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| - I want to start by saying that if I could give 4.5 stars (or 4.8 even!), I would. Marotta's was so close to perfect.
My wife and I were greeted by a young and very professional staff right off the bat. It was a chilly 17 degrees the night we went, and they had a very large curtain up to keep out the cold. They sat us right next to the front door, so I was worried about the draft, but the curtain did it's job. Little things like that make me appreciate a place.
We came for the pizza, but the entrees looked delicious, and the seared scallop and fettuccine special sounded so good that we couldn't pass it up. It came with spinach and a creamy sauce that I can't remember exactly what it was. But it had a sweet, almost citrusy taste to it that was very good. The scallops were cooked perfectly. Everything about the dish was done very well.
Now on to the pizza. I am particular about my pizza, and I like to consider myself a bit of a pizza connoisseur. I lived in New York for a while so I will admit that there is a tinge of "pizza snobbery" involved but I just like a particular type of pizza. Marotta's was so close to perfect. SO CLOSE! We got the traditional pizza (red sauce, cheese) with prosciutto. The pizza was thin, which is a great start for me. The cheese was perfect. Just the right amount, and just starting to brown up and bubble from the heat of the oven. The sauce was on point. Tomato with just a little bit of sweetness.
My only complaint, and it's such a minor thing, is that for my taste, the dough was just a little tough. I'm not saying it was burnt, or overdone, it's just that the dough seemed a little too dense. Now, I don't like a super airy dough like you'd get at a delivery place, but I just felt like I had to bite and rip off rather than just bite through. It was very, very good, and I will get the pizza again (every special pizza sounded amazing), and I will certainly be back for some of the entrees, but again, the dough on the pizza was just a little too "stiff" for me to call it perfect.
4.5 (4.8 even!) stars.
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