It’s a challenging task to make a bad barbecue chicken pizza, but the people at Sequoia Brewing Co. have figured out how to do it.

Sequoia is a wonderful establishment. They have amazing beer that is brewed right there in the building, but their food is something else entirely.

How can a place be so fantastic at one thing (making beer), yet be so terrible at another (making food)?

One might think a pizza as thin as the one they produce should be crispy. Not so fast, Sequoia thinks otherwise. The pizza, although very thin crusted, is awkwardly chewy. So much so that you question whether or not it was unintentionally undercooked.

The pizza is also surprisingly lacking of flavor. In fact, the majority of the flavor is in the barbecue sauce itself. The chicken is bland, probably out of a can or frozen bag, and there were almost no red onions on it, as there should be, to give it a kick.

What about a burger? Out of the choices of rare, medium and well-done, you’ll always be sure that your burger will be a nice solid grey inside.

You want every bite to taste exactly the same (boring)? You got it.

How about appetizers? It’s hard to mess up potato skins, right? Incorrect. Be prepared for the most lackluster potato skins of your life.

Whether it’s the stingy amounts of toppings they put on them, or the quality of the toppings themselves, expect for a bland experience that leads you to believe you’re only chewing on a baked potato.

Are you a soup or chili lover? Then go to the store and buy a can. It’s cheaper and you’ll have the same experience.

“I was very hungry when I ordered the chili and I was disappointed,” said Daniel Clark, a Fresno City College student. “I love their drinks so much I expected the same level of quality from their food.”

Although the food at Sequoia Brewing Co. tastes and feels store-bought and very disappointing, it is still a place that the 21 and over crowd can proudly enjoy for their locally brewed beer selection.