Originally Posted by
BamaVol
I agree with your assessment .... up to a point. The 3 or 4 Mellow Mushrooms I have patronized had good pizza (something I no longer indulge in) and a decent beer selection. However, management, especially in the kitchen appears quite weak. I've seen too many mistakes and delays to be impressed. I think most of them are franchises - the local in Oxford, AL was owned by a couple doctors' wives that didn't know the first thing about hiring compentent help or running a restaurant. After a huge opening, they drove off customers one by one and it's hard to find many cars in the lot a few years later. One of these days, I'll try the original, which I think in in Auburn?
That is a shame. We patronize the two located in the southern Denver metro area*, and both offer excellent service. Miss Swede has many food allergies, and they are one of the few restaurants that serve vegan cheese. We've never had a mishap with her pizzas, and we truly trust the staff to do it right.
* - there is one about 5 miles from our house that opened last year. However, we tend to patronize the one originally in the area, about 13 miles away. There is a server there that my kids absolutely adore, and she is a wonderful and kind person. Last Fall, she told us that she would be going away for the spring to study abroad in Europe. We gave her a large tip and wrote on a comment card how awesome she was and how we'll miss her. We went back this past weekend, and she was there. It turns out that she kept that comment card and showed it to us.