1st let me say that my son hates everything in or around downtown/Fremont area so for me to get him to actually agree to go was amazing in itself. And I only convinced him with the bribery of pizza. I? want to move down there. I? wanted to go to the Downtown Grand. So Pizza Rock was miles ahead in my book.
Place: Great location! ample space between tables. FABulous Fat girl seating. and nice little 2 person curtained booths for 'date night' oh and the giant "peterbuilt truck" is a full on WIN. *it's their dj booth* - Win & 5 *****
Service: We went on a Sunday, no reservation and at 4pm - Football time. No wait at all. We got right in. Got our drinks ordered (more on those later) then we got a new server. Nice guy, lousy waiter. I hope he's a dancer or an actor because waiting tables, he'll starve. Slow service, never came back to follow up, we had to actually go to the bar to order a 2nd round of drinks. there were only 4 other tables in the place though 1 was a party of 6. however we were all by each other. so sorry but only 2 **
Food: We had the truffle fries: Excellent! not too truffly to overwhelm. We went with the classic Pepperoni x-cheese & sauce: perfection - Just like my favorite NYC brick oven pizza. The right amount of crust to topping ratio. Not a tough dough, just a good chew. We want to go back to try some of their specialties like the SPACCA NAPOLI or the Picante. Tiramisu: just the right amount of soaked ladyfingers to alcohol. 5****
Drinks: We were excited to see bacon bloody Marys on the menu. *if you follow me, you know i'm the queen of bloody Marys in Vegas* so of course we ordered 2. Nicely garnished with a very nice hearty piece of perfectly cooked bacon (not some floppy end under cooked piece* and a seasoned rim. Then we tested it. heavy aftertaste in the bloody Mary mix. Not nearly as good as even Mrs. T which is pretty inferior. But I finished mine & my son's. He wanted a shot & by then I'd had 2 might as well go for a 3rd, eh? we waited. and waited. & someone took the 'dead soldiers' we asked for our waiter. and waited. and waited. finally I (after 2 bloody marys) went to the bar to order. He brought them over without even questioning why i had ordered them from the bar. 2 **
Bill:
3 bloody marys & 1 shot & 1 soda.
1 classic pepperoni
2 split appetizer
1 dessert
AND
1 additional pepperoni to go for dinner tonight *yum*
62.50. this was with a 15% local discount and an additional 5% for checking into their facebook page. that's another 5*****
So worth the trip. But please if you are reading this from Pizza Rock, step up your bloody Mary game. :-)