Grant and I stopped off by Blow Toad last week and happened to walk in on a test run of the POS systems and a friends and family tasting.

While things weren’t all there we were fortunate enough to not be turned away and get a free taste of what might be expected from the new pizza place in Carytown.

24 taps are in place and the bar looks ready for some serious craft beer action. There are still a few handles missing but from the current setup happy hour seems promising.

The menu seems kind of all over the place with some unpredictable items like Banana Split dessert pizza pairing Drum Sticks off the kid’s menu. I haven’t seen too many blue cheese and steak pies lately either.

Unfortunately the kitchen and wait staff appeared to be getting their asses kicked and we didn’t actually get to try a pie off the menu. But we did get our hands on a few slices and some complimentary appetizers. The dude sitting next to us wasn’t too stoked on being told his chicken pizza wasn’t ready and turned down the drum stick and fries he was offered to “hold him over.”

Well, we tried our comped snacks and they were so so. Hopefully these were some lazy placeholder fillers to help run through the motions for the staff.

The pizza sample was also so so. The pepperoni wasnt stellar but had some good flavors present. The coal fired oven needed some dialing in to get the crust a little less chewy, more airy and with some crisp in the skirt. The first two slices struck out but the third slice would have rounded second base on a good day. The crust a bit crispier with some okay char on the bones.

Until we have a more established look at this place we are gonna hold our full opinions. We’re hoping they don’t plan on opening with pie that half assed or we will be saving our money for bar pizza at Belly Timber – sans kid’s menu and banana split zah.

The Boxx has it down.

The pizza at the former Chicho’s on Atlantic Ave., now The Boxx, is super cheesy.  Almost too much but when you’ve been drinking dirt cheap beer and headbanging all night, extra cheese is what you want.  Your 7 dollars goes a long, long way here.  A pitcher of shit beer and an extra large, sloppy pizza pie is what you’ll get and I dare anyone to complain.

And you’ll get to see some pretty cool bands for free.  Don’t fuck this up!

This Sunday there is another free show with the same kind of specials as last time. So check out Bridge Under Fire, Invaluable, Herostratus @ 8pm.

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Pamparius’s own Constrictor @ The Boxx, 10pm in VB

Free show.

Pizza!

The trash talking of John Hicks will also…be there.

courtesy Dave Witte

Pizza Boomerang

BlowToad?  What tha…

Just a passing rumor or what?  Prediction: The spot is a cursed stain of bad ideas and they’re off to a bad start.  FAIL!