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| - I love this place! Even though it's pretty much self-service, the employees sure make it fun to dine there. You go and place your pizza/salad order, pay, get a drink from the soda fountain (or beer/wine bar) and then sit down. By the time you sit down, the pizza is ready.
My previous favorite pizza place is Grimaldi's. The pizza is totally different there so it just depends what style I'm craving. If I want NY style, and service, I go to Grimaldi's. When I'm craving Neapolitan style, I go here. I have to say, my one complaint about Grimaldi's is I don't *love* the salads. At Novecento, I LOVE the chopped salad. As in, I'm addicted. I crave it. The dressing is super tasty...tart and that feta cheese just gets me!
I usually get pepperoni and mushroom with the spicy sauce (a must!). If I'm with my 2-year-old though, I get regular sauce and just dust it with the red peppers.
Speaking of the red pepper flakes: I never in a million years thought I would say anything special about red pepper flakes. However, at Novecento, Chef Marc told me that he grinds them in a coffee/spice grinder first, then puts them in the shakers. Brilliant! No more getting it stuck in your teeth or gnawing on them. Ever since he told me, I've been doing it at home and have a little server with ground red pepper flakes. Genius!
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