Capogna's Dugout — Restaurant in Clearwater

Definitely not the old Capogna's. They say the family is still involved, but obviously not in any meaningful way. Went today to support a local business and it isn't like it used to be.

Every bit of food tasted like it had just been in a deep freeze or a tin can just minutes before serving. I had wings w/fries & mozzarella sticks. Partner had a pizza with extra toppings and a beer.

Wings could've come out of a pre-cooked freezer bag from Publix. Sauce had zero flavor. Blue cheese was inedible and had an odd bitter taste that made me think it had gone bad. Fries were cold but serviceable. Mozarella sticks were obviously pre-made in a factory somewhere and heated up, and they still had the nerve to charge $10 for them.

Partner's pizza was bland and equally flavorless, save for the extra toppings of olives and mushrooms that were obviously out of a can and tasted like it. Beer was delayed 15 minutes because the barman wandered off, and when he came back and poured it, the waitress was busy on the other side of the restaurant in a different section. The same thing happened when we wanted a check and it took flagging down a different waitress to get ours' attention across the restaurant.

Atmosphere was about the same as ever, can't fault that. But clearly different people with different ideas of how to make food and organize their wait staff run this place now.

Edit: You'll note that shortly after a string of negative reviews from long-time customers get written, a quick series of 5-star reviews that all sound exactly the same, get posted to to push the negative ones further down. Focus on fixing your restaurant instead of gaming Google's review...

This has been one of my favorite places to eat since I was a kid. I have the fondest memories of family gatherings here, coming here after winning (or losing) at softball, bringing dates here as I got older. I'm not entirely sure where things fell off but MAN over the last few years, it's just not the same place it used to be. I think they make that standard mistake of trying to offer WAY too many different types of dishes but now everything is mediocre at best.

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