Ponysaurus Brewing Co.

219 Hood St, Durham
(919) 908-0204

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Kristen Butler

Oh my goodness. We just popped in to grab a beer. Then there was a cool shirt, then to-go beers…

Enter Mike. Mike is WONDERFUL. Mike has said it’s his first night behind the bar, but if Mike is not teasing me, he might be the most competent and kind human on Earth. First he complimented my husband’s hoodie and let us ramble on about Odesza. Then he made sure we liked the drinks we had just ordered. Then he found the shirt i horribly described. I’m in the service industry- not anyone would have infinite patience. When we then asked about grabbing a 4 pack to go, he made sure we would like it and got us samples! We wish there was pizza still, but Mike let us down easy. (It’s our fault. Mike did not say this. Mike might have suggested it was the pizza’s fault. Pizza, I love you anyway. Mike, you too.)

Mike is the best.

Mike might be a witch.

All hail Mike!

Daniel Cox

Craft Brewery serving great beers and a cozy-feel outdoor seating area, featuring fire pits, wood benches and string lights.

There is a wide range of great beers to choose from - the saison was a particular highlight. Tasty food was also a available from an ajoing pizza restaurant.

As it was the run up to Halloween, the brewery was showing horror movies in the evening on a big projector, which was a nice touch.

Overall a great place to visit if you enjoy your beer!

Zac

The pizza is amazing and the Mexican lager is my favorite beer there

Danilo Meyer

One of my favorite breweries in town! Fun beers and great outdoor space with friendly staff.

Cyrus Atkinson

Amazing outdoor space, great pizza and beer, what's not to like?

C A

Great music, awesome people, award winning beers, delicious hot honey pizza, Janine vines, hanging lights, city skyline, the vibes, THIS HAS BEEN OUR SPOT FOR YEARS!

Ian Lacks

Good beer and pizza.

caitlin penry

Delicious pizza and great outdoor seating. They have beer, wine and a select few cocktails. Lots of outdoor seating options, in the sun or shade.

Jenny Boeckman

Great beer, great pizza, and excellent service!

Ryan Donnelly

Great environment and events. Some real fun beers to try as well. However, only con is feeling forced to tip. It’s almost comical to tip at a place like this when an event isn’t going on.

Michael Dwomoh

Great location, accessible with street (paid} parking. There are other food options nearby too.

Alexandra Hood

Super fast and friendly service, clean. And most importantly delicious food and beers!

Katherine Earnst

Beer is mid, but it is a nice place to hang out as a bit group! Parking is also terrible so plan accordingly

Earl Mosher

Great beer selection, dog friendly and pizza

Melinda Spencer

Lovely atmosphere and friendly staff; flavorless pizza. Plentiful outdoor seating, including mini fire pits and plenty of picnic tables. A very accessible bar and water stations, with a beer selection that wasn’t huge, but did have variety including a sour (though not a great one), a cider, and a moderate assortment of wines. I had heard good things about the vegan pizza, and as someone who cannot eat cheese but loves cheeseless pizzas, I was interested to try it. The ingredients listed on the menu are a tomato sauce and garlic confit, so a one-topping pizza (the garlic). I decided to also add some mushrooms to it and make it a two-topping. What I received was a tomato sauce pizza with mushrooms. No garlic in sight, and no garlic by taste. In fact, the entire pizza was so tasteless that I wasn’t actually sure it had any topping at all, despite the obviously visible tomato sauce and the plentiful mushrooms. It had the consistency of an enjoyable pizza, but the most flavorful thing about the entire thing was the crust, which was somewhat enjoyable, but akin to eating the cardboard box that a pizza has sat upon in terms of flavor. Others seemed to enjoy their pizzas, but they all had multiple toppings including cheese, so perhaps Ponysaurus has really tasty cheese on the other pizzas? The tomato sauce was absolutely flavorless (that is not an exaggeration that I tasted the plain crust MORE than the tomato sauce. The sauce was simply THAT BLAND), and the mushrooms, while fresh, were unseasoned and raw (as opposed to sautéed or grilled to bring out the flavor), so they didn’t actually have any taste either.

Ultimately, I vehemently advise against the food at this establishment.

EDIT: I’m coming back to add to this review over a week later because I am STILL upset about how awful that pizza was, and how truly devoid of basic flavors it was—the only reason I had anything nice to say about the flavor of the crust is because I realized that it had salt in it, which was THE ONLY FLAVOR IN THE ENTIRE PIZZA. It becomes more and more offensive to me as time passes that that small amount of salt was enough to overpower whatever pale, dead flavor that happened to be lingering in their pizza sauce. The errors in the pizza are more egregious than I originally acknowledged:
1) they forgot the key ingredient of the vegan pizza: the garlic confit
2) they clearly used expired pizza sauce (judging by the lack of flavor, LONG expired)
3) they didn’t bother spending the most basic amount of effort to prepare the one topping they did provide which would allow it to have flavor, and instead plopped raw mushrooms on top and didn’t even have the courtesy of tossing a little oil and salt on them before sticking them in the oven
This indicates more than simply a one-off bad pizza. This indicates a food sanitation concern as well as a complete disregard for the product they are serving. This wasn’t the result of the kitchen being rushed (in fact, at that time, they only had my pizza and one other to work on, and the kitchen workers were casually standing around and chatting with each other).

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