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| - Pizza Di Roma used to be my preferred drunken after-bar pizza by the slice joint back when I was a college kid downtown. That was...several...years ago, and as a west-sider, I've been disappointed with my pizza options. Yes there are the nice lovely brick oven Neapolitan style places but being an east coast transplant, I have a soft spot for a big floppy-but-crunchy NY-style slice. And now they have a west side location!
This past Saturday my wife and I were dropping off a package at the UPS Store, and as we headed up Grand Canyon Dr, we noticed there was a banner on the building that used to be Legends Sports Bar: Pizza Di Roma, Open Now! We had other things we were doing that afternoon but I went back later in the day to pick up a pizza.
Delivery service and liquor license were still in progress as of Sat 6/24/17 but they said they should have those along with a real sign instead of a little banner soon. The space inside is all remodeled with an open kitchen and pizza counter somewhat like the downtown location, with the menu written on chalk boards above. You can get a slice, order a whole pie (their sizes are S = 14", M = 18", L = 20"), and they have a bunch of pastas and sandwiches as well. The big central bar from what used to be Legends is still there.
I grew up in Maryland, which is obviously not New York, but there are a bunch of NY-style pizza/pasta type joints there which are un-fussy, with good pizza and pasta. I grew up going to places like this and they're exactly why I get so irritated when a midwest Italian restaurant adds a bunch of dairy to dishes it shouldn't be in, and none of them have the NY style pizza crust.
The pizza is about the closest to a real NY-style giant floppy-but-crunchy slice as you're likely to get in Madison. I've had better NY-style slices, even in Maryland, but it's still pretty good and definitely scratches the itch for me. For reference, my personal favorite pizza in all of Madison is Salvatore's Tomato Pies, but neither of their locations is on the west side, and it isn't strictly NY style (it's Trenton NJ style). Pizza Di Roma isn't as chef-y as Salvatore's but also not as expensive, and you also have the option of east coast mom-n-pop red sauce joint pasta dishes, another thing which is sorely lacking on the west side of town.
So overall, Pizza Di Roma having a west side location makes me very happy, but now I need to be careful and avoid too many carb-a-paloozas. It was easy to avoid that when there weren't any places that scratched my NY (east coast?) style pizza/pasta joint itch.
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