So my niece's dad is from Verona, and when he heard we were going to be in town for a visit he insisted on us going to get some dinner somewhere. He also insisted that we go to this pizza place because it's really great napolitano pizza. Sounds good to me. I've wanted to go to Napoli for a while now and I still haven't been, so any chance to eat Napolitano style is fine by me.
The decor of the place is very inviting: someone else says it feels like a seaside spot and it very much does. The lighting and everything makes it feel smaller than the place actually is, because it's actually a very good size. They also take reservations (yay!) so we didn't have to play the "will we get a seat" game when we pulled up.
After all the singing and dancing about the pizza, I of course went full Napolitan and got a fried calzone. Can you believe it? The funny thing is, I honestly thought what I was ordering was a fried pizza: there are few Napolitan places in NYC that sell fried pizza so I figured it would be the same. Nope. I misread the menu and instead received a giant fried calzone. Well guess what kids? That fried calzone was giant, and absolutely delicious! I may have found a new favorite thing to order at a Napolitano place! It's so much calzone though! When you order a calzone at a NYC pizza shop it's always more than a slice of pizza, but there's no real doubt that you'll finish it. This thing was no less than 3x the size of a regular calzone. I ate almost the entire thing too. I was impressed with myself. I'm not sure how everyone else felt about their respective pizzas, except for my niece's dad, who ate his so quickly that I'm sure he enjoyed it. But I REALLY enjoyed my calzone. Where can I get another one?! read more