Atlanta-based Mellow Mushroom is celebrating its golden anniversary this year with a limited-time-only special, offered through Nov. 11.
Founded in Atlanta in 1974, the restaurant has three metro-Richmond locations in metro, but it was the Short Pump location that a friend and I visited to check out the 50th anniversary fare at the Short Pump location.
We started out with an order of nine double-baked Honey Sriracha Wings, and agreed that the sprinkling of sesame seeds elevated them a notch above the typical. To complement the wings, we sipped the official 50th anniversary cocktail, a Disco Peach – blending Jim Beam, Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, peach, sour mix and Coke and decorated with a gummy fruit. (Both the Disco Peach and the Pineapple Express mocktail I had for dessert were tasty and refreshing, but if I got them again I’d pair it with a glass of seltzer to cut the sweetness.)
We also tried two of the 50th anniversary pizzas, and especially liked The Maui Wowie, which features a pesto base crust, ham, bacon, pineapple, jerk chicken, and banana peppers.