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| - Man, I so wanted to love this place...New York style pies, a space with a with a cool vibe and right in my (soon to be) new neighborhood...but sadly it did not quite live up to my expectations. We came with fellow Detroit-Shoreway neighbors who have been several times, and their assessment was similar to ours.
Here is a run-down of our meal experience. My wife and I shared a house salad which the server graciously split for us. It had a nice mix of flavors with its goat cheese, sunflower seeds, fried capers and tangy (slightly creamy) balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
For the table we shared two pies, the margherita and one of their "signature" pies called the diavolo. I will say their pizzas are on the expensive side, but are pretty reasonable in size. The margherita had a perfectly charred thin crust, they really have that aspect of the pie nailed. But, the cheese and sauce were not what I would have expected from a New York style pizzeria. The red sauce lacked depth and "brightness", but I would call the overall pizza decent.
The diavolo pie also had a fantastically charred crust and was served with their standard red sauce, chilies, spicy salami and tangy red onions; this pie had more flavor than the margherita due to the toppings. The spice / heat of the salami and chilies built the more you ate, but overall the sauce left a void in its overall flavor.
We will most likely return to try some of their other sauces to see if we find something we really like, but our quest for the perfect pie in the Cleveland area continues...
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