This place was good, though since we were a large group, some had to wait a full half hour for their pizzas--after the arrival of the appetizers. The checkered tablecloths and fridges along the wall stocked with drinks and desserts make you feel like you're at someone's home.
I regret choosing a pizza without cheese, the spicy tomato-roquette house special. It was thin like the salted rosemary focaccia bread appetizer we all shared, but with a kicky tomato sauce. And it was sufficiently spicy, with enough roquette to make you feel like you were getting your daily intake of greens, but it would have been better with dabs of mozzarella to help the greenery stick and even out the spice.
My fiancé ordered the ham and mushroom pizza, always a safe choice, and it was good. Made better by the hot oil, and with another handful of mushrooms, I helped him eat it to make up for the lack of cheese on mine.
It was a struggle to finish the pizzas after starting with the focaccia--we were so hungry when we sat down and the pizzas took so long that we scarfed those down with a chewy white flavorless cheese. In retrospect, this carb-loading was a regrettable decision: the pizzas were sizeable enough on their own.
We decided to forego dessert here, opting instead for a gelato down the street. read more