As I have stated
in previous installments, I am a pizza junkie, so when a new place comes to
town and they advertise that they have Gluten-Free, I am there!
The Rock Wood
Fired Pizza & Spirits
has location in three Western States and Canada, with more on the way. The one that I visited was in Fairview Oregon
in a relatively new shopping center.
I would say that this restaurant is more
on the lines with the “Spirits” in the name than the Pizza. It is dark (bring a flashlight to read the
menu in any booth away from the windows) and it has a heavy metal kind of
feel. None of this is bad, just feels
more like the “House of Blues”
then a family friendly pizza kind of place, so it is grownup pizza. The restaurant is good size but I only looked
at a small portion of it. Also the tables
have rivets on them and they like to eat sweaters and such.
As far as how
they handle allergies and special request, I was a little worried about what I
could see into the open kitchen. I didn’t
see a lot of extra care being taken with my gluten-free pizza, unlike other
previously reviewed places that will sterilize everything before they make one
and use different utensils and such; I saw none of that here. So if you have an allergy that is a cross contamination
one, I would be very leery.
The service left a ton to be desired, refills on drinks, yeah not. Food in less than 30 mins, again not. Over selling of the product, yep. When the food finally gets there, the disappointment continued. I had the Crazy Train, Pepperoni, hot Italian sausage, peppered bacon, caramelized onions, garlic, oregano and hot cherry peppers. To me this should be at least a moderately spicy pizza. Nope tasted like caramelized onions and that is about it. That might be because there was 4 pieces of pepperoni, a handful of sausage, and bacon, didn’t see any. Also, cherry peppers are red, not green so again my concern about contamination if they don’t pay attention to ingredients.
I am hoping my
next review will be a better one, heading on a road trip my mom this weekend,
should have a couple of cool out of town places for you next week.
Now the Details:
Value - price:
The above mentioned pizza cost 9″ – $11.49, 12″ – $18.29, 16″ – $23.29,
plus add $3 for Gluten Free. So my 9”
cost me $14.49. About the same as Flying Pie but I was so hungry
when I got done eating this one that I could have eaten two more if they had at
least been good.
Tipping:
I didn’t leave a
tip. Oh is that bad of me? I hate bad service!
Best hours to go:
I wouldn’t go
back
Tips:
Run
and hide.
Allergy Extras or places that are close
by:
In Gresham there
is Lillian’s Natural Marketplace as will Twelve Mile
Kitchen & Market both cater to us Allergy Foodies.
Restaurant
info:
This is the one I visited:
Wood Village
The Rock, Wood Fired Pizza & Spirits
22401 NE Glisan Street, Wood Village, OR 97060
Open daily from 11:00am – midnight
Manager: Kim Graham
503-328-8498
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