Ruckus Pizza, Pasta, & Spirits – Morrisville

The Morrisville Ruckus is on Market Center Drive, part of a Triangle group that started with one restaurant near NC State in 1999. Pizza and pasta come out of the kitchen and there is a full bar alongside.

Great food, great music and great times was the original pitch, and it has not been revised since. The reviews that stick are the ones about portion size: one first-time guest gave the place five stars and called the food phenomenal, with the biggest portions he had run into anywhere.

What to know

• The name was the plan from the start, not something acquired later.
• Affordable and comfortable rank with delicious in how the owners describe it.
• The goal is for guests to feel they are visiting a friend who cooks well.
• Other locations operate around the Triangle, including one in Apex.