So what better way to escape the cold for a weekend other than a very “last minute” trip to visit my daughter in school at the University of Alabama? The weather was beautiful today with sunny skies and a temperature around 77 degrees.
My daughter is an honorary “foodie” due to her growing up under the tutelage of this Fat Foodie. Once we picked her up she wanted to go to one of her favorite pizza places so of course we were game.
“Mellow Mushroom” is from a chain of pizza restaurants out of Atlanta, GA with 14 locations in Alabama. The place looks very unassuming and gives the appearance more like a bar that happens to serve pizza.
Upon reviewing the menu, I decided it would be silly to order anything other than what they are known for which is pizza.
I ordered a small pizza (10”) with mushrooms ($8.20). The pizza was a thinner crust which is generally more my preference. The sauce was a bit under-spiced, but had a nice blend of cheese. The mushrooms were fresh and plentiful, but there was just something lacking and I am not 100 percent certain what that may have been.
My wife and daughter split a large plain pizza which I thought was a bit pricey for a 16” ($13.95). In sampling one piece of theirs, I came away with the same feeling that I had about my mushroom pie.
Lunch for the 3 of us was about $27 before tax and tip. So I came away with the following possible conclusions:
a) My daughter has been away from home too long and forgotten what good pizza tastes like; thus she is losing her status as an honorary “foodie”.
b) They don’t have really good pizza in Tuscaloosa if she deems this place the best.
c) Maybe I was expecting better since she raved about the place.
“Mellow Mushroom” is an average pizza place by this “Fat Foodies’” standard for pizza. While it wasn’t terrible, it wasn’t great either.
Overall 2.5 Brownies
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