Maddie Girl
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I’ve never set foot in the Megabite/ Orchard’s location- and I’ve lived here for 30 years now. I’ve always thought Megabite was good, but not great.
I was wrong.
Megabite (formerly Smokey’s) has always been a staple around here.. just like Steakburger, Joe Brown’s, Who Song’s, Black Angus, etc.. for all of the Couve-ites growing up here. As well as Uncle Milt’s and their pink panther jumping around up on stage entertaining the kiddos. Kind of creepy in my opinion.. but whatever. lol. Growing up in Longview we had Pietro’s, Round Table, Pizza Hut.. Now days to get good Pietro’s (especially their taco) we drive to Hood River or we go to Papa Pete’s for a close second. And finding a decent Pizza Hut with that hot melty cheese, 500 degree cast iron pan pizza pan, those sit down greesy Pac Man & Donkey Kong machines- good luck. We went to the east side Pizza Hut about a month ago to check out their carry out location.. and we couldn’t get out of there fast enough. But, I digress. At least you guys in Vancouver still have your old Smokey’s Pizza, it’s just called Megabite now days!
And I’m now officially a believer in Megabite pizza, particularly their Orchard’s location. It’s so cool! It’s like walking into a smaller version of Funland in Seaside! Those guys have spent a ton of time, energy and money collecting on all sorts of Star Wars and other movie collectibles. They have all kinds of arcades to play, with many of them being new & retro games like Pac Man & Donkey Kong, foosball & pinball machines & free internet gaming stations. They even have that crazy loud annoying clucking chicken machine spitting out the colorful eggs that I remember. I also hear rave reviews for their jojo’s, fish & chips and quite a few other things on their menu.
This place also got extra points with me saying they could make half taco & half whatever else.. on ANY size crust! Whaaat. There are very few pizza joints left that will make us a two sauce pizza on a small crust. So I ordered half taco & half megasupreme (minus mushrooms, add pineapple.) I’m always on the hunt for great taco pizza, but I don’t want to commit to a whole one, especially since my guy loves his pepperoni & pineapple. For taco pizza, we’ve been going to Leonardo’s, Barrel Mountain, Papa Pete’s in Ridgefield or Pietro’s in Hood River. But this taco was great! The only thing I would add were some crushed up cheese Doritos. Next time I’m here, I’ll just bring our own. Also, I would definitely order half taco again and probably the old standby- The Pete’s, which is beef, onions & pepperoncinis & add pepperoni and take off the mushrooms again. Drizzle some honey over and that would make a great pizza there!
They also have really good lemonade next to the soda machine. I ended up making a spritzer basically- lemonade, sprite, and some of this wonderful cherry juice they had available in their soda machine. The employees were all super friendly & nice. The place was really clean and well taken care of. You can tell they have worked so hard on collecting all of the gaming stuff, Star Wars things etc. It was really cool to look at it all! The mngr played the song “Closing Time.” the minute they closed, which was 10pm that night. Great idea. And it definitely worked to get the gamers to wake up and get out the door within minutes of closing. Lol.
Looking forward to going back to this Orchard’s joint soon!