04. Pizza Pan A Photo Review!

The tasteful sign outside of Pizza Pan.

The menu at Pizza Pan it's overwhelming at first but then you realize the potential.

Pay for your Slab of Ribs.

Get not just one FREE PIZZA!

BUT TWO FREE PIZZAS! YES TWO FREE PIZZAS!

SPORTS TELEVISION!

THE PIZZA IS SO DAMN GOOD! BEST IN OLD TOWN!

The wings are also splendid. Perfect wing sauce. This was taken 45 seconds after they reached our table.

The Aftermath. Notice the ribs and pizza finally together in harmony.

RATINGS!

Richard - 10
Ahmed - 9.5
John - 9.5

Total
29

This is the best place in Old Town we've come across. The deal of a century every day! Buy Ribs get two Free Pizzas! Buy A Pizza Get Two Pizzas! Buy a Small Pizza Get Two Small Pizzas! By Ribs Get Two Ribs? We aren't sure about that one but we'll be figuring that sumbitch out real quick.

EAT AT PIZZA PAN! EAT AT PIZZA PAN! EAT AT PIZZA PAN!

The place had only been open 10 days when we went in they need to stay around it's too good to not survive. WE LOVE PIZZA PAN.

Everything about this place was perfect. The only negative was a lack of alcohol. Perhaps they were still getting there license. Let's hope so cause then it would certainly bear the mighty Perfect Score review.

The First We're Hungry! Gold Medal First Place Top In It's Class Medal Prize is bestowed upon Pizza Pan.

Congratulations to all who opened this store!

SERIOUSLY EAT AT THIS PLACE!

UPDATE: Pizza Pan is very difficult to locate on the Internet. They have many locations in Ohio this is their first store in Virignia. It's located right next door to Stardust and around the corner from Wendy's.

The address is roughly: 610 Montgomery st.

You can't miss it if you are in that area.

03. Pines of Florence (Gino's?)

Now it's Richard's turn! Being the pizza expert of the group Richard decided on an Italian restaurant. That place was Gino's of King Street. At least it was Gino's on the internet. Upon arrival we realized we were in fact eating at Pines of Florence. So this will be the Pines of Florence review! This restaurant was only one block from Tiffany Tavern, shudder. I mean really don't eat at that place it stills keeps a nasty taste in the back of my throat.

PRE-MEAL
Parking: A breeze we literally parked right out front.

View from the Street: A nice photo opp. of the Masonic Temple. Also very close to the comic book store, which is awesome.

Outside Decor: A quaint nook right on the corner. With green awnings and a vertical sign leading you inwards.

Inside: A stocked section of tables and booths with a slight Italian design influence but nothing over the top. The only other people in the place were another group of three guys, could they be We're Hungrying Old Town as well?

We were served Bread and Olive Oil before even giving our drink orders! We decided to give that a +1.5.

We almost immediately took that away as John and Ahmed both figured that bread could've been warmed a bit.

DATE NIGHT: We all agree that a Caesar Salad and a Pizza is the perfect High School Date. Not just at Pines of Florence but at any place really. We also wish we had this knowledge in High School.

We ordered our drinks.

Does Pines of Florence check I.D.'s for adult beverages?
Yes.

The Vibe: We all agreed that P O F had a Nice Vibe. You feel relaxed, like they appreciate your business. Unlike other places in Old Town that treat you as if they are doing you a favor by getting you another beer The waiter was also hilarious! Sort of.

The Music: WASH-FM which was a welcome change from the whining vocal cord shrieking provided by Juniper Lane's hang out.

We also realized children were working in the kitchen as we only saw one little girl come out of the kitchen carrying a 5 gallon sauce drum with her.

The Bathroom: Really freaky sound when you open the door! We almost don't want to tell you so when it happens to you can freak out just as much as we all did. Otherwise the bathroom used it's limited space and came off as another quaint part of the restaurant. Not as bad as you would think.

Out of the Moleskine: PRESERVE THE NO CHECKING REDS STARCADE RULE
No idea what that means.

We kept hearing bells and Ahmed soon realized its the "Foods Ready!" indicator.

