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I want some damn Ice Cream!

October is here and in anticipation of the expensive upcoming month of December (we have the FDP anniversary and an FDP birthday) we chose another value oriented place. Let me just preface this post by stating "You get what you pay for." That being said let's dig right into the Trough.

Comet Ping Pong has a fabulous idea- Ping Pong and yummy Pizza. The idea is fabulous and the pizza is yummy but there's a lot you'll have to tolerate while dining there. The first of them being children. Perhaps if you have children it wouldn't be so bad, but since none of us have any little piggies ourselves it's slightly annoying. Particularly when the child is continuously kicking the back of your booth and screaming and the mother does nothing to stop him. While there were tons of other children around, that one irked us the most. Second and third things to tolerate are crappy service and dirty dishes. Our original server brought over a dirty wine glass, a dirty water glass and dirty side plates to share our food on. After he quickly took them away and replaced them with somewhat cleaner ones he seemed to have quickly disappeared himself. Our food was brought out by another server then after that no one was to be seen for about 45 minutes. We approached the bartender, to order more wine of course, because no one was around to serve us. He grabbed a server for us, who promptly gave us our wine and who then promptly disappeared. One server took our dessert order and five minutes later another server asked us if we wanted to order dessert.....

But enough about cranky kids and lack of service. The food was actually pretty good. We started with a carafe of Chianti and an order of "Curtain Lady's Special" which was meatballs in red sauce. They were very flavorful and extremely moist. We got 5 large balls for only $5.95! Before diving into crusty, greasy heaven we decided we should have some salad (damn conscience). We went with the Chickpea salad, which was tasty and a little spicy, as well as the Greek Salad, which was a classic with feta and olives. As for the good stuff, we ordered 3 of the specialty pies. The first one was the "Steel Wills" which was topped with greens, fresh ricotta, garlic, olives and onions. The ricotta was good, but the greens needed a little more seasoning. The second pie was dubbed "The Ace." This one involved eggplant, garlic, onion, roasted peppers, tomato sauce and mozzarella. The ingredients all matched really well together and was a step up in the seasoning from the first pie. The last pie was by far our favorite, possibly because it had meat on it! "The Smoky" was covered with "smoky mushrooms, smoky gouda, smoky bacon, melted onions and garlic." We're not sure how they got everything so smoky, but we don't care. Believe it or not it was not overly smoky or salty and it was melt in your mouth delicious. The one good common factor between all of the pies was the nice crunchy crust. Oh and the prices, all ranged from $12-$16 on the menu.

We contemplated dessert while we waited and waited and waited for whoever was our server of the minute. After one piggy proclaimed that she "wanted some damn ice cream" we chose the "Tin Roof Sundae" which was vanilla ice cream with redskin peanuts and chocolate sauce. "Holy Crap" was the expression that simultaneously came out of our mouths after one bite. It was an incredible combination of sweet, salty, cold and warm and it made all of the screaming children, bad servers, and dirty dishes disappear.... for a moment!

While the food was tasty, the vibe was not. Factor in how far up town in DC it is we decided that it is not worth the trip. One can travel less far for much better pizza and service (such as 2 Amy's or Pizza Paradiso). For this reason we decided on 2 oinks (it was a debate between 1.75 and 2, you can thank the Tin Roof for the extra score). However, if you do find yourself on the 5000 block of Connecticut Ave NW we suggest heading next door, to their affiliate Buck's, for a comfy atmosphere and fun people.