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| - So loved this place! I couldn't give it five stars for a couple of reasons I will explain shortly. But first of all, I love the decor...it's like a rustic chic type of vibe. The place isn't huge, but they fit a lot of seating between the pizza bar seats and the huge, long table in the center. We are wood-fired, Neapolitan-style pizza snobs, having had some really great experiences where we used to live in Dallas and Minneapolis before that, so I'm happy to say that this pizza was up there! So far the best from what we've tried in Pittsburgh so far. The crust is good, red sauce is very tasty - two things you need for Neapolitan-style pizza to be on point. We had the Mambo, which was good, but I'm excited to try different pizzas in the future. The burrata appetizer is SO good. At first, I was disappointed that it wasn't served with wood-fired cooked bread, but they serve it with perfectly dressed greens and cherry tomatoes that I thought went really well. We also got the penne pasta with vodka sauce. I'm a big fan of vodka sauce. I didn't love the first couple of bites for some reason, but it grew on me and served as a great dipping sauce for the pizza crust.
A couple of changes I would recommend. Do something with cooking bread (preferably drizzled with olive oil) in the wood fired oven...take full advantage of that thing! I don't think it's necessary to serve bread to everyone but it would have been a nice touch for at least the burrata app, maybe even other apps too. The other recommendation is to put out some olive oil bottles and maybe even balsamic vinegar bottles. The crust of this type of pizza is best dipped in olive oil. Otherwise, I personally won't eat it (although the vodka sauce did serve as a good dip). Also, we didn't bring wine, but an $8 corking fee is a bit excessive. I think $5 is reasonable. But that wouldn't keep me from coming back.
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