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| - I had been eagerly awaiting the opening of Settebello in Summerlin for some time now and jumped at the chance to go last Wednesday. I thought their Henderson location was the best pizza I'd had in LV so that's what I expected. It wasn't the same but it was still pretty good.
Let's start off with the restaurant itself. The place is big compared to the original and they did an awesome job with the decor, open kitchen and cool bar area. I look forward to coming back for happy hour multiple times. $5 mini pizzas among other food deals from 3pm-6pm ensures that.
So my wife and I split the "Panzanella" salad (House Made Croutons, Cherry Tomato, Prosciutto Crisps, Red Onion, Fennel, Cucumber, Basil, Arugula, Shaved Parmigiano Reggiano, Red Wine Vinaigrette) which was good as usual. I really like the prosciutto crisps since they're basically super bacon bits and could've used more of them but no biggie.
Then the pizzas came out. My wife got the Margherita DOC which was topped with fresh buffalo mozzarella as opposed to the regular cheese and well worth the $1-$2 upgrade. I usually get the Settebello pizza (Crushed Tomatoes, Pancetta, Wood Oven Sausage, Roasted Mushrooms, Toasted Pine Nuts, Mozzarella, Basil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil) but chose to get the Pizza Carbonara instead. I should've stuck with the Settebello. Why mess with perfection? Pancetta, egg, mozzarella and crushed tomatoes just sounded so good but it didn't come together as well as I was hoping.
Funnily enough, when the waiter came to ask how everything was and we gave our obligatory "fine", he just comes out of nowhere and says "Yeah. I am kinda conflicted on the carbonara...." and just walks away. Hmmmmm. Not enough pancetta or sauce and the crust wasn't as well done as I wanted it to be. But after all, it was still pizza and it was good but not the best. My wife's margherita was great.
I still have a lot of love for Settebello and look forward to bumping it up to 5 stars.
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