One of two authentic pizza places in downtown Phoenix, which also serves salad and panini sandwiches. In addition to the dining room there is a dedicated outdoor seating area right off the sidewalk, which are both clean and well arranged.
This being my first visit i wanted to try something different, so I ordered a Capri Panini. The panini was large and was similar to a folded pizza. The "bread" is made from the same dough as the pizza, and cooked in the same ovens so it is fresh and crisp. The roasted vegetables and mozzarella were ample and flavorful. Although this sandwich was very good, it did have one issue...The protein. The sausage could not hold it's own with the other flavors in the sandwich. At one point I even questioned whether they had forgotten to put it in at all and opened half of the sandwich to find only a few small "coins" of sausage. In my estimate, there was less than a half of sausage in the entire sandwich. I understand that the secret of preparing food is to balance flavors, however, if the diner is left searching for the "star of the show" then in the end it is a failure.
My guest had the Contadina pizza which looked great and he was very happy with it.
I will return to try the pizza.