The Upper Crust

To start off, the place looks great. It has a chill yet family friendly atmosphere with kind and attentive employees. The food was absolutely delicious and the place serves as a modern touch in the town of Gettysburg. A great refresher to the usual historic architecture. But the prices are ridiculous. I got the Hummus and Labneh Duo which was $11. Super high quality food but at most should be like $8. Along with a Pepperoni pizza for $17. Granted, delicious high quality pizza, but could at most feed 2 people. I’ve been to places for the same quality and size where the pie was $8. To finish off I had the $10 Cocoa Brownie which had a creamy rich vanilla ice cream on top of a decent brownie. This one could barely feed 2 people, granted it’s a dessert. A high quality place but with way too high prices. Come if you have a special occasion or date.

Retro warehouse themed wood fired pizza that is delicious and a great atmosphere. Service was pretty quick and our waitress was friendly. We split a pepperoni with hot honey and it was sweet and spicy. The ricotta cheese with the mozzarella was a nice touch. The pepperoni was flavorful. It could have used a bit more pepperoni, but overall it was fantastic. Little tip: let the pizza cool off before eating, the flavors really come out once it’s closer to room temp. I prefer my wood fired pizzas a little more done, but that’s a personal preference.

Vegans/Vegetarians... beware. I found pieces of spinach under our pizza but none of our pizzas had spinach topping. When I complained about them using dirty pizza pans the manager said it is common to get cross contamination because of the way it is cooked. Please check your pizza to make sure it doesn't have meat bits on it. We originally went there hoping to play games and have good pizza but there was a party in the back that blocked everyone else out. We also had dirty plates, our pizza was very undercooked, and the manager was immediately defensive and rude. He argued with us about every issue we had. The food is just bland and the meat on our pizza was not cooked right. That night my daughter had food poisoning. Will never go back.

I can give 5 stars to the winner of the show, the appetizers. I've pictured the spicy Korean wings, the roasted cauliflower with the most amazing pesto on the side, and the bibb salad. That alone was a yummy dinner! I'm not a pizza lover but those in my party who order the 12" pizzas a 4 star. Ambience was cute and expansive all in one. Great place with family and friends.

For a higher end place, seriously 5/5 stars. This isn't tourist food, this is real good local pizza and amazing service with some fun local beers and a nice atmosphere. I have to say, the red sauce here is on point. I cannot stress that enough, whoever is working the kitchen, has bloody near mastered the art of the pizza, and the margherita they serve is proof of that (seriously try it if you can't decide what you want). If this place needs to work on anything, I'd argue the dough is slightly chewy. Don't get me wrong, the pizza is amazing and more than makes up for that, but if I had to nitpick something, it's amazing, but not perfect, but damn sight near it.

Okay, where to begin... On the positive side, the drink menu is very extensive; they have some decent seasonal beers. You can drink enjoyably in preparation for what is to come. The layout of the restaurant is enjoyable and original. This is where the positive side ends. The food menu was limited and the food itself was gross. Our appetizer plates were dirty. The server was informed and brought us some new ones. We ordered an appetizer of fries to share; these seemed like the kind of thin fries you'd get from a fast food restaurant, covered with seasoning that looks like Old Bay -- except that Old Bay would've added at least some flavor. For the main course we ordered three pizzas (Margherita, Gumbo, Brisket). The cheese was undercooked and rubbery across the board. The brisket pizza was slathered with barbecue sauce (image attached), I suspect to mask the blandness of the white sauce; I've had beef jerky more tender than the brisket meat itself. The sausage on the gumbo was very chewy and on closer inspection, appeared pink and undercooked. Upon realizing this, we requested our check and a manager. A manager arrived; he did not introduce himself by name. The manager insisted that the sausage on the gumbo pizza was not undercooked, and only appeared pink because it was a fatty cut of meat. He also insisted that all meats are temperature checked. (Image attached with a piece turned over, you decide.) Now I've come to expect managers to defend their establishment in the face of complaints, but this guy treated us like we were just trying to get out of our bill. He asserted that the server checked on us and we reported no problems (which would have been untrue, since the server acknowledged that our appetizer plates were dirty and brought us new ones), and suggested to our party that we should have reported the problems with the pizza sooner. However, since the sausage appeared cooked on it's up-facing side, we could not have known about the problem with the gumbo pizza before trying to eat it. In the end, the manager comp'd the gumbo pizza -- but not before that interaction ruined our evening.

This place was fantastic! I was greeted by employees as soon as I walk in the door and seated immediately! Our waiter (Victoria) was friendly and attentive but not overbearing! Only thing I didn't like about the place was their salads! Other than that my experience was phenomenal it was my first time there and I couldn't have been happier! Food came super fast! And the atmosphere was great! Nice place for family and or date night! I'll definitely be going there again real soon!