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(Photo: Brandi Porter)
The new self-serve tap system features 16 rotating craft beers and four wines. Using a bracelet linked to your credit card, you scan which beer you want and the system tracks your pours by the ounce. (Photo: Brandi Porter)
Zpizza’s signature bacon, spinach and mushroom pizza. (Photo: zpizza Facebook)
The new and improved menu features an array of signature pizzas plus salads, wings, artichoke dip, fries and more. Bonus: They’re gluten-free and vegan friendly, offering crust and cheese alternatives.
The restaurant also offers delivery, take-and-bake pizzas and catering for parties, company occasions, or those evenings when venturing outdoors seems too much to bear.
Olson said the changes have been well received thus far.
But that should come as no surprise, as he made them based on feedback from area residents and business owners.
“In talking to our customers, they seemed to be hungry for a neighborhood hangout, a place they could call their own,” he said. “They were looking for what one of them called a backyard.”
Between the people watching and the light rail whizzing by — the patio is a front row seat to the life of the city, with every sight and sound magnified. It’s that liveliness that makes it such a great neighborhood hangout.
And Olson isn’t taking it for granted. Every Friday and Saturday night, he programs the patio with live music — think soulful jazz and acoustic guitar — and recently launched a “First Friday Block Party” with music, drink specials as well as food and beer pairings.
Needless to say, the patio is packed every weekend.
“I probably could’ve added another 20 feet and still filled it,” Olson said. “We have to bring tables from inside the restaurant outside.”