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Zayda Buddys Pizza

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Citysearch | Greasy comfort food and Midwest brews are the staples of this Ballard-meets-Minnesota kitchen.

Sit back in tall booths or grab a seat at the bar to watch a game with a can of Hamm's, or for the more refined, a Minnesota martini (whisky and a beer schooner). The backbone of the menu is thin-crust pizza,...
citysearch.com - expert review - 12/10/2007
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User Reviews of Zayda Buddys Pizza

Felt like a kid again!

What a terrific place! Great location, yummy food, fabulous customer service, fun atmosphere...I couldn't resist eating like a kid (grilled cheese and tater tots), but had to have a MN beer for old time's...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by j t.

5.0 of 5 stars. Grew up in the south Chicago suburb of Lansing and was weaned on old man Colucci's pizza. This is the same pizza, my favorite in the world. A simple sausage and mushroom pizza, call me boring, but…
yelp.com - user review - 09/16/2008
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Great drinks

This place is a fun place to have a casual drink and meal. One of my friend's had the turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce, delightful! One had a chicken burger, delicious. And my other friend and I split a...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Shekinah S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I am a real live Midwesterner so I was of course curious about this place. There are many things on the menu I would not eat (casserole, bletch), but everyone else seems to find things that make them…
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by sid s.

5.0 of 5 stars. my friend found this place on a walk around ballard, and so we went and checked it out. it's *fabulous*! the theme is "midwestern", so the menu is full of chicagoan pizzas, badass reuben sandwiches,…
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2008
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Just okay, but worth a visit...

Worth a visit, if only for the fried cheese curds which are indeed authentic...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 08/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jujube S.

1.0 of 5 stars. The one and only time in there a cook chased a large rat out of the kitchen into the dining room and tried to trap it under a milk crate. The milk crate had a large hole in it and the rat hopped out.…
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Chip R.

5.0 of 5 stars. Great little restaurant and an oasis for midwestern transplants like myself. Love the beer selection (Grain Belt Premium, woo hoo!) and the menu full of comfort food is not only fun by very tasty.…
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2008
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It is all in what you like

First things first, I grew up in the mid-west, so the pizza here is the style I grew up with. Having been consistently disappointed with the pizza this far west, I am always looking for new things. (I should...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Michelle M.

3.0 of 5 stars. Hip yet comfortable bar in Ballard specializes in Midwest favorites. Think tater tot casserole, fried cheese curds, salty nut rolls (yes that is a candy), and midwest brews. Waitress messed up my…
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Megan C.

4.0 of 5 stars. We order pizza from here and it is delish! The crust is thin and flakey and there is lots of yummy sauce. We like the veggie pizza best.
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Emily L.

3.0 of 5 stars. So first impression was good. Great service good good pizza. Second time not such great food. Third time bad bad service walked in and sat and waited about 10 minutes for someone to come bring the…
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2008
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Unique Yummy Pizzas

locally owned zayda buddy's brings Minnesota style pizza to the already eclectic neighborhood of ballard. fresh ingredients, sauce made daily, even the grenadine is made lovingly on site. during football...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Laura G.

4.0 of 5 stars. If you're the type of person who likes midwest pizza, then Zayda Buddy's may be for you. I'm not really one of those people but I think it's cool that ZB's is doing something different. I love that…
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Bella S.

3.0 of 5 stars. I'd never heard of this place, but was meeting friends and ended up there. They said it was Midwestern Food to which I replied "Wtf?" and they started talking about tater tots and pizza. I don't eat…
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jennie R.

2.0 of 5 stars. I came in here by myself on a weekday night. The place was far from busy. I got a menu right away... and then waited about 15 minutes to have my order taken. When the waiter finally came back he…
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by terrell m.

3.0 of 5 stars. We have this restaurant in Texas. It's called Bennigan's. Or is it TGIFs? In any case, the menu is similar, as is the atmosphere. Our waiter was nice, but we were both starving and it took forever and…
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Betsey S.

3.0 of 5 stars. There is no way these prices would fly anywhere in Minnesota... especially for "Minnesota Comfort Food." Blue collar food at white collar prices. $4.95 for a CUP of soup?! It was tomato vegetable,…
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2008
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best thin crust midwest pizza in town!!

beautiful ambience and very relaxed and comforatable atmosphere. awesome service. pizza is the best. i loved the ballard bridge. the cocktails were done with all fresh ingredients and damn does it show. the...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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Tater Tot Casserole was good

I disagree with the review below. I also had the tater tot casserole and I...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 05/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Linda M.

5.0 of 5 stars. I'd have to say I'm pretty excited to have Zayda Buddy's around the neighborhood! My husband and I have become obsessed with their burgers and bring friends and family in when we get the chance!…
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Laural B.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is the nicest, newest dive I've ever gone to. Oh, and most expensive. So maybe it isn't a dive. But the menu kind of seals the deal. Total comfort food loaded with grease. Hmmmmm, deep fried…
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Chad J.

