The place seems to be a local favourite. On the plus sides, portions are extremely generous. My calzone could have fed 4 people. I was envisioning a smaller dish, but that is fine. The ingredients were mostly fresh...I had spinach in my calzone which was boiled to death though and unpleasantly soggy. For the rest, nearly no flavour...almost no herbs (no taste of basil or oregano), just lots of cheese (as requested). The mozzarella sticks were slabs that were breaded and deep fried, gooey, but the dipping sauce was flat as well (same one as came with the calzone). Little or no salt nor anything to raise the savoury component. Timing was quick, I chose pickup. It's a delivery place so atmosphere is marginal, but the folks in the restaurant were friendly and efficient. Tweaking the preparation could mov them to dominate this space, as several fundamentals are very good (fresh ingredients, decent...
Read moreThe first visit we had with BOOM was amazing. However, having gone back a second time it was like a 180 from the first visit. The host was rude and asked why we didn't have reservations when the restaurant was totally empty, the bus boy had to bring us water while we waited for a server because he was underage and obviously unable to serve alcohol, then we proceeded to wait another 20 mins (being walked by several times and looked at) while other people who arrived after us were being served. We literally got up and walked out and have not (and will not) return. I'd rather take the trip and traffic into Providence for brick oven pizza after this experience. Good luck to...
Read moreI ordered a large pie, half bacon, half plain and an order of buffalo wings with 12 spent $17 and I could not eat the chicken. It was raw and it was dark funny color in the chicken. Very disappointed that I spend all that money and unsatisfied and customer service wasn’t that great Instead of handing me my change, she put it on the counter for me to get and was not pleasant. I know I won’t be eating there again I was very uncomfortable and felt like it was because I am brown skin. I hope I’m wrong. and on top of it, they wanted me to spend a dollar for extra blue cheese. Usually, it’s free everywhere else. They just...
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