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| - Champaign may not be known for its pizza, but any college town will breed it's own sort of pizza culture. In this town, there is a war of hand tossed, fresh ingredient pizzas with fairly normal hours vs conglomerate cheap pizza open late. Antica can be added to the former, with freshly made crust, wood fired pizza, and fresh toppings like artichokes and prosciutto. This combination sounds like a pizza lover's dream. However, Antica can't seem to deliver (no pun intended) on this revelry. Situated in the heart of the bar district, Antica has a beautiful and bright open seating layout and cheerful staff. 11" pizzas vary by toppings with options for salad, gelato, and wine. The pizza, coming to about $14-17, has a slightly charred crust with its bread being the star of the show. My toppings wet this magnificent yeasty treasure so I ended up swallowing a slightly soggy limp slice. The flavors were not particularly present and sauce was pretty much non existent. I so want for this establishment to do well but to satisfy my cravings, and compete with Esquire, Pizza M, and cheaper options, they will have to figure out how to present a slice to write home about.
I wish them the best and will revisit once they're open for a while longer.
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