I had the pleasure last week of attending a tweetup in Carrollwood hosted by Metromix and Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza. The #WellDoneMix event hashtag was a play on Anthony Coal Fired Pizza’s catch phrase “Our pizza is well done”. The event was a tasty networking event. When I came inside I was greeted by Metromix employees and won an awesome bag filled with swag, such as t-shirts, a cup, plastic shot glass, and more as one of the first seven people to arrive. In the back of the restaurant, Anthony’s provided pizza, meatballs, wings, and salad for visitors at no cost to tweeters.
My personal favorite was the “fresh mozzarella, sliced tomato, and basil” with no sauce. Normally I don’t enjoy pizza without tomato sauce, but this pizza tasted as fresh as its name and wasn’t heavy or greasy. Although I do enjoy greasy pizzas at times, I don’t the stomachache I get later that day, and the food at Anthony’s left me feeling great. The pizza had a thin crust and was cooked just right. My second favorite that I sampled was their pepperoni pizza.
A small specialty pie at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is normally $16.25 and a large specialty pie is normally $19.25. I became full after my second slice with some of the salad and meatballs on the side. While perhaps not the cheapest pizza around, it did taste good and was a good change from your usual pizza chains. In other words, I wouldn’t mind spending the money for a pizza like this. There is an Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Brandon I have yet to visit. The only other pizza places out in the Brandon area I really enjoy are Cappy’s Pizzeria and occasionally Marco’s Pizza.
There was a line of hungry tweeters behind me (and my camera battery was dead -__-), so I apologize for the blurry photos. I’ll link to the Metromix page where you can view the professional pictures at the bottom of the page.
The meatballs, wings, and salad were great additions to the pizza. They complemented the flavors well.
The employees there were very helpful and happy to explain any of the pizzas to visitors. I noticed that the people handling their event were the catering staff. The Metromix employees were happy to come and chat, while snapping lots of photos of visitors. Metoromix had a giveaway at the end and I won 3 Blu-ray movies as well! Overall, this event was pretty cool and certainly something different for a restaurant to engage social media with a great local partner as Metromix. I would like to see more of these pop-up around town. I met a few local bloggers and tweetups are just a great place to network with people you might never meet otherwise.
Here is the link to the official photo gallery on Metromix: http://tampabay.metromix.com/events/essay_photo_gallery/metromix-and-anthonys-coal/2700018/content
Tweeters documented in attendance at #WellDoneMix:
@MealsandMiles (Checkout her blog post on the tweetup)
@ZmandaB (Checkout some of the photos she sent me at the tweetup)
Restaurant Name: Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza
Neighborhood: Carrollwood
Cuisine: Pizza
Address: 13020 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. Tampa, FL 33618
Phone Number: (813) 265-2625
Website: http://anthonyscoalfiredpizza.com/
Twitter: @AnthonysCFPizza
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4 responses to “Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza & Metromix’s #WellDoneMix Tweetup”
We ate their once and I loved the same pie you did. I also am not much of a pizza without tomato sauce fan but you can’t knock something that tastes that good.
Yum! I personally am a fan of the “well done” pizzas, and Anthony’s has pretty darn good ones! If you liked that pizza, you should go over to Casa Ludovico in Palm Harbor and get the Chef Eduardo’s special pizza – they grill the crust and it is topped with diced cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, and prosciutto. It is so fresh: I crave it on a regular basis.
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