7/27/2011
Mad Mac's
801 South College Ave.
Newark, DE
Society members present:
Me
Dierolf
Dierolf and I were planning on going here for quite awhile, since June maybe May. They are located in Delaware which is kind of a hike for someone to travel just for mac n' cheese but, we are adventurers! We had a lunch date!
Mad Mac's is a hard place to spot because, it is actually located within another restaurant/bar called Matilda's. Which to me is kind of weird but, whatevs...There were a few people around for lunch and the decor was very college bar because, Newark is a college town. Luckily, at lunch they offer smaller and cheaper priced mac n' cheese, a mini size. I was surprised when the mini, lunch sized mac n' cheese appeared, it was actually a pretty decent size. If you hadn't fasted a little before (like I did) this one would be fine but, I ordered two different kinds of mac n' cheese. I ordered the four cheese and the pizza mac (without any toppings). The four cheese was pretty amazing and incredibly cheesy. It was almost like they just took a whole 8oz. bag of four cheese from the grocery store and made it with that. There were the tell tale signs of the broiler but, it wasn't horribly noticeable like at some other places. The pizza mac reminded me of baked ziti, it probably would've been better if I had gotten a topping in it. What do I know? I managed to eat half of each serving and had some to go. Oh...leftovers. I had tasted some of Dierolf's mac n' cheese, she ordered the portobello mushroom version. It definitely tasted like it was made with alfredo sauce, that was probably the goat cheese talking.
The service was really good and our waitress got a great tip. She was on top of refilling and the food came out hot. The only thing that I was disappointed about was their website wasn't updated. I was getting psyched to try their "Mac of the Month", Mac Mykanos. It was supposedly made with goat cheese, spinach, kalamata olives, sun dried tomatoes, and roasted garlic. Seriously, my mouth is watering right now. It was a lie, they had some meat filled mac n' cheese as their option. Shame...
I would definitely recommend making the trip to check out the mac n' cheese! Thanks to Dierolf for the info and company.
