When it's 8:00 p.m. in Fremont and pizza is wanted, there aren't many choices. Â This is the place I chose because it was one that seemed to be favored by locals. Â The crowded parking lot seemed to augur a tasty pie. Â What I got instead was a veggie pizza with a dry crust, gloppy cheese and nondescript toppings.
Perhaps some of their other dishes are better but I'm inclined not to try again. Â Contrary to Jacqueline Susann, sometimes once is enough.
EVERYONE talks about this place. Â I was impressed with the breadsticks and the pizza. Not the best I'd had in the area but still up there. The environment was Your average hometown pizza shop with plenty of seating, a nice change from some other shops around. I only went a couple times but had a decent experience at each one.
Try it out.
We had an interesting and enjoyable experience at Spanky's. 12 of us were in town for camping/hanging out/attending the National Baby Food Festival in Fremont. The main draw for us is the Adult Baby Food Eating Contest. The prize? 12 months worth of pizza from the local sponsor which turns out is Spanky's. Second place? 6 months of free pizza.
So needless to say we finish the competition and find out that we have actually placed second. So we're excited to get free pizza but the reality is that we're all from at least 4 hours away so there is no way we're getting these pizzas. We decided to stop in with our huge group and try it out.
After talking to the waitress, we found out that the manager was willing to give us all 6 free pizzas. We were super excited. We ordered some pitchers of pop, had the 6 pizzas, and a couple orders of bread sticks.
The bread sticks were fantastic. The pizza was pretty average but I'm not entirely sure if we just received a bunch of buffet pizzas and they have a better/more elaborate pizza available. The server was really friendly and made our experience a memorable one.
OK is right. The breadsticks are yummy indeed, but forgettable. The poor service out weighs it all. Our waitress told us all about the pizza buffet and when we asked, "Do we just get up?" She told is it was closed. Seriously?!? Why try and sell us on it? Also, it creeps me out when servers take your cup in the back to refill it--imagine my momentary panic when ours grabbed a cup from our table and the one behind it. I'm all about avoiding cross-contamination. Nasty! Our family ate at Spanky's the night before and loved it; I think the service really ruined it for us.
The food was OK. The portions are small and they are stingy with the napkins--sheesh! My BFF says it should be called "Skimpy's". She's a funny gal.
Spanky's is all about the breadsticks!!! They've got some solid specialty pizzas, and the plain old pepperoni is a winner - but if you go to Spanky's you've got to get the breadsticks!!
Good service and very decent prices. If you're in the area be sure to stop by. I grew up in the area and currently live in San Francisco, California and I still haven't found breadsticks as good anywhere as they are at Spanky's.
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