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| - Since moving to Las Vegas in mid-June 2015, I have pined for a real pizza like those I enjoyed back East, in New York and Boston.
I have eaten "pizzas" but there was something missing.
We found out about Pizza Monzu via the NextDoor app, because the restaurant is in our neighborhood of Monterey Park, off Flamingo, east of Jones.
We came in tonight to appease my jonesing for a real, Italian, hand crafted pizza. Having watched Ugly Delicious' episode on pie in Naples, and Brooklyn, I was in a state.
We found a very attractive, stylish restaurant with a full bar and very appealing surroundings. The kitchen is visible and they have a room upstairs as well.
When Jason told us that there was a pizza the size of the table, I was swooning.
For appetizers, we ordered the sweet and sour meatballs, which I had seen posted online today, and which are garnished with olives and pine nuts. The serving is generous with eight meatballs.
My husband ordered the Pork Reigns pizza (pulled braised pork. house-made sausage. apple-wood smoked bacon. ham. salame calabrese. guanciale). This was an amazing topping, but honestly, the high quality of the crust is the star.
I ordered the Apricot, bacon, goat cheese, pine nuts, arugula pizza and this was wonderful. There is a very delicate mascarpone dressing which you can use on any pizza, and this, too, was delicious with the pizza.
We had a great Big Dog lager and an Italian white wine similar to sauvignon blanc.
We each had 4 pieces of pizza, 3 of which we ate there.
Servers were very helpful with our questions.
My husband was thrilled and I am so excited that this lovely restaurant is walking distance from our house. At last, we have pizza in Las Vegas, real pizza.
Please check it out!!
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