DING DING DING on that note:

THE MEAL

Ahmed - Meat Lasagna

John - Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce

Richard - Pepperoni Pizza

John commented that the spaghetti sauce was Improved Upon Fairfax County Public Schools spaghetti. Anyone who has eaten that sauce knows that that is quite the compliment.

The pizza went down quick but suspicions were raised as to whether it was Frozen or Fresh Pizza. The crust and evenness of the undercarriage almost firmly stamped the pizza a Frozen. We hope this isn't true as it was actually quite tasty. GO investigate yourself.

No comment on the Lasagna I suppose as nothing was written down.

RATINGS!

Ahmed - 7
Richard - 6
John - 6.5

Total: 19.5

This leaves us with the burning question where is Gino's? We figured it was an After Hours Club out behind Pines.

EDIT: As mentioned in the Pizzeria Venti review, this place was much better than 19.5. We're sorry.

Comments about Tiffany Tavern and Ultra Juniper Lane Fans

Anonymous said...
Juniper Lane is not christian and it's not bad. But your blog is! Get a life!
2/12/2009 12:18 PM

One of the members of Juniper Lane wrote this.

Anonymous said...
Juniper Lane rox my sox!
2/12/2009 5:29 PM

The drummer for Juniper Lane wrote this. How did they even find We're Hungry!?

02. Tiffany Tavern Review

This places goes to show you that you can't win them all. If We're Hungry had started with this S-hole we probably would have disbanded on the spot, thank god for Eammon's!
!!!NO ONE HAS EATEN HERE ALERT!!!

Pre-Meal
The parking situation on a Monday night: Super Easy we parked just down the street.

Crowd: Younger to few old men regulars at the bar.

Atmosphere: We picked the absolute wrong night to show up at this place. Monday night is their "Open-Mic Night" and it just so happens that the host of the "Open-Mic Night" was retiring from the gig after 8 long years.
This is the host and some creep ball at the bottom:

Greeting: John apparently looks like a regular performer/ guitar player in Old Town. He was immediately asked by a patron "You bring your guitar?" John just stared at the guy and moved on. My feeling is he looks like the Open-Mic host just a paler version.

Meal

Special Guest Emily: Chicken Gyro Platter

Richard: Hearty Steak and Cheese

John: Tuna Melt with Swiss on Rye w/ Onion Rings

Ahmed: Open-Faced Steak Sandwich

After we ordered we noticed the place really started to get hopping. We were confused we assumed it was the Open-Mic but who really likes Open-Mics this much? So as the performances began the host introduced himself and gave a heart warming speech about how Tiffany Tavern has changed his life. John described the fella as:
"Leading up to this night this guy filmed himself walking around Alexandria and then edited together a montage of himself set to one of his own REM covers"
We waited for our food for a good while, while at the same time being forced to listen to this guy talk about his band Juniper Lane opening for Coldplay back in August. The whole place really seemed to care, except for us.
We realized that everyone in the bar was there because of this guy and his band and that this place is a big tradition for these sad North King Street sacks. Go here and you will be out of place, no doubt.
Juniper Lane sucks by the way. Look it up on itunes. Bad Christian rock? I can't place it.

FINALLY
The food shows up after 4 songs from this ass.

It looks terrible. Everyone at the table was disappointed by what they saw in front of them.

Ahmed said "This is pretty whatever"

Emily raged: "When they say platter and charge $11.50, I imagine a huge plate, full of lettuce, tomato, chicken on top, tzetiki (sp?)...but it was a pita sandwich. Lettuce this big: (a hand drawn circle about the size of a tiny quarter. TWO THUMBS DOWN"

Richard choked down the worst Steak and Cheese he had ever eaten.

John didn't want to speak about his onion rings, just too sad.

RATINGS
Ahmed: 3
Richard: 2.5
John: 3
Emily: 3 (vote not counted towards final tally but a good indicator)

Total
8.5

Reasons for Rating
-Slow Service.
-We only got drinks refills once.
- A general "How Dare You?" Attitude

DO NOT EAT AT TIFFANY TAVERN
DO NOT EAT AT TIFFANY TAVERN
DO NOT EAT AT TIFFANY TAVERN