If Chuck E. Cheese were a hipster who smoked Crystal Meth, this would be the dining concept he would come up with. With an art deco style that can only be described as "phony dilapidated", this place bore a strong resemblance to Freddy Krueger's boiler room, except with much more metal structures that served no purpose. To put a fine point on the ambiance, there was a projector in the room playing extended video footage of a car tire on fire while spinning on a rope--so as to give that "family Italian" feel so commonly found in Pizza places. I waited to be seated at around dinner time and the place was packed. It had more crying kids than a hospital maternity ward. Apparently they must have been saddened by the motif of this place as well. When our server arrived, he appeared a bit nervous. An early twenties male wearing blue nail polish decided to take our order. Confronted with a list of microbrews that I had never heard of, I opted for a 16 oz can of pale ale that cost 6 dollars. I ordered the meatball Pizza and it was decent. People raved about the food here, but it was brick oven pizza. It was ok. One should not have to sacrifice an assault on all of the other senses in order to get a decent slice of pizza in this town. Also, If you go into a place to have Pizza, they should serve a beer that you have heard of other than Bud Light. If you are into "Epic Hipster Fail" as a lifestyle, this is your place. If not, I would recommend a pass.
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Are_we_sure ago
LOL. Wonder what brought this guy here. Guy doesn't know Microbrews, doesn't know what Art Deco means.....I don't think I would trust him about Chuck E. Cheese or Crystal Meth.
icuntstopswearing ago
Because he obviously isn't a cool sophisticated fellow like you? Why would anyone eat there?
Are_we__sure ago
Why wouldn't they eat there? It's been a well reviewed restaurant for about a decade. It was opened by a highly regarded chef. It's a fairly popular place as the reviewer points out
It obviously has a customer base. Why do you think that is? Perhaps the caricature of the place was never true.
If you want to cherry pick yelp reviews, here's the first review on the page you link to
Five Stars
I can't say enough good things about Comet Ping Pong. Super kid-friendly/family-friendly. Pizza is amazing. Best crust! Beer is cheap. Ping-Pong is fun. Wings are INCREDIBLE.
Must try:
Greek salad- so good Wings- a MUST when you come here. Braised not fried. Not buffalo flavored. Really stellar The Hottie- My fave The Stanley- also great The Yaley- YUM
you must request their' wing sauce for your pizza crust. It's a white horseradishy-ranch dressing and it's incredible.
madhatter67 ago
Yeh...whoever wrote that one clearly loves their pizza....
Sorry....when I look at online restaurant reviews and see one like that I tend to think they are a bit too enthusiastic to be genuine....
And I thought you were the one who was a proud sceptic?
Are_we__sure ago
That's neither here nor there. My point it's quite easy to find people who rave about this place. Proper skepticism means not cherrypicking your evidence.
Piscina ago
No, a real review combines both and bad comments. That's how you can tell it's genuine. Even if it's 90 per cent good, there'll be a realistic feel to a review. Reviews that are over-the-top in their compliments and fawning I always consider fake.