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| - Who would wait 1.5 to 2.5 hours for a Pizza? in Phoenix? Apparently me and about 200+ others every night at this Downtown Phoenix Pizzeria. Chris Bianco has created an outpost that this food blogger couldn't leave Phoenix without trying. I first read about the place about a year ago but the acolades have been pouring in since 2002. Bianco has his flour milled just for him and uses as much locally grown/prepared ingredients as available. But again up to 2.5 hours wait? In comes Bar Bianco right next store. It is a limited bar, but the wine selections are sound and the local brews spot on. Besides what else are you going to do in the Arizona heat for that long? Cheers!!!
We hit the menu ordering Local Organic Greens and quickly on to the traditional MARGHERITA (Tomato Sauce, Basil & Mozarella), the MARINARA (no cheese - just Tomato sauce, oregano and garlic) and and 50/50 of the WISEGUY (Wood Roasted Onion, House Smoked Mozzarella, Fennel Sausage) and BIANCOVERDE (Fresh Mozzarella, Parmigiano Reggiano, Ricotta & Arugula) All cooked in a Wood Fired oven. All were outstanding with the MARINARA being my favorite. Just loved the garlic flavors running through out.
We should have left and given our table to one of the many waiting to get a seat but we all needed just one more bite, so we ordered up a custom pie, with Tomato Sauce, Ricotta & Prosciutto di Parma. An unconventional mix but great flavors after the wood oven.
As we left, I happened to meet a couple from Cleveland sitting at the table next to us. We got into a quick conversation abouts great places to eat there, as I often struggle on my trips to Cleveland finding "real" food. B SPot and Bat Symon, here I come.
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