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| - I have been dying for Famoso to open in Toronto. When I first moved to Canada, I lived in Calgary and the Famoso on 4th was just down the road from where I was living. Now I'm settled in Toronto and there's a Famoso right by me again. Hurray!
Famoso prides itself in producing traditional neapolitan style pizza, which is entirely different to the New York style pizza that's more common around these parts. For this reason, the first thing the waitress will ask you (I noticed this in Calgary, too) is if you've had neapolitan pizza before. I guess they don't want people to expect one thing and get something very different. The second thing your waitress will tell you about is Famoso's unique way of serving you. You seat yourself (anywhere there's room) and there are menus at your table (as well as at the counter). You decide what you want and take your order to the counter where a barista (this is what they call them) will ring it in. You can pay then or leave your tab open. After that, it's full service. Your server will bring your food to your table, take any additional orders for food, drinks, desserts and bring you your bill (if you haven't already paid).
We ordered a margherita pizza and a couple of desserts. The pizza arrived very quickly, which was great because we were starving. They're roughly 11" in size, but they also do a half-size pizzetta if you're looking for something a little more lunch-sized or a single serving.
The crust was nice and light and very thin in the middle. Be warned: Definitely a knife and fork approach as opposed to hands. The gooey cheese, juicy sauce and paper-thin crust makes for a messy finger food experience otherwise. The toppings are fresh and tasty and the tomato sauce isn't too robust in its flavour. It provides a strong tomato base without over-powering the individual toppings or the cheese. Our margherita, despite being pretty basic by nature, wasn't at all bland or boring. They also have Parmesan and chili pepper flakes. These are a nice touch, but not necessary in my opinion.
For dessert we ordered the Nutella and banana pizzetta and three scoops of gelato. The Nutella pizzetta is pizza crust smothered in Nutella and dressed up with whipped cream. If you opt for the banana option, you'll get a folded pizza crust stuffed with Nutella and banana. This is very, very good in a basic comfort food kind of way. There's nothing altogether impressive about it, but it does hit the spot and is in no way disappointing. They have an assortment of gelato flavours, though the fact that these are printed right onto the menu leads me to believe they won't change too often. We went for salted caramel, cappuccino, and banana chocolate. All three were smooth and creamy, though the salted caramel seemed to melt extremely fast.
Price-wise, we paid $31 (including tax) for the two desserts and Famoso's Pizza & Movie deal. This allows you to get a margheita and a free movie pass for $16 or, alternatively, you can add $6 to any other pizza on the menu and get the same deal. The margherita usually costs $11, so you're getting a bit of a discount, while other pizzas on the menu range between $11 and $15. For the desserts we paid $5.50 for three scoops of Gelato and $6 for the Nutella & banana pizzetta.
Over all a good experience but I'm eager to go back again and sample something other than their basic margherita. We actually ordered a second pizza (italian ham and pineapple) but it never arrived. We checked with our waitress and she said it had never been added to our bill and wasn't on the way, so we decided to just leave it (we decided we had more than enough for two people with a single pizza). She said they're still working out some kinks and confusion with the till and apologised. We weren't too bothered, especially since the girl who took my order looked to be getting some on the job training at the time, so I'll reserve my judgment for the second visit!
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