Roughly 10" diameter pizzas for 6.50 or 7 euros? No, not at a food truck, but at a real sit down restaurant., on a busy main street, right across from the Grand Hotel Dino where we were staying in Baveno, Italy..
Open 12pm-2pm, and 7pm-10pm everyday, with 173 reviews in Tripadvisor. It's 88 degrees, and all the tables outside are taken, so we have to go inside, where it's like an oven, with near blank walls like in a hospital. They save money by reducing the ambiance and decor.
Service is very slow. Wife's 7 euro vegetarian pizza comes with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, sliced mushrooms and cucumbers, while my 6.50 euro comes with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and sliced pieces of sausages of Frankfurt. The thin crust is absolutely delicious and tasty.
Next table had spaghetti, which was almost twice as expensive, with a very small portion.
The pizzas here are the cheapest in town, with most places charging at least 10 euros and up for pizza.
Bill included table tax of 1.5 euros per person, plus 3.30 euros for the sprite, plus 2.50 euros for tap water which is included, even if you order a soft drink, along with the 13.5 euros for the two pizzas.
One pizza could have fed both of us, but we found out the hard way what happens when you try to share a pizza in Europe. Each person must order at least one entree.
5.50 euro charge minimum for two before you even order an entrée. That's Italy. It is what it is!
Both of us finished our pizzas, as the hotels in Europe don't have microwave ovens. And no pizza take out orders. Each couple has to pay the 5.50 euro ($6.50) charge for every table, to go with our 13.50 euro charge for two pizzas.
Oh, by the way, those people who got a table outside had to endure second hand smoke from smokers at the other outside tables. You are no longer in California!
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