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| - 3.5 stars.
Located in the heart of the "waterfront" district in Scottsdale (yeah it's just a canal, and you can't see it from Sauce or most of the district in the first place, but it's the desert ok?), the unchain chain (it's a Fox Restaurant Concepts venue) does a nice job of good food at reasonable price and with pretty good speed. Service is still a bit in training mode - but it did just recently open.
With a simple wall menu and pricing scheme, there is a large selection of thin crust pizzas - the kind you truly get in central and northern Italy. While the cheese pizza I had was excellent, there were some nice mildly exotic offerings as well.
The beef lasagna was, for the price of $9, also a very very good choice. While there was nothing wrong with the salad ordered (sorry - I think is was their Chicken and ? salad) the order taker didn't know what type of lettuce (mixed) and it was way to light on dressing. Good - but I wouldn't drive there for it.
Italian beer (Moretti's - yum) was nice. The wine by the glass was not special. Chintzy retro-ish juice glasses were used, the Pinot Noir (only 1 selection per category) was ok. But to get a 2nd glass I also had to go back up to the counter. Even though it's a counter order system where they then deliver the food to your number & table, it still seems they should go the extra step for additional orders of food and drink. Soda was one of those all you can drink fountains.
But for a bill of $45 with tip for 3,in the heart of Scottsdale, it's definitely a place I'll stop in again if it's "quick, casual, simple and tasty" that I'm looking for.
Cheers
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