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| - Note #1: There's a listing for an Aida Food Market at the same address. They are one and the same.
Note #2: There's not much room to sit as there's only 2-3 small tables inside, but we happened to stop in when they weren't very busy, so we got seated with no trouble. Check their website for delivery areas and more general info on this neato little business.
You got it bud! It's a pizzeria and grocer in one. In terms of groceries, they sell all sorts of Pan-European goods; meats, exotic beverages, foreign snack cakes, and myriad cured things in jars. I really didn't expect to find all of that inside this place I have rode by a zillion times. How many places do I say that about? The South Hills hold yet another dandy of a secret.
After looking around while waiting for our Friday night meal to be prepared, we came upon and almost bought a jar of this dessert spread called Eurocrem that looked really tasty...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocrem
BE VERY CAREFUL DOING AN INTERNET SEARCH ON EUROCREM AS YOU'LL FIND LINKS TO PORN! I AM SERIOUS. WATCH WHAT YOU CLICK ON IF YOU'RE NOT INTO THAT STUFF. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE SENDING ME EMAILS ABOUT THIS.
Ok? Whew!
Now we didn't buy any Euro groceries, BUT, we did get to try a doozy of a pizza pie here. The ladyfriend turned me on to the pineapple/bacon/black olive combo on pizza, so that's what we got, on a "medium" pie which is 8 cuts.
This crust is made by a virtuoso craftsperson. I mean that. I has to be. It was unlike any pizza I have ever eaten before.
Y'know how proper french fries, or "chips" as the Brits call 'em, are supposed to be crisp on the exterior and soft on the interior? That's EM's crust, and it works brilliantly. One could imagine a little old man in a village in the Old Country spinning the dough. The crust even looks ancient in a very cool way. Puffy, rustic, magnificent cheese, sweet pineapple, even sweeter bacon, black olives that actually possessed a little something called flavor, this was one terrific pizza.
My only complaint was that their sauce was just a little on the bland side and could have used more spices, in my opinion anyway.
Note #3: They also offer other dishes including gyros, spinach pie, soup, and something called Cevapi, which looks highly appetizing...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cevapi
And the head honcho there bears a close enough resemblance to Pittsburgh's own Joe Flaherty, a.k.a. "Count Floyd" from the old sketch show SCTV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m_2fQ5LC70
I forgive ya if ya don't remember.
But please do remember to come to E.M. Pizzeria.
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