We ate lunch here on an ASU break so there were not a zillion students..
421 Blowing Rock Rd.
Boone, NC 28607
828-268-9683
Hours: vary, depending on whether ASU is in session
Ray:
We split a medium Supreme deep dish (Onions, black olives, green peppers, mushrooms, Italian sausage, cheddar and mozzarella). It was delicious! Fresh ingredients, tasty sauce, and plenty of it. If you haven’t experienced a Flipside “Chicago Style” deep dish, you’re in for a treat. It’s different than any pizza you’ve probably ever had. They consist of a crust formed into a bowl one to two inches deep depending on the size of the pizza, filled to the brim with ingredients.Tom: And, it is advertised as 3 inches thick! Actually it measured out at two and a quarter inches.
Ray: Hmmm…maybe that 3 inches is before cooking!
Tom: Whatever! Anyway, I agree that it was a great pizza. The green peppers were not too soft and the sausage had a great aroma and texture. It appears that the sauce was added after baking so as to not make the pizza mushy. I did bite into a bit of undone crust, however. Maybe that’s the price of such a thick concoction.
Ray: The only downside was that I found their tea ($1.75) a bit too sweet, even when mixed with unsweetened tea.
Tom: Yes, even i found the tea too sweet and not very strong. It’s kind of hard to confirm the strength of tea served in red plastic “Coca-cola” glasses. I have to continue questioning the use of these “adware” products as quite tacky.
Ray: Not great, but given that this is a big student hangout in the evenings, I can’t fault them. Nice stuff would just get destroyed.
Tom: Yeah, but it is still tacky and I’ll bet that plain plastic glasses would be stolen less often than Coke insignia stuff.
Ray: The food here is served on styrofoam plates with cheap stainless flatware. Our service was fast, efficient, and accurate. Keep in mind that these deep dish pizzas take longer to cook than a regular pizza. Flipside is not fast food.
The decor at Flipside consists of typical “sports bar” items: ASU banners, beer signs, and several flat screen TVs. The music was a bit too loud for my taste for lunchtime. The bar itself is a nicely done wood bar.
Tom: This is a great place for pizza, but don’t come looking for the thin kind. I think that this would be a good hang out after the game for those tired tailgaters who want a bite after the game.
Ray: Flipside serves great (and different!) pizza in a decent atmosphere for reasonable prices. The have specials on two-for-one pizzas during mid-week. Be sure to bring some friends, though. Two porkers like us had a hard time finishing one medium, and the previous time I ate there, I found it impossible to finish a small all by myself.
However, be aware that Flipside changes character at night when ASU is in session. It becomes more of a drinking/party bar like Klondike than an eatery. Try it at lunch time.
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