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| - Settebello opened their second location in Salt Lake City, Utah (my home town) a few years ago, and I always wanted to give it a try; unfortunately, I moved to Phoenix before I ever got the chance to partake of their brand of pizza. Last weekend I was in Las Vegas (Henderson) at Green Valley Ranch for a convention, and one night as my friend and I were strolling around the area we stumbled upon Settebello. I remembered hearing that the Settebello in Salt Lake was related to a Las Vegas shop, and after a quick look online, I confirmed that this was indeed the same company. Needless to say, I had to satiate my curiosity and stop in for dinner.
We started with Focaccia, a simple flatbread (basically their pizza crust) lightly seasoned and served with olive oil. For our entree we had a Pizze Bianca, a white Pizza with a few basic ingredients. For dessert, pistachio gelato.
Considering the huge number of five star reviews of this place, I won't go into too much depth. The general consensus that this place rocks is well founded. The prices are reasonable, especially for the quality, the service is good (albeit a bit slow at times), and the atmosphere is relaxing and inviting. Settebello's is amongst the best pizza I have ever had, and at it's relatively affordable price point, this place presents an appealing offer of affordable luxury and traditionally elegant pizza you can do quite regularly. Yeah, it's not $5 hot-and-ready cheap, but as you may expect, this pizza is to Little Caesars what McDonalds is to a gourmet burger joint.
In closing, I'd like to mention what my absolute favorite things is about this place: the elegant simplicity. Lots of restaurants these days that try to differentiate themselves as gourmet or as offering a high-end or unique dining experience do so by making highly convoluted, and often seemingly haphazard, dishes made up of a long list of vaguely fancy sounding ingredients, often without regard to how well those ingredients play together. Pizzerias are not immune from this behavior.
Settebello takes the opposite approach. Instead of throwing down dozens of high end ingredients and hoping you'll be impressed into thinking the whole you are getting is haute cuisine because all of the parts are expensive and fancy, Settebello understands that the whole can be, and often is, more than the sum of its parts. The pizza at Settebello is not overly complex. They have a simple, traditional crust, upon which they place a few reasonably simple, high quality ingredients. You won't see a bunch of ingredients on their menu you're unfamiliar with, but that's a good thing here. It makes their pizza approachable, as pizza really should be. Pizza isn't exotic cuisine, it's food for everyone. What sets their pizza apart is all in execution: attention to detail, starting with simple, but high quality ingredients, and knowing when enough is enough.
Try Settebello. It's pizza that knows its place in the world, and fulfills its culinary role masterfully.
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