4.0 of 5 stars. I have been all over the world. Check that -- I have lived all over the world. There is a difference. I'm originally from a little town in Northwestern Wisconsin called Superior, which of course…
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by angela l.

3.0 of 5 stars. There was nothing exciting about Zayda Buddy's. The atmosphere was a clean, dark bar like feel with a brick wall, beer neon signs and art, and the TVs above the bar. We ordered fried cheese curds…
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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Family Friendly?

This place is fine, it really is, but I don't know why they keep saying they are family friendly when they don't even have highchairs or booster seats. I guess they are family friendly for those with kids aged...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/10/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Carrie H.

4.0 of 5 stars. Pretty decent food, and let's not forget Burt Renolds naked in the bathroom... the service though? I think perhaps they fell of the proverbial turnip truck yesterday (or perhaps even this morning).…
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Mark S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I went because I had a specific hankering for a tuna casserole my Mom makes (though she has no connection to the Great-Lakes-region). I tried both the tuna and the tater tot dishes. Tasty, great,…
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Rodney W.

5.0 of 5 stars. My first few visits to Zayda Buddy's were ho hum. The menu is cool and they have the beers I like, but the tone/mood in the place was just not all of that exciting. The staff wasn't making the…
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Hodi P.

3.0 of 5 stars. I can never remember the name, even when I have just gotten back from there! The thin crust pizza is quite good because I love thin crust pizza. We had the Eric the Red minus the white onions. I…
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2008
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Cheese curds! What else is there?

The thing I like about Zayda Buddy's is the fried stuff and beer that reminds me of, well, the midwest! Now, obviously you can't eat it every night, but if you need something deeply fried, the cheese curds are...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Tammy W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Zayda Buddy's has been open for about five months now, and they seem to have worked out some of the kinks others are talking about. My friend and I went there last night for drinks and munchies.…
yelp.com - user review - 02/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by drew c.

1.0 of 5 stars. The atmosphere is ok due to a few cool pictures on the wal... WAIT...STOP... What the hell am I thinking.. Who the hell cares about atmosphere after what these people served us.
yelp.com - user review - 02/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Tim A.

5.0 of 5 stars. Great pizza, beer, cheese curds, tater tot casserole, and Minnesota ambience. Cut into squares--bar style! I held a party for my wife and twenty friends in the bar, and they got all 6 orders of pizza…
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2008
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great pizza and bar.

love this place. the pizza was totally awesome and i love the bar. cool place to go just for the bar.
citysearch.com - user review - 01/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Christine S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Tatertot hot dish on the menu, and Grainbelt on the beerlist...hence our first foray to Zayda Buddy's. Kyle S. was very happy with his hot dish (Meat? Good. Tots? Good. Creamy soup? Goooood.) I had…
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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Salty

My only guess is that people who like this food are enjoying it ironically.
urbanspoon.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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take it from a midwesterner: it's not good

I ate the tater-tot casserole and it made me sick. And I have a hearty...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 12/31/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Laura K.

2.0 of 5 stars. Looked cute from the outside and remembered the old saying, "even bad pizza is pretty good". It is a midwest themed joint with lots of pictures of Burt Reynolds and Farah Fawcett on the walls. It was…
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Ian K.

3.0 of 5 stars. I like their logo?
yelp.com - user review - 12/24/2007
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Great midwestern comfort food

From Minnesota? Wish you were? Enjoy honest midwest food with an egg cracked...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 12/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by ronald p.

2.0 of 5 stars. The pizza and fried cheese curds lacked flavor. The crust on the pizza was nice and thin so if it had any taste it might be worth giving a 2nd chance. The service was slow and not friendly. The…
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2007
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Great Pizza, Swanky and Fun

I came all the way from the eastside to try the "new pizza place" in Ballard with friends. It has swanky and fun atmosphere. The dark wood booths are cozy, and the overall atmosphere is sophisticated and...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/11/2007
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One to watch

I apparently moved out of Ballard just as all the new condos and restaurants started opening up! I headed back over to my old neighborhood this past weekend and saw that even Leary Way has some hip new places....
citysearch.com - user review - 12/09/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by jasmine r.

5.0 of 5 stars. I was talking to a friend today about this place and here's my input: Great location, great place, great drinks from scratch (I LOVE scratch bars, since they're a rare find)! now I'm more of a drinker…
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jasmine M.

1.0 of 5 stars. Uh, okay ... wow. Almost an hour. It was juuuuuuust nearly an hour when we finally told our server that we now need our food to go. So a couple things one should know about attempting to dine here.…
yelp.com - user review - 11/23/2007
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Best Atmosphere & Pizza

My friends and I were there on Sunday night. The place was very cozy, trendy, casual, and hip. The service was exceptional and pizza was very flavorful and delicately cooked. Salad was very classic. Try...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/22/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Carolyn X.

4.0 of 5 stars. Love the pizza, love the beer list (Schlitz, Hamms and Strohs-be still my heart) , gonna go back for the fried cheese curds
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2007
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Comfort food, comfortable atmosphere, and pleasant service. What more could you ask for?

