I almost spit out my beer laughing when Yelp asked me if this place was "Good for Kids".
Answer: A resounding NO. Don't take your kids within 5 miles of this place on a weekend night.
This place is good for one thing and one thing only: Eating something cheap when you've had a few to drink. The fact that this place opens somewhere around 11:00 (I can never quite remember when exactly) should tell you everything you need to know.
The hallowed halls of Awesome Kitchen are adorned with graffiti. A television in the corner blasts the latest in east indian pop jams, which, when you're drunk suddenly make a world of sense.
The owner, Ali, is a legend in the Belt Line. Everyone who spends any time down there has some sort of story about him.
Does he really sleep in the back on a hammock? (Answer: yes!)
Will he really give you a free slice of pizza in exchange for flashing him your boobs? (Answer: Inconclusive, but all signs point to yes.)
Does he really yell at you if you ask for donair sauce on anything but the donair pizza? (Answer: Abso-friggin-lutely).
I've had more strange run-ins and bizarre encounters in this tiny pizza place than I have anywhere else in the area. I had a giant white-guy with a serious racial crisis address me with a racial slur and tell me he appreciated my shaved head - then rub it.
I've had an incredibly intoxicated female approach me and tell me she used to come watch that band I was in 5 years ago and plant a kiss on my cheek "For the memories."
I've feared for my life while fights broke out in the pizza line and I've laughed as drunken customers vomited on everything from the counter to themselves.
I've burned my mouth roughly 50 times, accidentally dumped half of a bottle of hot sauce on my pizza and inexplicably left a tip for the absolute ZERO amount of work completed by handing me a slice that was sitting in the heating chamber.
But for what it is, this place can't be beat. Hot, cheap pizza in the moment you're convinced you need it the most.
You never know who you'll meet when you stop in, but you do know one thing: Don't ask for donair sauce unless you've got a donair pizza, or you're in for a serious earful.
Pizza I'd recommend (In this order):
Donair Pizza
Hawaiian
Tandoori Chicken
What-do-you-care-you're-drunk-and-would-eat-a-stray-dog-if-it-came-in-barbecue-sauce