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| - After the closure of one of my favorite restaurants, we've made a pledge to support our local restaurants more and try different local place. The Bellagio Pizzeria has been around for awhile, but we've never been. First impression was great! Very interesting decor, some cute murals with a forest motif on one wall, my girlfriend sat under the squirrel, some more typical but still eye-pleasing depictions of Greek villas elsewhere. A very sleek looking bar area with some flat screens and cool blue lighting was in another area of the restaurant, which looked like a great place to knock back a few. We were seated promptly in a comfy booth and got our drink order taken right away.
Unfortunately, once the food started arriving things went downhill. Our appetizers showed up the same time as our entrees, and it took about 25 minutes to get them out anyways. The Spanakopita ($7.00) were 5 bite-sized pastries. Not I'm hungry bite-sized either, more like I'm an anorexic model and need to lose weight bite-sized. The spinach and cheese inside were a very mild and forgettable combination, and most of the flavor came from the pastry itself, with the buttery layers inside being quite tasty. Overall however, this was a very very forgettable appetizer.
Less forgivable were the falafel ($6.00) our friend ordered. The chef somehow managed to focus all his hate and resentment against the world in hockey-puck-masquerading as chickpea form, resulting in a moment of my life I wish I could take back. The spicy tzatziki that it came with was pretty interesting, but not enough to salvage the dish at all.
My 10'' Gyro pizza ($9.00) sounded good, white sauce pizza with gyro meat, onion, pepperoncini, black olive and feta cheese. Unfortunately I did not detect the feta cheese flavor much, and the pepperoncini dominated the pie so that it was much too sweet. The crust itself was excellent, crispy and darkened in some areas, but once again, the lone positive not enough to salvage this dish.
Toni's white sauce pizza with chicken breast, garlic, fresh broccoli ($9.00) was decent, but just a run of the mill generic white sauce pizza, with the broccoli being notable as adding an interesting crunchiness but not too much flavor. Our friend didn't seem too thrilled with her gyro combo either, opting not to take it or the hideous falafel home.
So, our first foray to a new restaurant was a fail, unfortunately. With Cafe Mix on the same corner, I don't see myself returning to Bellagio Pizzeria. Hopefully the next new place will be better!
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