I started off the meal with the much hyped Northstar, and was not disappointed, very tasty indeed. Our party of 3 shared an order of chicken wings and a mixed green salad. The chicken wings were crispy on the...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/05/2007
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Great atmosphere and cocktails to match

I tried out Zayda Buddy's a few weeks ago, on a weekday afternoon. I brought along my laptop to work on some homework and took a seat in the bar. The bartender was very friendly and helpful. I tried one of...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/01/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Nobody S.

1.0 of 5 stars. I love pizza, it is one of my all-time favorite foods. So I was very excited to head to this new place in my neighborhood of ballard. So first off the place has a weird layout, the little two top…
yelp.com - user review - 10/31/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jason S.

1.0 of 5 stars. I'll give any place a second shot, even three if they're nearby....Zayda Buddy's has disappointed on each occasion (both on the service and food fronts). There are too many better options for pizza…
yelp.com - user review - 10/31/2007
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Totally dissapointed

Stopped by Zayda Buddy's for Saturday evening meal. We wanted pizza and I foolishly suggested "that new pizza place by Ballard Ave". The service was really horrific. Extremely slow, it took 30 minutes to get...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by M D.

3.0 of 5 stars. I have to say that I still like this place, but I couldn't believe how many mistakes were made on our pizza order. Everything else (fried cheese curds, orzo & green salads) was fine, but of the 2…
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2007
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Great all-around experience

My colleagues and I enjoyed a great lunch this past Friday, with very...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 10/25/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Tasty B.

1.0 of 5 stars. The boypal and I went to Zayda Buddy's Pizza a couple weeks ago, and... ...it was awful. First off, this restaurant is supposedly "Minnesota style," but it fails to deliver any sense of…
yelp.com - user review - 10/21/2007
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This secret won't keep for long!

I happened upon Zayda Buddy's only after discovering it on my way to grab a cup of coffee at Fiore we finally went to check it out and it was way rad. The soundtrack was out of control good and the servers...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/20/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrea D.

4.0 of 5 stars. Not in a hurry? Not concerned if you get exactly what you order? Like young, hot waitresses and unusual color schemes? Zayda Buddy's is your new favorite place. I feel as thought Zayda B's had yet to…
yelp.com - user review - 10/18/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Danica K.

2.0 of 5 stars. As a born and raised Minnesotan I have to tell you that this feels like a big culinary step backwards. Pagliacci is still the best pizza in Seattle IMHO and Snoose Junction does decent pizza in…
yelp.com - user review - 10/17/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Michelle B.

2.0 of 5 stars. "You know what would be a good idea? A bunch of framed Tom Selleck posters in the bathroom! And let's make the ones in the stall be semi-nude." Someone had to actually think up this stroke of…
yelp.com - user review - 10/17/2007
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When they get better service, this place will be better...

This place totally disappointed me on my first visit. The service was slow and lacked any apology for it. It took FOREVER to get seated. Then it took FOREVER to put our order in. We were there on a Friday...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/16/2007
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Horrible food and service, avoid Friday nights.

Please avoid! We went to Zayda Buddy's Pizza on 10/12/07. It started out wrong from the very beginning. We waited only a few minutes to be seated since it was only 5:40pm. We decided on a seat at the bar since...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/13/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Brooke S.

3.0 of 5 stars. Zayda's: Let me first apologize for my low-blood-sugar-induced tantrum over your "bacon and blue cheese stuffed burger". That was immature of me. To be fair though, it was really disappointing. I…
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Lauren D.

4.0 of 5 stars. Zayda Buddy's = comfort food central. Want something healthy? Save for a couple salads...you won't find stuff to slim your waistline here. Cheesy meaty goodness abounds - and isn't that the best kind…
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2007
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I like Tator Tots!!!

I love Tator-Tots. I love to eat them all the time and stuff. I am so happy to have Tator Tots in my life. I love the way that this resturant puts Tator-Tots in a hotdish, because when I was a little kid I...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/02/2007
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Looks Great, Tastes Bad!

$70 take out order for lunch today. It took 1 hour from the inital call to walking away with the goods. 1 server, only 1 table of customers, but I still had to wait for around 30 minutes in the restuarant. A...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/02/2007
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Fantastic!

This is a great place - casual atmosphere, really good food and fun cocktails. The pizza is perfect thin crust and they have good midwest fare like tater tot hotdish and green bean casserole on the menu. The...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/30/2007
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New Favorite Place

I ate at Zayda Buddy's last night, and loved the atmosphere, service, and pizza. I went with my boyfriend who loved the beer list with beers on tap like peroni and mannys, but he really liked the beers in a...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/21/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by emily r.

4.0 of 5 stars. Well, the pizza oven was broken-- and why wouldn't it be after being open for one whole day-- but besides that, I'm reeeeally excited to have this place in Ballard. Two burgers and two Bombay Saph &…
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2007
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