Monday, February 16, 2009

lunch review hero's sports lounge and pizza

as long as this place is open, i think will be enjoying major sporting events at this place. and, i think i'll be going here before or after (or both) fresno grizzlies and fuego games.

the food here is super nice. the decor is even better. honestly, tv's galore, great sports memorabilia, and that upstairs is super cool. i can't wait to see a band play there.

my buddy and i both had calazone's for lunch, and they were both great. i had the italian stalion and he had the classic something or other. my wife had thai chicken salad.

let me rave about the thai chicken salad i didn't have: the spinach looked hella fresh. really. crisp, fresh spinach. wait, i thought this was a sports themed pizza place? they have a fresh spinach salad with an excellent thai dressing. holy crap. and, they have like 5 other legit looking salads on the menu, and i imagine they're as good.

both our calazones were really good as well. the presentation was nice, and the flavors were excellent.

the only drawback is that it may be a bit pricey and slow for the average downtown worker for lunch. but, if you're going to dinner or don't have to quickly be back to your job after lunch this is definitely a place to go.

5 comments:

Lulu said...

next at time you go let me know, that salad sounds great. It would be nice to see a place like that make it downtown.

James said...

It's nice to read a positive review - they've received some negative feedback from the wait time and price, but I have hope that they'll work out the kinks. That upstairs space is awesome.

Adam said...

Sorry I missed out. I definitely would've been there if I had been in town.

I look forward to checking this place out.

Dorktown Podcast said...

Nice review, Ed. Heroes is very welcome downtown. I'm real interested to see how many people going to and from Grizzlies and Fuego games will check it out.

edluv said...

on my second visit, i had the personal pizza + side salad deal. the pizza is very nice. i enjoyed the sauce, and it's pretty big for a personal pizza. 3 hours later and i'm still full from the meal.

they seem to have really worked out whatever issues they had early on with slow service. it was pretty busy in there and i was seated, ordered, and ate in around 35-40 min.