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| - Roncesvalles is a great neighbourhood to live in, High Park is a quick walk west, the lake is a hop, skip and a jump south, the Bloor subway line is a stones throw away north and there is easy access to the highway off of the Lakeshore.
There is also a large Polish community in Roncesvalles. Every September the community closes off the street to have their annual Polish festival. The street is crammed with people, music is playing, perogies are frying and vodka is flowing, and people are laughing and having a great time.
Around 2 years ago the street went through a major streetcar track and water main project. With that, many small businesses closed, 18 to be exact. Since the construction finished, there has been a number of great restaurants, cafes and boutique stores opening up on the street, Pizzeria Defina being one of them. In the evenings and on the weekends, Roncy is just bustling with young families with their strollers, dogs and coffees. The vibe on this street is addicting, if you don't live here and you are just walking through, it sucks you in and you don't want to leave.
Defina has been a great addition to the street, bringing you a great rustic relaxed restaurant that offers fantastic pizza and pasta. They offer many options, but the pizza is their main item on the menu. They offer around 20 different pizzas on 2 different crusts, a Roma style, which is a thin crispy crust or a Napoletana which is a thick doughy crust. I always order the crispy thin crust because I'm not a fan of thick doughy crusts, but that's just me. I have tried a number of the pizza's on the menu and they are all good but my favourite by far is the Red Hot Chili Pepper. It has nice red and yellow peppers, jalapeno peppers, and a spicy smoked chorizo for the toppings. For an added bit of spice I like to add some of the scotch bonnet peperoncini which is a spicy oil. They also offer chili flakes which I add once in a while but I find the oil to be enough spice for me. With the thin crust I find when I pick up a slice some of the toppings fall off, so you make a bit of a mess on the plate. When it comes to pizza I can eat and eat and eat, so I can finish a whole pizza to myself, but if you get a starter, one pizza can feed 2 people.
They have a great selection of appetizers, I didn't order any this time around because I was by myself but when I am in a group we always order the warm olive plate. If you love olives like I do, then the olive plate is a great starter. It comes with a selection of different olives in a nice warm oil and bread.
In addition to the delicious pizza, I really enjoy the vibe and atmosphere of Pizzeria Defina. You walk in the and the walls are exposed brick, the floors are hardwood, there is a huge wood fire oven in the back and a chef twirling pizza dough in the air, there is nice art on the wall by local artists and there is good music playing, sometimes it's a little loud but that's ok. There is one piece of art that I would love to steal and put up in my place.
To see my full review check out my blog.
http://aboutyourhood.com/2013/11/16/pizzeria-defina/
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