A place that offers all-you-can-eat pizza and dessert for under five bucks (INCLUDING tax) is being WAY too much of an enabler for my inner carb junkie.
Some words of warning to start: first, they do NOT take plastic. Cash and checks only. They do host an ATM but you know about out-of-network charges... so go prepared. Second, I've been warned that it gets LOUD, esp. when crowded -- and there is an alcove of video games and air hockey off the back corner, which would only add to the noise. But I went for a one-pm lunch and it was rather quiet then, IMO.
The salad bar is fairly basic: bowl of "mixed greens" (mostly iceberg), a bowl of romaine, a dozen or so things to throw on it, and a half dozen or so dressings (including light ranch and light italian for those doing low-fat). Nothing overtly bad, but nothing spectacular. They have 2-3 types of pasta and 2-3 types of sauce to go on it; also garlic chesse bread (not bad).
The pizza is not horrible, but for a place that offers all-you-can-eat for under 5 bucks, one can't expect it to be really good either -- it's a decided step up from frozen but that's probably about it. What's nice is the wide selection... I spotted almost a dozen different types on the pizza bar. They have 3-4 types of white pizza, including the white w/spinach which I found to be quite nice, and one with fresh tomatoes which was pretty good too. They use fresh mushrooms on their pies that use them (traditional 'shroom, white all-veggie, and the occasional garbage 'za). Meat toppings are pepperoni, sausage and ham, but I didn't see any in combination; the ham pizza came in all-mozzarella and half-cheddar (urk) variations. (And yes, they also do the Hawaiian thing with ham and pineapple, which may be interesting but it just ain't pizza.) Another interesting variation was a cheese pizza with barbeque sauce replacing some/all of the tomato sauce; would be nice to try with their sausage.
Fountain drinks are Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, lemonade and orange, plus urns of iced tea (sweetened and not). As usual one has a choice between sugar, caffeine, or both. If you don't want to pay for a drink you can ask for water -- then they give you a clear cup (instead of a colored one) and you get the water from a side tab on the drink dispenser.
Dessert selection was fairly limited, at least at lunch: sticky buns, brownies with far too much powdered sugar on top, and apple streusel "pizza" which was kind of nice.
Summary: If you don't mind over-carbing, pedestrian pizza or potential for loud noise, this is a good place to get stuffed for cheap.
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Date: 2005-05-06 06:22 pm (UTC)The salad bar is fairly basic: bowl of "mixed greens" (mostly iceberg), a bowl of romaine, a dozen or so things to throw on it, and a half dozen or so dressings (including light ranch and light italian for those doing low-fat). Nothing overtly bad, but nothing spectacular. They have 2-3 types of pasta and 2-3 types of sauce to go on it; also garlic chesse bread (not bad).
The pizza is not horrible, but for a place that offers all-you-can-eat for under 5 bucks, one can't expect it to be really good either -- it's a decided step up from frozen but that's probably about it. What's nice is the wide selection... I spotted almost a dozen different types on the pizza bar. They have 3-4 types of white pizza, including the white w/spinach which I found to be quite nice, and one with fresh tomatoes which was pretty good too. They use fresh mushrooms on their pies that use them (traditional 'shroom, white all-veggie, and the occasional garbage 'za). Meat toppings are pepperoni, sausage and ham, but I didn't see any in combination; the ham pizza came in all-mozzarella and half-cheddar (urk) variations. (And yes, they also do the Hawaiian thing with ham and pineapple, which may be interesting but it just ain't pizza.) Another interesting variation was a cheese pizza with barbeque sauce replacing some/all of the tomato sauce; would be nice to try with their sausage.
Fountain drinks are Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, lemonade and orange, plus urns of iced tea (sweetened and not). As usual one has a choice between sugar, caffeine, or both. If you don't want to pay for a drink you can ask for water -- then they give you a clear cup (instead of a colored one) and you get the water from a side tab on the drink dispenser.
Dessert selection was fairly limited, at least at lunch: sticky buns, brownies with far too much powdered sugar on top, and apple streusel "pizza" which was kind of nice.
Summary: If you don't mind over-carbing, pedestrian pizza or potential for loud noise, this is a good place to get stuffed for cheap.