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| - I love this place. I think the pizza is stellar. The salads are great too (though I like Postino's better for salad). The fresh house made pasta is good as well. I will say, sometimes I find the flavor combinations a little too rich. Though I'm not complaining- I just have to be in the mood for it.
Also, I feel like for a vegetarian- their pizza options are good, but not that exciting. They have a Margerhita- which I like, but many people find that a little too boring same with the pesto. They also have a Funghi, my favorite... and I think that might be it for vegetarian pizza options.
I usually order the Funghi. I like it a lot, though I went last Monday and they were very stingy with the Goat Cheese, which was a shame, because you need that tart goat cheese flavor to brighten up the richness of the truffle oil. Without enough it becomes a bit too musky. I also asked them to add arugula to it to help brighten it up. The arugula makes it much better, but still it needed more of the goat cheese. Don't get me wrong- I'm not the type that wants topping piled high- I appreciate restraint, but there just wasn't enough.
I wish they had something with a little more veg on it- like juicy sweet roasted cherry tomatoes with artichoke hearts and feta or kalmata olives with I dunno maybe kale, tomatoes and burrata... Just a little more balanced- rich creamy, sweet, salty and fresh- gotta have some sort of green or herbaceous freshness. Yes, pesto has a green element, but pesto is more rich and pungent, not as fresh... I like fresh cutting herbaceous notes in rich food. I'm not a pizza chef though, so what do I know, but I make some killer vegetarian foods and am a gardener- so I tend to experiment a lot with this stuff. It could be my wonky taste buds...
I suppose I am just happy that there are vegetarian options at Parlor rather than salad... That seems to be my experience more often than not in Phoenix... "Sure, we have something vegetarian- try this salad." Thanks jerks! No, but thank you Parlor for having vegetarian options- I apologize for my uneasy to please critiques. It's me, not you.
As I write this, I wonder if Parlor is as good as I initially said it was... ,.. ... No worries, yes, it is as good. The selections with meat are killer and unique and the crust is delicious- which to me is the foundation of a good pizza- good crust, good cheese. It's like with song writing- forget the bells and whistles or auto-tune and beat track, if you can't make it rock with an acoustic guitar and a decent set of pipes- it's probably not that great of a song.
Anyway... It's a nice place. Maybe a little pretentious for the dude that eats Tocci's Brooklyn Style on Friday nights... ahem... I'm not talking about my boyfriend or anything. But, definitely a spot worth checking out.
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