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| - Good, but increasingly unspectacular.
I've eaten here at least 6 times in the past 6 months, so have dropped a decent amount of cash here. The first couple of times were incredible. The pizza zinged in my mouth, hot, just the right kind of oily on top, just the right crust texture, and delicious. The last couple of times were very mediocre, because the pizza was not really hot.
On the most recent trip, the pizzas seriously came to our table about 3 minutes after we'd ordered them. (We didn't get any bread delivered to our table, either, not that there would have been time to eat it.) The pizzas couldn't have been made fresh to our order. We had to assume we'd gotten someone else's pizza, or that Libretto just makes a bunch of pizzas ahead of time and delivers the one to you that you ordered after a quick warm-up. Anyway, the taste is good, the toppings are decent, but the heat is crucial for me for major enjoyment. It's all supposed to be about the oven freshness. It should be near impossible to pick up when it's brought to you. The sauce on the first bite should almost burn you if you bite in too soon. Libretto has not delivered this kind of experience in several visits.
As for the menu, I've enjoyed a couple of the daily special pizzas, but when this doesn't appeal, I've found myself searching for a bit more diversity among the rosso pizzas other than different kinds of sausage.
Libretto is always busy, which makes sense, but It's started to feel a bit like a factory restaurant. And I think the price is a little high for that kind of thing.
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