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| - With the help of Ritual app, I learned the tastes of General Assembly. This place perked my interest ages when I saw the words of "Roberta's", "Pizza", and "Toronto" crawl into my feed. For those who don't know... Roberta's pizza reached cult hood status in the USA. They have one of their chefs help consult on the menu for General Assembly... I know it's not them actually making the pizza. Even having their name attached to General Assembly, it's gotta mean it's up to their quality to (some) degree.
This is what I would call a hip place that serves food quickly... from ordering via Ritual, I got the message ping not even 10 minutes later that it was ready for pick up. Fast? oh yes. The space is open and bright with a clean aesthetic. It looks a little bit like a food hall with it's long shared tables. The take out area is separate and behind the pizza ovens (which is where I had my view). I wish I could say more about the service but it was proficient... that's all. A 'hi' would be nice.
The style of pizza is what I would call Neo-Neapolitan... Yah thats wordy I know. Crust is similar to Neapolitan but the subtle difference is a touch sweeter dough and less 'soggy' in the middle. Traditional Neapolitan has the middle sometimes really soft. The characteristic thin crust and charring is in full effect and i love the leopard spotting. I know most people don't like it .. they think it's wrong but it's actually part of the style. I recommend pizza hut pan pizza style if you dont like the charring.
Here's a great thing... even an hour later after we got the pizza, the pizza still tasted great with a light warm up in an oven. I would say the pizza sizes are not tooo big but it should be enough for a moderately hungry person. I know some people could crush more but 1 works for me.
Green Pie with additional prosciutto (cause I cant resist the meat) - This intrigued me cause it had kale... Kale?? All the ingredients were mozzarella, gorgonzola, kale, lemon zest, black pepper... with the addition of my prosciutto. One thing I loved so much was the lemon zest. It added such a nice clean citrus notes that cut through all the cheese and prosciutto. I would love this in the summer... and winter. I felt the prosciutto a tad expensive ... i mean it was $4 for 4 slices. Either way... it tasted quite good. I'm used to a more flavourful crust (longer fermenting?) but this was still good. Nice handling of the pizza to get the good leopard spots. 4/5
Don Diego - Another solid pizza with its mozzarella, chorizo, red onion, jalapeño, drop pepper, and cilantro. I dont get soap mouth with cilantro so I liked it in there. I felt there was a decent amount of chorizo with the medium-mild heat from the jalapeno and drop pepper. Its a decent option if you're looking for something that isnt green. 4/5
Overall, my first impressions were positive and looking forward to trying out their salads with another type of pie. Perhaps next time I'll go and eat there instead BUT if I'm needing run about and need good food fast ... this would be a good option.
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