The Rising Crust Pizza — Restaurant in Florence

Used to be our favorite place to go eat, been a regular for quite some time. Our total with the exact same order we’ve always gotten has only ever changed for happy hour or if we came past that time. It has never costed as much as it did for the EXACT SAME MEAL… even past happy hour. I pulled up my normal total and showed the lady ( our server and asked her why it was so much higher ) she was very rude and stated that the prices ain’t changed since January. “ Honey you just might have it confused we haven’t changed at all “. I told her I know what I’ve always paid even with tip and it’s never been that high. Never brought us straws, didn’t give us silverware till we had to ask for it.( after food had come out), might I add our food was cold other than our appetizer.. we saw our entree come out at the window and sat there for 7-10 minutes. Cut us off mid sentence when ordering. Gave us dirty silverware and plates. She kept walking off and just talking to coworkers or in the back. Never brought us our check or anything we had asked for. We were very patient and nice to her as I said we are regulars and wouldn’t treat anyone without respect, and have NEVER had a bad experience especially not like this. 70 dollars for what we got is absolutely insane! 2...

I’ve been in this place several times, even brought friends there when they’ve stopped in town. Place is always busy, has a good crowd and I usually see some of the same faces every time I stop in, they definitely have their local crowd. They have something different going on every night which is nice as well. Wait staff is always friendly even though they seem to always be busy. They also have a fairly large menu so there’s plenty to pick from. The quality of the food is kind of hit and miss though. I use to really enjoy their pizza but the last couple of pizzas have been quite gross, (it’s pretty bad when I don’t finish a pizza). I’ve had better pizza out of box. My wife had the Chicken Alfredo awhile back, wasn’t sure if there was any chicken in it but was pretty sure it had been cooked the day before. Not sure what has changed but in the last year the food coming out of this place has been getting progressively worse. Use to enjoy stopping by but I think for now I’m just going to keep on...

Food was really good. The owner was a total mark for himself. He spent a good while at our table praising his own business acumen, 'innovative' idea of bringing in bands, and his desire to attract a wealthier crowd. After 10 minutes of listening to a resume which didn't include a single restaurant, he proudly proclaimed to have been 'been in food service all my life.' What time wasn't spent patting himself on the back, he used to try and talk us into to coming in for live music and convincing me that I do, actually, and despite what I had always thought, LOVE crowds and live music. Who knew?

Had I not had the pleasure of meeting the boss, it'd be an easy 5 🌟 and I'd be a repeat customer. Our food was delicious and our waitress was wonderful . IF I get food here again,...