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A Pizza Mart
5026 University Way NE, 517-4000
Location: University District.
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Description: Stop envisioning the joyless cafeteria its name suggests. A Pizza Mart is actually a charming neighborhood joint, the walls of which teem with thrift-store objets d'art.
Notable paintings: A vaguely ominous rendering of the Big Boy fast-food franchise mascot: a paunchy toddler in overalls, hoisting a cheeseburger tray into the sky.
Best factoid involving Bob's Big Boy: As part of their enchanted courtship ritual, Patricia Arquette demanded that Nicolas Cage prove his sincerity by obtaining the head of a Big Boy statue.
Other sincerity-proving items on her list: A Tibetan wedding gown, a black orchid (which is not found in nature), and the notoriously rare signature of J. D. Salinger.
A Pizza Mart's happy hours: Daily 3–7 pm.
Happy-hour drink specials: $2 pints/$6 pitchers of Rainier, $3 pints/$9 pitchers of all other drafts (Kona Coffee Pipeline Porter, Widmer Hefeweizen), $3 22-ounce Tecate cans, $3 wells, $4 specialty drinks (such as the Washington Apple).
Food specials: A small one-topping pizza for $5, a large cheese pizza and a pitcher of Rainier for $14(!).
Bonus: They deliver 'til 4 am. 
Write your own damn review.
A Pizza Mart is mediocre at best...not worth the walk up the ave if you don't live north of 50th.
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A few years back they did a total redesign of the place, got a liquor license, and then they suddenly became a cool place to hang out if you were one of those non-frat slightly fratish types.
They also had to toy with their pizza prices (and hours) to compete with the nearby Pizza Ragazzi. Both of those places have unremarkable pizza, but it's designed for those ordering at 3am and who don't really care about quality.
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