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| - The fiancée and I are big fans of Chef Shawn McClain's other Aria restaurant, Sage, having enjoyed memorable food and drink while there. Given our past enjoyment of his cuisine, we decided to try his newly opened FIVE50 Pizza Bar. Our decision was made even more palatable since we'd gotten coupons for a free slice and beer from MGM's myVegas game on Facebook.
We arrived around 6pm on a Wednesday night. There was no line at the slice counter where pizza by the slice was sold. We noted immediately that not all pizzas available in the sit down part of the restaurant were available by the slice. No matter, since the Gotham ($5.50 per slice/$28 for a 16" pie), a meat pizza topped with pepperoni, sausage, salami, mozzarella, and grana padano was what I wanted and it was on the abbreviated slice menu. FIVE50's slices are taken from their 16" pies, which are divided into 8 pieces, so slices received aren't very large. Also, since they're pre-baked, there's no telling how long they've been sitting on the counter. My slice was plucked off of the counter and slid into the wood-fired oven at what I'm assuming was 550 degrees to warm it up. A few minutes later, I received my slice. The crust was decently flavorful, crispy at the edges, but not necessarily chewy throughout. I attribute most of the lackluster quality of the crust to the fact the pizza was pre-baked, had cooled down absorbing the grease from the relatively ample amount of meaty toppings, resulting in the crust becoming soggy and limp. I was pretty unimpressed. My fiancée didn't fare much better with her selection.
The beer selection at the slice counter was also abbreviated with only two beers available on tap and a handful of bottles. It was also surprisingly unimpressive with only one of the beers available (a bottled Dogfish Head) sounding remotely interesting. Unfortunately, they wanted $13 for it, which combined with the slice of the pizza, exceeded the value of the coupon. I could've paid the difference, but as a matter of principle, I'd never pay $13 for a 12-ounce bottle of beer.
My parting thought was that FIVE550 may be a very good pizza joint with a solid craft beer selection. Perhaps our luck would've been much better had we sat in the dining room, ordered a whole pizza, and tasted a freshly baked pie. However, you won't get that experience by the slice at the walk up counter. It's overpriced...expect to pay $16 for a beer and a slice, and it, sadly, underdelivers.
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