Slice and Pint
1593 North Decatur Road at Oxford Road
Atlanta, GA 30307
404-883-3406
Dave and I decided that we wanted pizza one evening, so we headed to Mellow Mushroom but as we pulled up, the telltale packed parking lot revealed that it was Trivia Night. The would no doubt mean nary a seat to be had and much time until food arrival. As a result, we decided to nix the idea of Mellow Mushroom and head to Slice and Pint since they didn’t have trivia on this particular night.
Slice and Pint is the new resident after Everybody’s closed down. There’s plenty of parking in the lot next door. It was bit drafty inside so I had to put my coat on again. And the park bench seating made me want some cushions.
Our young server was very affable, despite not supporting our sports team of choice. Dave ordered a beer. Slice and Pint has a nice selection of drafts, and they are supposed to begin offering their own brews sometime in the future. Dave decided to order a Bell’s Two-Hearted to which the server declared the presence of Bell’s Hopslam. He made it sound like Slice and Pint was the only place to carry this double IPA which we knew to not be true, but that sounded like excellent marketing copy to a consumer not in the know. Dave ended up declining the Hopslam even though Slice and Pint were kind enough to offer a sample.
Looking over the menu, their specialty pizzas are only served in the 12″ size. They cost around $15. You can also build your own pizza/calzone, and for those, well the pizzas, you can select what size you want. The toppings are grouped into several price points. It seemed like you needed to be careful since the toppings could quickly add up. Dave and I decided to share a 16″ pie ($16) with pepperoni ($3).
Our server did successfully upsell the gourmet pepperoni (Heywood’s), which he commented that it came from Shields Meat Market across the street. As a “2nd mortgage topping,” it was $6 extra when added to a large. Eep. he’s lucky that the pepperoni was very tasty!
Aside from the upsells, Slice and Pint was promising, though Mellow Mushroom is still the best southern pizza in my mind, no contest.
So Slice and Pint likes to talk about their four food groups, and this pyramid graphic is on the menu. But shouldn’t pizza be on the bottom, then beer, then chocolate? Though I would agree about eating chocolate more than pizza and beer.
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