Category: Casual Eats

Whether you’re looking to enjoy a quick bite to eat at the bar or sitting down to relax without the fanfare associated with white linen and fancy wine menus, Casual Eats takes a look at all of the food that can be enjoyed when you’re able to sit back and unwind.

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Mushroom Pizza

Wonderbar

The pizzas at Wonder Bar re perfect for 2-3 people.  I tried the mushroom pizza, a simple but classic choice.  The red sauced pizza was covered with mozzarella and moist mushrooms.  The cheese was not overwhelming and the flavors blended well.  However, I think the salty kick from the grated parmesan available in jars at the table was a helpful addition to this pizza.  The crust is not too thin, which I appreciate as I’m not a fan of crackery thin crust pizzas.  I would have liked a little bit more crispiness to the crust but that’s personal preference. -JM

Wonder Bar‘s mushroom pizza is loaded with fresh mushroom. While the mushrooms were fresh and cooked nicely, I found this pizza a little on the bland side. It was much better once I added some red pepper and grated cheese, but I like a pizza that doesn’t require condiments. Overall an average pizza, at best. -DL

A mushroom pizza is tough to do, simply because it’s one of the most common items on any pizza place. At Wonder Bar, I was a little disappointed—partly to blame because of the other extraordinary pizzas I tied that night—because the mushrooms tasted like they came from a jar and were not seasoned before added to the pizza. While this pizza didn’t wow me, it wasn’t a bad pizza because the base is so good. -KP 

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Bacon and Tomato Pizza

Bacon and Tomato
The Wonder Bar is touted as one of Worcester’s best pizza joints and it’s definitely one of the oldest.  It’s classic, dive bar decor is welcoming in a “come as you are” sense.  On this visit, our group shared a number of pizzas which allowed me to try a couple that I hadn’t in the past.  The pizzas at Wonderbar are not huge but are perfect for 2-3 people. My favorite of the night was the tomato and bacon pizza.  The salty bacon melded well with the tomatoes, sauce and cheese.  The amount of toppings was just right – not overwhelming but enough to get some in each bite. The crust was flavorful and had a great texture without being too crunchy.  This is a pizza I would definitely order again, and, hopefully soon! –JM

My first piece of the night that I had at Wonder Bar on Shrewsbury Street was the tomato and bacon pizza. I am normally not the biggest fan of sliced tomatoes but I decided to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised. The tomato was sliced thin and added an element of acidity to the pizza, where the bacon added that salty pork flavor. The crust was thin and crispy with a nice char on the bottom, making me almost wish I had some marinara to dip it in the finish it off. -ED

This thin, crispy crust pizza features large, thin tomato slices with a healthy amount of bacon chucks across the top. There’s enough bacon that you get some in every bite and the thin slices of tomato are a very nice contrast to the bacon. The bacon was cooked nicely without being too crispy and overall this is an excellent pizza from Wonder Bar.  -DL

This pizza had very thin tomato slices with small bits of bacon chucks across the top. There was enough bacon that you get some in every bite and the thin slices of tomato were a very nice contrast to the bacon. The bacon was cooked down within the sauce so you got bacon flavor without the extra crispy-ness you sometimes would expect to find in bacon, I actually loved this pizza and didn’t feel like I needed the bacon to be extra crispy. This was one of my favorites of the night and a welcome addition to the Wonder Bar menu! -RL

Of the three pizzas I tried from Wonder Bar, this was my favorite. Men aren’t the only ones that can appreciate the undeniable flavor of bacon and this pizza had just enough bacon, cooked perfectly, married with the thin crust and contrasting tomato to satisfy my love for bacon, the Wonder Bar crust (crispy, thin and delicious). -LB