Pizza is one of my favorite foods EVER! I seriously could eat it every day. So I of course was glad to visit Zucca with my dinner club last week. After glancing through fellow yelpers reviews and their delicous looking photos, I was super excited.
Zucca's location in Southend's Atherton Mill is great of course, in a cool historic building with easy access and plenty of parking. Great patio and bright and casual interior including flat screens.
A hearty order of several appetizers were as good as promised in reviews. Light and chewy garlic knots and the best meatball sliders with marinara dipping sauce! I loved the risotto rice balls and tomato dipping sauce. Huge and moist stuffed with ground beef. Other dinner club members really enjoyed the buffalo calimari and parmesan chicken sandwich bites.
I chose the Magherita Pizza for my entree, and unfortunately things went a bit off at this point. When our meals arrived, my pizza was COLD, not even luke warm. It was obviously sitting out while other meals were being prepared. The server graciously reheated it for me, but unfortunately too little too late. The pizza was still not very hot and the flavor and toppings suffered as a result.
I will definitely return to Zucca, and hope for better luck with the pizza next time.
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