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| - I wandered in here last week, late on a Friday evening, and found the place almost deserted. Bill greeted me at the door, I asked if I could have a meal, and he sat me down at the bar. Almost immediately I was impressed by the hospitality.
I looked at the menu, which is just a sheet of paper with drinks on one side, and pizzas, salads, desserts, and antipasti on the other, and found it promising. Why? Not because it was extensive, but rather because it was limited. I like a place that just does a couple of things, and does those things well. Each day there is a different pizza of the day, salad of the day, and I think antipasti of the day.
My first visit, I went with a split pizza--half Maria (pesto, garlic, and tomato) and half Biaggia (prosciutto, goat cheese, fig, maybe something else)--along with a Boylan's root beer. The root beer turned out to actually be a Boylan's Creamy Red Birch Beer (Bill said he promises his customers this is the best root beer they'll ever have. It's partially true, in that it's better than many root beers, but it's technically not a root beer. Get it anyways.), which was actually a nice surprise. (Boylan's Birch Beer would be even better...)
I liked the Maria, but I LOVED the Biaggia. This was a very good pie, and based on the other reviews here, it possibly could be considered their signature pie.
On my second visit, a week later, I had the Dona, a red pizza with tomatoes and pancetta. The pancetta was nice and crispy, and of course, delicious.
They also serve you olives while you wait; these were some of the best olives I've had. I couldn't stop eating them. They actually tasted fresh (well...as fresh as an olive can get, considering you have to basically wipe out their original bitter flavor when you cure them).
The best part about this restaurant is that it has the feel of a small neighborhood restaurant. It gets busy during the dinner rush, but if you come a little later, it'll be more relaxed, and you can actually strike up a conversation with the staff. Good pie, excellent establishment.
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