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| - A few 100 feet from Pie Five. Almost identical biz models aside from a few minor differences.
MOD restaurant is clean & nice, the employees are also nice, polite & helpful.
This was my 1st visit. I remember my 1st visit with pie5, I wasnt too thrilled w/for 2 reasons. You slap 10 toppings on your pizza but you only get a smidgen of each. Sort of defeats the purpose. If I want olives...id like more then 5 small olives scattered about...for the most part, every bite should have a portion of all your toppings or close...If you take a 2nd and third bite, but still havent seen an olive, again, it defeats the purpose of this biz model. and after eating, I was not even slightly filled up.Nowadays, almost every pizza place is offering an xtra large, with any toppings for $9.99 and the others all offer a 3 topping large for around $7.99' & others a lrg is $5/ $6.00.
With that said, after my 1st visit to pie 5, I gave them another shot & am now a regular. Use ur mouth...tell the person, 'LOAD IT UP'..or say 'normal olive....heavy peppers...etc'....Big difference .Every pie 5 pizza since has been gr8. This biz model is gr8 if ur by urself or maybe with a co-worker, one kid, a friend etc.....But with both pie 5/MOD being priced as they are me, another adult and 3 kids is like $60-$90 depending.
Thats a bit pricey, imo.
Mod pizza does serve beer and wine, but 4 glasses of beer for 3 adults, just waitin 12 min was close to $30 after tip....
I liked mods's pizza. I do wish they had other crust options, but their thin crust is just fine. A previous reviewer called it a 'stale cracker'. I wouldnt say that...it was thin...as all 'thin crusts' are going to be thin..I also didnt think it tasted like a stale cracker...tasted fresh to me.
My gripe with mod vs pie5= when I went in for my 1st visit to MOD I literally said 'OK, me, my kids, family friends & etc all like pie 5.Im the guinea pig...convince me with this order that your as good or better then pie 5 & I will be giving my opinion to a bunch of others'...
The polite young lady replied 'No disrespect to pie 5, they have a good product...but ours is better'....
OK....with all that I was thinking they will make sure this order is as good as it can be.
And it was good...My only gripe is even after saying the above, It felt like my 1st visit at pie5 where they would go very very light on the toppings....But I learned...all visits to pie5 since, I say 'lite this, regular that, heavy on this'....and all is perfect.
Watching the girl at MOD put such minimal toppings on I said 'look, if I say heavy, please go heavy...5 slices of mushroom scattered is not going to get it'....She said 'yes sir, we have to go light cause we only use a thin crust that can only hold so much, but when we are done you will have the opportunity to add more of any item you would like more of'....
OK, that sounded fine/reasonable...
Yet when I was done, & while I do like alot of toppings, im not expecting lbs of mushrooms, olives etc...just enough so each bite has some goodies & I can actually taste the toppings, rather then a few small pieces of olives or mushroom scattered throughout the whole pizza, which is lost & you'd never know they were on there....(this is essentially the exact pizza I order at pie 5 on most occasions), I said 'ok, is this the time I say please add more mushrooms, olives etc..?'..
The young lady (very nice & polite) said "we cant put on much more of anything....the thin crust wont handle it & we will not serve you a product we deem unfit"......
Okaaay then..Very nice & appreciate the honesty. But your running a biz whose main model/marketing is '1 price, any & all toppings you want'...But then your told they cant do more? Honestly the pizza was not loaded or close to it....pie 5, can get 2 or 3x's more stuff in theirs, including their thin crust....
All in all, I thought the pizza was good. Service was excellent.Nice looking place..Well worth a try.
Food Etc : All veggies, meat & etc..were fresh, all looked fresh, all were presented nicely & tasted fresh. They had alot of employees. Bins were kept full..Crust...Its thin, but good. Sauces- cant speak for others....But the regular marinara, which they will give you some in a side container as well in the final steps, was actually quite good-one of the best 'chain sauces' in this area & good sauces...Good marinara's go a long way in determining peoples analysis of whether 'was it good? real good? not good?'.
It will be interesting to watch things play out between Pie5 & MOD....Pretty normal to see a Mcd's, Next to a Burger King, Next to Wendys. Hardees etc...But I dont know w/these 2.
Gonna be hard for both to succeed so close together..I can see both chains doing well, but not like this, side by side in a market thats big, but is still a pimple on an elephants azz in the grande scheme.
Both have good points, all mostly good.. I rec u check out both & go w/the one u prefer.You wont be sorry for either.
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