Followers of the long-lasting “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” might want to shell out some critical money to chow down on the first official franchise pizzeria in Santa Monica, with costs outraging many.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizzeria (1444 Third Road Promenade Santa Monica, CA 90401) opened with a tender launch final week, forward of the grand opening on Saturday, June 20.
The well-known digital creator Foodie Gang Capo obtained a sneak peek of the restaurant throughout the tender opening, calling the pizza “legit” on Reddit, although one picture that obtained many followers’ consideration.
He posted the official menu — which revealed outlandish costs that ranged from $6.50 to $9 for a single slice — and $39 to $54 for a complete pie.
The Cowabunga Cheese ($6.50 slice/$39 pie) is essentially the most reasonably priced, adopted by Raphael’s Pepperoni Bash ($7.50 slice/$45 pie).
4 pies — Shredder’s Revenge, TCRI, Mutagen Mushroom and Inexperienced Machine Supreme — price $8.50 per slice and $51 for a complete pie, however these aren’t even the costliest.
The final two choices – Splinter’s Supreme and Rocksteady’s Meat Smash – high out at $9 per slice and a whopping $54 for a complete pie.
Those that need to Construct Your Personal Pizza begins at $39, with a selection of purple or white sauce, with further meats costing $6 every, veggies $3 and garnish $1.50 every.
The store additionally sells quite a lot of merchandise, with t-shirts starting from $38 to $50, hats going for $36, pins for $12, sweaters for $70, lanyards for $18, skateboard decks for $80 and totes starting from $32 to $36.
The menu picture unfold by means of social media, with one X consumer dubbed @GrouchyGodzilla stating, “Discovered an image of the menu for the brand new TMNT Pizzeria on-line and yeah it’s costly.”
He added, “I knew it could be dear, however I wasn’t anticipating $50 for a complete pizza. Don’t get me fallacious, I’m nonetheless excited to test it out however assume I’ll simply get one slice.”
One other X consumer – @KineticNinjaTTV – responded to TMNT Pizzeria co-founder Andy Nguyen’s tweet, including, “lol $50 for among the most canine s—t wanting pizza I’ve ever seen ya I don’t assume you’ll be having very many returning prospects chief.”
Others took to FoodieGang’s Reddit put up to bash the excessive costs, together with solidpeyo, who mentioned, “Yeah the worth of that pizza is an excessive amount of.”
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RKO_out_of_no_where added, “$50 for a rattling pizza?! They’re on f—n’ medicine. I 100% needed to go till I noticed its $40 for a cheese pizza. Gtfo.”
Since that is formally licensed by Paramount, others talked about that the licensing charges the pizzeria pays to Paramount and Nickelodeon doubtless issue into the worth.
One other Redditor – iTZBLaSToFFTiMe – added, “I work at a pizza parlor the place we purchase all Italian-imported merchandise, so our pizzas are a bit dear (within the $22-26) vary, that is blatant freeway theft, holy H—l.
The Redditor added, “Did they really want to make it TMNT-Themed since you’re paying for them to pay for that license. Yikes.”
For the reason that Turtles franchise has at all times been primarily based in New York Metropolis, others had been baffled why this primary official TMNT Pizzeria is predicated in Los Angeles in any respect.
“You open a TMNT pizza retailer…. and also you select LA of all locations?” mentioned Redditor Ecstatic_Teaching906.
Others took to one in all one of many TMNT Pizzeria’s Instagram put up the place they confirmed quite a few individuals consuming the pies, some who bashed the worth, and others who questioned whether or not it had any cheese.
“50 {dollars} a pizza isn’t value it. TMNT wouldn’t eat that pizza,” mentioned Instagram consumer ro_ro_ro_your_boats.
“The place is the cheese at…” added IG consumer vanessa.tellez0303 whereas mushrohm added, “Is the cheese within the room with us?”
