Hot Pizza Cold Beer — Restaurant in St. Louis

We've been wanting to try this place as it's near our apartment. We've heard mixed reviews in the short time that it's been opened so we thought we'd wait a little bit and let it settle. Each time we walk by it looks pretty good so we decided to go for it tonight. It's not expensive, but it's not inexpensive either. It's about middle of the road. We ordered a Caesar to share and a large pizza on cauliflower crust. Cauliflower is an upgrade of $4. Whenn the pizza came out it was definitely small, so It appears there aren't variant sizes you get cauliflower crust. The waitress saw look in our face and also I think realize that this was a much longer than the others she apologized right away. We said it was fine as long as we weren't going to get charged for a large size. Do you realize that they need to update the menu description. In any case I expected that she would go back and talk to the manager and we would get the pizza at a small price or something to that effect. That's not what happened she went back talked to the manager came back and said he had comped the entire thing! That was totally unexpected and also totally unnecessary, but we were very grateful. The Pizza Hut South was actually very tasty And we would have gladly paid the full price for a pizza consisting with its size plus the upgrade. All I can say is that everybody we dealt with was super friendly and then there's no question we're going to be back. In fact I'll probably go back for lunch tomorrow to show my appreciation. They didn't even screw up and they still went out of their way to make us feel right about the meal. It's rare today and I'm glad to say that the food was great on top of the team being great.

I can't help but recommend this place based on this experience. If anything changes in subsequent visits all...

Hot Pizza Cold Beer is such a great addition to the MX District downtown! The vibe is super fun with their old school arcade games and fun wall art. Bar is great and so needed in that area!

Food is as wonderful as I expected coming from the incredible talent of Chef David Molina. The same magic he makes with barbeque, he does with pizza. Wonderful, out of the box options.

We started with the roasted garlic hummus and the house pizza rolls, both of which were outstanding. I am a big hummus snob and this stuff was legit! We added a couple of orders of wings (Buffalo and Garlic Parm) and a couple of guys in our group insist these are some of the best wings they have ever had.

We were with a big group, so we tried all of the salads and had them family style, so we got a little bit of each. While my fav was the Caesar, it seemed equally split between our group of 7 as to everyone's favorite. They were all great!

For pizza we had to have the Francosi, because what in the hell are mozzarella sticks like on a pizza - um...fantastic!!

We also had the Meat Sweats and the Margherita, both of which were great. The crust is SOOOOO good!!

We finished up with the Cannoli Dip, which was yummy, but didn't get its proper due because at this point we were so stuffed, we couldn't fully appreciate it. I did have a bite and I was sorry that I did because I WANTED MORE, but knew if I did, I might explode.

Host staff was friendly and super accommodating (we had a baby with us) and our server worked so hard to keep the food coming and the drinks flowing. She was amazing.

Fun, wonderful way to start our...

Second visit at HPCB and possibly my last. Just open for lunch so not busy. No one greeted me at the door so I went to the bar, where I stood and waited for the bartender to finish his conversation before greeting me. I asked if there was a special or slice of the day. I was told ya, "we have this, it's like a burger on a pizza." I ordered that, garlic bread and a fountain soda. I was given my soda in a plastic cup w/ lid and straw and told about 20 mins. My soda was gone by the time my order came out, in boxes. The music playing was good but as others came in the same tender asked everyone if they were dining in and sat them at a table and they got normal dine-in glasses. Ok.?. I'll eat it out of the boxes. I was also never advised of a slice/salad lunch special. Would have ordered that instead of the garlic bread. DO NOT order the slice of the day,. It was clearly made in preparation of lunch rush and burger toppings were added. It was cold and hard. Garlic bread was hot but average. Wish I had more beverage to wash it down but not once did anyone ask how I was doing. Bad experience. I've had the gimmick, PIMP slice when they 1st opened and it was good. I guess cause it was made when ordered.?. Restaurants all over St Louis are closing down. If this one doesn't do better, it's going to be...