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| - I came for the Napoletana pizza and stayed for the gelato and my tummy thanked me for it. I visited Vero on a Friday night after a wonderful concert by the Cleveland Orchestra and pianist Murray Perahia. After the concert I looked on Yelp for food nearby and saw that Vero, a place I bookmarked a while back, was right around the corner. I got to Vero around 10:30 pm and thought, "Oh boy, they're going to hate me for walking in this late and ordering food." Not the least! The waitress went out of her way to make my first experience of Vero a totally rad one. I didn't know what pizza to get so I asked my waitress if she could tell me about them. She definitely knew her pizza and could describe each pizza in such detail and clarity that I almost got a taste test listening to her description. Top that off with her friendliness, kindness, and excellent service and she gets the best waitress award! It gets better, believe me.
I love Napoletana pizza and found my Vero pizza experience to be well worth what I paid. Like a true Napoletana pizza my pizza had a thin, thin layer of crispness to the crust. The interior was moist and poofy with good, stretchy chew. Yum :)) Also like a true Napoletana pizza my pizza had a good charring that looked like a spotted leopard, not an even browning. If you don't like skinny then Napoletana pizza is not for you. The best Napoletana pizzas have a thin, thin layer of tender crisp crust. Sometimes you won't be able to eat it without a fork and knife. My Vero pizza, on the other hand, was not so skinny that I couldn't pick it up and fold it to eat.
To top the evening off with a cherry on top my waitress gave me a free single scoop of gelato. After I finished my pizza my waitress asked me if I wanted Gelato and I asked her about the serving sizes. I had just finished a whole pizza myself and told her that I could not have more than dixie cup serving of gelato. When she offered me a single scoop of gelato I couldn't resist. It was amazing. I didn't ask for the price of a single scoop serving when she offered it to me. And when I looked at my bill for the price of the gelato there was no charge. Wow! She received a nice tip.
Vero has my heart.
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