In any other city, or even at any other time in Atlanta, Max’s Coal Oven Pizza would have a fighting chance. Fair or not, two or three names have dominated our pizzascape during the last 12 months and change. Fighting for the table scraps that is our attention, Max’s has setup shop in Downtown Atlanta as one of the newest eateries from the Concentrics Restaurants Group.
To separate themselves from the crowd, Max’s has employed the only coal burning pizza oven in the state; and, it seems that the restaurant has hinged its reputation on this oven. In addition to claims of a better flavor (more on that in a bit), Max’s purports that “the coal oven promotes environmental sustainability by burning anthracite coal.” Unless Max’s knows something that is unknown to every country on earth, then that seems like a bit of poetic license if I ever saw it. I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t crazy, so I went on a little internet search. Here are a few things I found that seem to imply that Max’s claim is a bit specious. Leaving that where it should be left, we showed up at Max’s with every hope that delicious pizza awaited.
