Great downtown restaurant with a lot of character! A kaleidoscope of colorful art, wall hangings, lamps, decorative tables, all a bit loud and clashing, which is a fun vibe. The food is generous with a lot of pizza and sandwich types, lots of seating, in a cluster of other nice stores. One of our slices was slightly burned and they threw another one on top of the order to make up for it: huge slices.
I was next-door at PreFunk and from reading other reviews we called and placed an order for a 24 inch NY style Jalapeño Popper Pizza and they brought it to us next-doorl. It was ready within 20 minutes, it was huge, so good and the customer service was excellent! They even brought us paper plates and plenty of Parmesan Cheese and Red Chilli packets. We each ate a couple slices and took the rest home.
Stopped in for a slice only. Meeting Ismael and talking I ended up w two wonderful pepperoni slices. Ismael took the time while organizing to share about himself. Very nice man and we were able to chat a few that felt good and positive. Best wishes and thank you for the great pizza.
Love them so much - even had it for my birthday! I recommend the Pie Fight and adding bacon - also - buy the jumbo.
The food and beer selection was very good. I really enjoyed the local Russian stout they had on tap. It was very busy for a Thursday when we visited. Pizzas are well worth the price. Staff seemed a little overwhelmed but were managing. We ordered two pizzas, a large and a medium. It took about a half hour, which is understandable given how busy they were. The large was very large. I was very impressed with the price point. The only detractions were they set up our order as a to go order in lieu of a for here order, and the trash cans could have been emptied more frequently with as busy as it was. We will definitely return, however.
I struggled when deciding what to rate Messenger Pizza. I landed on a 4 because the taste of the pizza, quality of service and the unique vibe make me want to go back some day. We had not previously seen a cream cheese sauce for pizza before so we gave it a try. It was ok. I might try it again after I have tried others. The pizza crust was cooked perfectly and had great flavor. I'm not a fan and don't fully understand the soda selection. Cans of Shasta? I'd suggest hitting up Costco and offer some variety. My wife had a glass of wine and thought it was pretty good for the price. All in all I'm not likely to go out of my way to eat here again. If I were in the area I wouldn't be against it. So if you are in the area looking for something different when it comes to pizza, I'd suggest giving it a try.
We have been wanting to come and try this place and this past Friday was that chance....walking in really liked the vibe of the place where NYC clashes with SF and all the cool eclectic decor. They are a pizza by the slice place, but you can also order your own pie as well. We decided on the Brooklyn Bridge which had salami, roasted red peppers, black olives and we added mushrooms and pepperoni. The reason and the only reason they had a star removed were for 3 things. #1 the reason we got a whole pie instead of a slice was because the by the slice options looked terrible. #2 we have lots of flies this time of year and to watch flies on the inside food case was a huge turn off. #3 was the one of the most un fresh looking salad bar. The pizza was delicious and loved the thin crust...cooked perfectly with a strong undercarriage. Ingredients all blended well and loved the sauce as well. The service was really good! Even though it's a walk up the young guy taking our order was outstanding. Very friendly and outgoing...he made us and the other customers feel very welcome. I was surprised that this place wouldn't be more packed on a Friday night. This is pizza that I would drive out of my way for sure....a few minor tweaks and easily could be a 5 star spot.
Visiting my man in Idaho, we decided to come here for some pizza since he has come here a handful of times in the past and thought it was pretty good and I agree with him ! We got the large slices of pizza.. he had the pepperoni pizza slices and me being more adventurous, I got the jalapeño popper pizza slices. He went with an IPA beer to drink and I went with an organic chocolate stout beer and we added on the salad bar this visit as well. We enjoyed the ENORMOUS slices of pizza.. the jalapeño popper one was definitely poppin' and it had a great kick to it but I definitely recommend grabbing some water as the heat definitely builds up more than you might expect. The organic chocolate beer was simply delicious!!! I'm such a chocolate lover and this was the PERFECT beer for me! Salad bar was expensive however and left a lot to be desired which is why I took off a star. It's an extremely limited salad bar and it was okay but nothing really wowed us or tasted that fresh in all honesty. Had a some very basic ingredients for salad and some bread sticks and that was the gist of the salad bar. For approximately $12.50 per person I expected more. Also the breadsticks were overly garlicky and flies were circling around that area of the restaurant which made it less appealing. We also got another of our same choices of beers to go and another slice of pizza. I got a bacon apple slice to go and that was also a very tasty flavor!! Definitely a cool place with good pizza, decent beer selections and funky fun artwork ! Cute little spot for friends and family to meet up or for a date night. I would skip the salad bar completely next time but I'd love to come back to try the drunken goat pizza which was not available this particular night we went.