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    Max's Place

    4.6 (9 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Small but nice interior
    Jeff L.

    When it comes to pizza, I'd say I'm having it delivered 99% of the time, but sometimes it just works out to dine in the restaurant and the pizza craving hits. When this happened, it was the perfect chance to try Max's Place for the first time. I'd been hearing chatter from some foodie friends in town and I wanted to see what the hype was all about. I learned one very important thing: I should have listened to them earlier! Max's is a storefront underneath an apartment complex on the north side of town (17th and College) so obviously the space is pretty small. It was crowded, but not so much that we had to wait. It was just the two of us and I'm definitely the bigger pizza lover. Service was prompt, or you can order at the counter. We walked in, they told us to pick a table, and menu's arrived. There was a LOT of carryout happening as well. Servers seemed to be a 'team effort' so I'm not sure who was our official server, but all were very nice, kept our drinks refilled throughout and and wait wasn't bad. We started with breadsticks and cheese - often the determining factor between a 3/4 star and a 5 star review. They were fantastic. Cheese was perfect. Cheese was undoubtedly best in town or tied for it. We had a healthy debate over the breadsticks vs. the other top two (Pizza X and/or Aver's) and I'm leaning towards Max for the win. We ordered the large deluxe pizza, since it was New York style thin crust and we had no idea what large meant. There was plenty for some leftovers, probably because I ate 6 of the 8 breadsticks. Deluxe is pepperoni, sausage, mushroom, green pepper, onion at Max's. It was great, though I'd probably remove the sausage next time simply because I prefer crumbled to chunk. Pizza was thin, great taste, ample cheese and a good firm crust. I highly recommend. It's not the least expensive in town, but also not cost prohibitive. Well worth an extra couple of dollars for the quality. We will definitely return next time we're looking to dine in for pizza. Since we live on the opposite side of town, I'm not sure if delivery is an option but will be checking on that soon as well.

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    absolutely loved there pizza ! hands down my favorite pizza place in Bloomington or Indiana for that matter! I'd recommend it to anyone !

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    6 months ago

    Great spot! Delicious eats - highly recommend to anyone looking for good pizza! Quick service.

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    This is my first time trying jiffy treat homemade ice cream. It was absolutely delicious. The…read moreflavor of the ice cream tastes natural. light and creamy. I ordered the birthday cake flavor. It was perfect. There were chunks of vanilla cake and sprinkles in the ice cream. This was the best birthday cake ice cream I've ever had in my life. My mom got the chocolate ice cream and it was very good. My sister ordered the butter pecan, the butter pecan does have chocolate chip chips in it and it was delicious she stated. This is the best ice cream place I've been too. It is not overly sweet or tangy. It is perfect. It's better than Jeni's ice cream in my humble opinion!!! I am an ice cream lover, and this was the absolute best. The service was decent. It's very clear college students work here. The ambience was very chill. You can eat outside or inside. The establishment was very clean. It smelled really good inside of the place. I will be getting a large waffle cone next time that is a popular size to get. You get a lot for your money. However the ice cream is a bit pricey but if you do order a big size its well worth it.

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