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| - Disappointing experience all around. Will likely not return.
I know it's difficult to run a restaurant that is only 1 week old, but it needs to be better than I experienced today.
After reading a blog about new restaurants in town, visiting the website and yelp reviews, my coworkers and I decided to give this a try. The website promised $2 off all beers (as of writing this review the incorrect info is still on the site). It was the deciding factor that drove us to visit. When we arrived they said "oh that's not true. We are changing that on the website right now"... Ok, honest mistake but the site still says it. Maybe the cool thing would be to honor the mistake for our first beers and save the first impression? Nope. Thanks for making your problem my problem.
Yelp check-in got us a free focaccia bread, which had a nice flavor but was drenched in salt. The whipped lard it was served with only added to the unnecessary saltiness.
Wait staff was odd, and seemed to hover. We were the only table for a while, so again it's understandable. They're still learning the menu, and recommendations were rocky. They asked lots of questions about how we liked the food. I appreciate the concern but 5x across 3 people was too much. I just said it was good to get them to move on.
At one point the owner stopped by to say hi and inquire about the meal. We again told the story of how we were mislead by the website. Rather than do anything about it he blamed their "PR company, based in NY" which did nothing to pacify my concern. He was nice though and shared his optimism about how the pizza shop should be a slam dunk in such an opportunity rich restaurant market.
We got the Tripple P (tasty but not amazing - bacon was tough and the big chunks of goat cheese overwhelmed), Brunch Blast (loaded with savory flavor and an occasional "blast" of spice from a Serrano, this felt like a flavor identity crisis), & Mary Margherita (traditional, classic, a touch too cheesy Marg).
I hope they work the kinks out, but in the meantime they've burned some of their local working professional lunchtime customers. With ownership having such an apparent restaurant pedigree, I was surprised by the apparent misjudged experience they provided us. Best of luck!
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