We ventured over to La Crescent, Minnesota, after a UW-La Crosse graduation this past weekend, as we felt La Crosse would be to congested. Corky's Pizza, is a small establishment with one side being quaint and the other side being a bit, well, boring, with no atmosphere. Not that the other side had much atmosphere. There was a lack of any ambience or any decoration in this establishment. The right side of the restaurant had a few tables, but could be quite loud, with music, and people talking and you could barely hear yourself conversing with each other.
All of our party did not arrive at once, so we ordered, cheese bread, and bread sticks. The cheese bread states that it was garlic bread covered with mozzarella cheese. There was very little garlic taste in the cheese bread. It barely had any flavor, and was extremely soft, almost mushy. I cannot account for the breadsticks, because I did not partake of them. The waitress was very inattentive. We ordered water and soda. The soda was supposed to be free refills. The waitress barely showed up while we were waiting for our other party. We ran out of beverages for a long time, after finally receiving the cheese bread and breadsticks, even though we asked for refills. It was a very long wait!
Three more of our party arrived, and it took forever to get the waitress back to us, before more cheese bread was ordered. The water, again, lasted forever to arrive, even though we had asked for refills prior. She finally brought out a pitcher, but one picture of water for ten people was just not enough.
We ordered four pizzas, cheese, everything, BBQ chicken and a pepperoni. They slowly arrived one by one. They pizzas arrived very hot, but it took awhile before we were all able to eat together. The everything pizza was good, although you could not use a fork to cut the crust, as it was stiff, though the pizza topping had good flavor. Again, the waitress was absent for a very long time. Eating food, with not much to have to drink, is not satisfactory.
Obviously, since we do not live in the area, we won't be back there, but there is a big lack in attentiveness, albeit being a very small establishment. Plus, the fact, besides the tip, it cost $138 dollars for pizza for ten people, and water, with only two people having soda. The pizza flavor was good, but crust very stiff. Though it tastes much better the next day. read more
