text: Oh Modern Grove, you were so pretty - yes, you turned my head and I was draw into your inner sanctum - once again, so lovely - a delightful place to hang out and have a beer - like a little section of hipster Santa Monica brought into the desert - as a bar, I would give you 4 stars, but as a restaurant, I'm sorry to say, all style and not much substance.\n\nMore specifically, I ordered the white sauce pizza with the cured ham and the arugula - it sounded good but as I sat down with my glass of green iced tea (I do like the iced tea selection, and they have iced coffee) I read the reviews and fear entered my little foodie heart - things like bland crust and I was thinking - but surely, a place as nice as this realizes what a pizza town this is and would have a light crispy crust...but no, oh my fellow yelpers, if only I had checked with you before ordered...the crust, yes the crust, was doughy and bland. I wouldn't say it was horrible but it seems like it could easily be so much better  - and when I did get the pizza, it just seemed odd that the pizza was cut, and then the proscuitto was layered across it - not the easiest to eat as the meats do not align with the slices - may I suggest putting the ham on and baking it with the pizza and then adding on the arugla and drizzling with olive oil and a little fresh cracked pepper and some shaved parm? I've had this sort of pizza in a number of places and I just think it could be brought up a bit in presentation to do justice to the ingredients.\n\nBeautiful place - would love to hang out here with friends over drinks - just need the quality of the food to be as good as the design of the restaurant.