If Mr. Pita had a prime, it's past it now . . .
I found a nice little piece about the joint written by the local high school newspaper from 2019. Man, sure made it sound like a place to root for. Six years was a long time ago, though
*sigh*
We arrived noonish on a July Friday; empty except one other family. One other couple walked in, perused, and walked out. Yeah, the place doesn’t exactly engender confidence. If they ever cared about appearances, they’ve long since basically given up. Junk is piled up here and there. The two counter areas (bar and register) seem to be a collection place for “whatever”. I promise some things have been set down without much thought and not moved for ages. Jumbles of cords lead to old electronics with no attempt to mask. There’re signs signs everywhere signs hanging up with partial menu options without a cohesive plan
I thought about turning tail too, but I’ve been to enough dumpy looking places to know sometimes the food is a gem
Mr. Pita wasn’t a gem. I know Chicago Style . . . . . .
So how was the food? Uhh . . . Let's start positive!
The bag frozen fried mushrooms were standard, properly fried, and appreicated, as were the tots
The lady was ok with the gyro, but I took some umbrance with the gyro meat that most certainly didn't come shaved hot off a Chicago cone on a trompo in back. I'll venture to say it was even pre-cut in a warehouse production line, bagged up, and reheated in the kitchen
Faring worse was the frozen Sysco disk burger, and not a good one. I felt bad letting the kid eat what little of it she did. She wasn't enthused
The bottom of the barrel though was their Wisconsin Dog (Bratwurst). Some sort of tiny bitty brat hot dog on the worst bun I've ever been served. Seriously. I'd say it was hard and stale, but that's not it. It was like they defrosted a frozen bun in microwave to order. Inedible. I threw in the grass near the river for the birds. Is that Animal Cruelty?
On the positive though, I order it with the optional Sauerkraut and Grilled Onions, and those not only were lovely, but they buried the sad excuse of a brat dog. And the sweet potato waffle fries, along with the fries with the burger, were fried just fine
So, I hate to bag on a place, but we won't be going back
If you DO pick up food in the area, take it over the bridge/across the river to the lone picnic table at the Mark Holmgreen Memorial Landing above the dam. That at least was pleasant
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Mr. Pita - 24 N Water St, Black River Falls, WI 54615
715-670-1300
There were a couple buckets of street chalk, so the kid and I took one outside to have fun while we waited for our order. I had to show some Bears love
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