Captain 9’s Walking in to Captain 9’s in Germantown, Ohio, is an atmosphere everyone in the small town is familiar with. A nod from the teenage employees is about as much as you get when you walk through the front entrance. If you have ever been to Germantown, everyone knows the small pizza joint just next to the gas station, that you have gotten ice cream from after every basketball and soccer game since you were 6 years old. However, every restaurant has its flaws, and this hometown pizza place has many difficulties in all aspects.
I grew up watching my parents own and operate their own restaurant so I’m very familiar with the food business. What makes a restaurant good in my opinion is the atmosphere, the service, and most importantly;
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The siding at the top of the building is grossly discolored. The lines to indicate where to park are almost completely non-existent, and the sign is old and barely legible. As you walk in you find yourself confused of what to do next as there are no signs stating whether to take a seat or to place your order. There 's a big confusing board hung above the front counter that has random specials that most of the time aren 't relevant in the times when most people go. Once you’ve finally found a menu and battled with the tiny font due to the vast amount of unnecessary items then you can walk around and look at the restaurant. Hung all along the walls are miscellaneous firefighting tools and pictures that help the restaurant achieve their desired theme. Although the restaurant achieves it’s desired theme the inside is very dark and outdated. I think with some simple maintenance and redesigning of the interior that the pizza restaurant could achieve a much friendlier atmosphere which would ultimately lead to more customers and …show more content…
Whether it’s pizza or french fries that you get it’s all made in the pizza oven which you can see right behind the front counter. This can be good if you try to stay away from fried food but it can also take away the flavor of some foods that you crave such as the crispness of french fries. The best time to order food from the pizza place is in the days because an experienced woman works the kitchen and makes food with the best quality possible out of the store. When receiving food for delivery the food is often delivered faster than time quoted and they are very efficient in this aspect compared to other local pizza places. Depending on how sensitive your stomach is Captain 9’s most definitely has the ability to stop up anybody as their menu mainly consists of dairy and bread, but if you aren’t as sensitive to dairy as me then you’ll probably be