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| - Wonderful place for a nice relaxing happy hour. Rare Earth is perfect for Cave Creek residents who don't want to drive far and want to mix it up from the normal cowboy bar/coors light scene. While I love throwing on my boots and sitting on straw bales just as much as the next girl, sometimes it's nice to feel a little fancier. The patio is really nice and the menu has a lot of options. They even have blankets available if you want to sit outside but feel chilly, such a great touch. Service started off really slow but once we got rolling, food and drinks came out quickly. Happy hour here is perfect - from 4-6 pm everyday and $2 off wine & beer, $3 off all appetizers, discounted salads (can't remember exactly), and $6 margherita pizzas.
- Pretzel Board: Yummy, soft, warm pretzels with your choice of dips. We got peanut butter and cheese. The cheese was so bad and disappointing. I was expecting cheesy fondue and it was tasteless. I've never met a cheese dip I didn't like, except canned orange nacho cheese, and this was that but even more mild. Like I couldn't taste anything at all. The peanut butter was awesome though.
- Pear & Blue Cheese Salad: Eh, pass on the salads. It was so tiny but entree-priced. The dressing was really good (light and flavorful) but the salad overall fell flat to me. The blue cheese tasted low end and the walnuts were advertised as being sugar glazed but came out plain (not even toasted).
- Margherita: While not the best thin crust pizza I've ever had, it was still very good and a great deal at $6. The crust is just a tad thinner than I'd like and the cheese was a little bare, but it had the wonderful smokiness from a wood fired oven and the flavors were very good. The olive oil was absolutely delicious.
I definitely will be coming back here for HH wine & pizza out on the patio.
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