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The five star elements:
***** Our server, Aaron. The perfect light touch that struck the right balance of attentiveness, cordiality, and sincere service. This fellow has a bright future in this, or any profession, that requires mastery of interpersonal communications and relations.
***** Surprise, surprise. THE CRUST. My guess is they have perfectly stoked 900 degree ovens back there, and they know exactly how to time those gorgeous rustica individual pizzas so they turn out just right. My FAVORITE PIZZA CRUST IN PHOENIX, ranking higher than Pizzeria Blanco or any other of those other so-called elite places. This crust beats the pants off of the ordinary neighborhood pizza places as well.
***** The CHEESE.
Four star elements:
**** The local beer on tap they had...Dog Park Dark Amber. not bad. I'm quite the craft beer fan and had never heard of this beer.
**** Menu, pastas. Excellent menu diversity, intriguing specials, and an above average happy hour. VERY temptingly priced lunch specials.
**** Location. Bell/Tatum, what's not to like? Easy to tie a visit to Crust with your regular weekday evening errand routine to Walmart, Starbucks, Bank, whatever. That intersection is very well stocked with consumery goodness.
**** Rita's Frozen Custard joint next door, although they were completely out of frozen custard when we went (7/14/2015) due to a "nationwide egg shortage" and they had a sign warning potential customers of said shortage. I've never been in a nationwide egg shortage before, and I admit I'm feeling the pinch since eggs suddenly do seem to be 2x their normal price across the city. It must be HARD TIMES for breakfast places like US Egg and The Eggery.
**** Bar seems well stocked. Decent low and mid shelf stuff. Drink menu not too bad in terms of specials and variety.
Three star elements:
*** Decor and ambiance. Yes, its in a strip mall. But thats no reason to "phone it in" and use the same boring tables, chairs and wallpaper used in every other strip mall "Italian-ish" enterprise. On the good side, our booth was very comfortable, but there are only two full size family booths in the place, so I imagine Booth Reservation Wars occurs during peak hours on weekends.
*** They had like 4 beers on tap, including the god-awful Perroni which I suppose is added to lend some additional Italian panache. Italian beers are like Yugoslavian cars. They exist, but, well, yeah.
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