Hyoun K.
Yelp
Being up on Beech Mountain, your food choices are VERY limited. From what I could tell from my 3 days there, the choices are Sandwiches, Mexican, Breakfast/Coffee, American/Bar/Brewery, Pizza, and Barbecue. To have something else, you must drive 10 minutes down the mountain for slightly more choices. But being a touristy mountain town, just know all the food is overpriced. The alternative is cooking wherever you're staying but who wants to do that on vacation?
One of my daughter's favorite foods is pizza. It's quick, it's easy, and it hits the spot. Because our schedule was erratic because of skiing at Beech Mountain, we would eat either a late lunch or early dinner. A chunk of restaurants on the mountain don't open on that schedule and some even close early, so we ended up eating here twice.
At peak times, this place is packed. We went at 7 PM on a Friday and we had to wait about 35 minutes to just put our order in. There's ample seating and a lot of people take their food to go, it's just waiting to get the food is what takes so long. The 2nd time we went for lunch at about 2:30 PM and it wasn't packed at all.
Here's what I do know. If you like pizza, pasta, wings, or calzones, this is your place. If you like fresh, daily made desserts, this is your place. If you like beers, this is your place.
For the pizzas, you can either build your own (which I would advise against because the individual toppings end up outpricing pre-configured options) or get a pre-configured pizza. The first time we had The Works, which is similar to what Papa John's has and the second time I got the Hawaiian. There are two sizes, regular and large. The cost difference between the two is minimal, anywhere from $2-3 difference for a considerable slice difference. What hurts is the fact that my Works was around $35 for the large (8 slices). I don't recall the wings pricing but there's a small & large order as well.
The pizza is good and that's one of the reasons we went twice. The edge crust is braided and the toppings-to-cheese-to-sauce ratio is perfect. Big wings scare me because sometimes they aren't cooked enough and small wings make me angry because it's a rip-off and you end up with chicken jerky. Their wings were the crispy, had ample sauce tossed on them, and the perfect size not too big/not too small.
Overall, I really like this place despite the price. It's good food in a cool atmosphere. There is an arcade in the back of the restaurant but I didn't have any cash or coins, so I didn't even bother taking my daughter back there. I'll be back the next time I'm in the area!