of the potato half was a squirt of sour cream that was totally unappetizing. The Thai half had a squirt of what I can only describe as being similar to that garlic-flavored sauce you get with Domino's breadsticks. The rest of the pizza was covered with oily cheese. I wish I could load a photo of the mess so that you could all see this creation. My date ate one slice and I was able to choke down 2. I had the rest packed into a box for later, thinking that maybe we were halucinating this monstrousity. After spending the night in the fridge, I nuked up a slice, held it up and watched the oil drip off. This thing isn't worthy of human consumption, unless you consider the county fair "Deep Fry Fantasy" as haute cuisine.
Finally, I think the cost of a 22 oz beer was $7.50 (honestly, I've tried to purge the memory of the visit, so I'm probably off on the cost and quantity). Maybe at Chase field, or the U. of Phoenix Stadium, but at a neighborhood pizza joint? The pub I usually go to has many of the same beers on tap and a 25 oz is more like $5.50. But then again, it's not a corporation masquerading as a bunch of enterprising old hippies.
Total bill, with tip was $50+, and that included a $10 off coupon. I'd have been better off with a $10 Costco combo and a craft beer 6-pack. Don't worry about contacting me and a mea culpa and coupons. I won't be darkening your doorstep again.
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