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| - We came here and dined al fresco on a late-summer Wednesday night for my son's birthday dinner. He picked it. He's 10. Whatever happened to Chuck E. Cheese, kiddo? Just kidding. I'm glad he has champagne taste (even if it's on my dime), and I apologize to Cafe Porta Alba for mentioning CEC in the same graf. It goes without saying -- there is no comparison.
I work near Porta Alba's sister pizza joint, Novanta, on the west side, and I have raved about the pizzas there so I won't go into detail other than to say they're the same: fast yet of the highest quality, creative combinations, sauce better than your mama's -- don't even try arguing with me -- and the mozzarella and basil are fresh and that matters, big time.
The ragu guardaporta -- doorman's ragu served over ribbons of pasta -- is classic Neapolitan comfort food at its finest. Guard the door if I'm around, because I will steal seconds... and thirds.
The only nitpick on this otherwise outstanding experience is that while the pizzas are fast, the service can be a little slow. We've experienced this before. The speed of the brick oven makes up for it, but we did sit for a long time before ordering drinks. If the umbrellas had hinges and could be turned toward the sun to block it, the patio dining experience would be primo belissimo, but it's still belissimo and fine by me.
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