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| - This rating is 4.5 stars, but I rounded up instead of down since it was my first visit. I've been trying to get my husband to Due Forni for a month after getting recommendations from friends/colleagues about great local pizza places in Summerlin. I even purchased a Groupon and was finally able to get him to go last night. We had been to other local pizzerias and have been disappointed, hence my husband's reluctance.
We were both surprised at the location -- Due Forni is about 5-10 minutes away -- an easy drive up the street from us and we had no clue it was so close. Another surprise happened when we walked in the door - seeing a familiar friendly face in Xavier, the manager, who greeted us warmly. He and my husband used to work together, so another plus for Due Forni.
DF's has a nice outdoor patio, however, the wind was picking up, so we decided to eat inside. It has a nice cozy atmosphere, with cool Edison bulbs dangling on the ends of wires from the ceiling and flat screen TVs in the bar and main dining room, playing spaghetti westerns - which I had no idea what they were until Alex told us. Not sure if that's my cup of tea, would be cool to see Sophia Loren movies, or other Italian related movies, like Big Night, that would make a more pleasant back drop than cowboys dying on a flat screen...just my personal opinion. Could make a diner lose their appetite. And while the lighting was cool, it was a bit dark and there wasn't additional ambient lighting on the table. My husband and I each had to use our cell phones to read the menu, which also doubled as a place mat.
Despite the odd movie selection, the food was fantastic. My husband and I each had a starter. He had the Beets Salad with basil pesto, arugula, goat cheese, toasted pistachios and fig vincotto. His salad, seemed to be the perfect starter size, whereas my Spinach Salad came out in a huge bowl. It seemed to be an entire bag of spinach with fresh cherries, roasted walnuts, cabra vino & a light herb vinaigrette for $9.95. It was quite tasty and had some amazing mozzarella bites in it, however, it could've been a bit smaller and the high-sided bowl it was served in was a bit awkward when I wanted to rest my knife and fork between bites. There were a few fresh cherries, which had a nice sweetness to break up the bitterness of the spinach, although I wish there had been a few more, as well as candied walnuts. Instead there were a few roasted walnuts which had fallen to the bottom of the high sided bowl. The bowl was a wide funnel shape, so I had to keep tossing my salad with my knife and fork in order to get the other tidbits which sunk to the bottom of the bowl with bites of spinach. I think if they reduced the spinach salad by a third and served it in a lower bowl, added candied walnuts and a few more cherries to be more in balance with volume of spinach, and also add a few more pieces of mozzarella, it would be perfect.
While the salad was good, I didn't want to eat the entire thing so I could save room for my main, which was the Tartufo pizza on Neopolitan crust (recommended by our waiter since the pizza has more substantive toppings). Thee Tartufo was well worth its $20.95 price with its black truffle, parmigiano reggiano crema, fontina fontal, roasted cremini, over easy-baked egg was melt in your mouth good. The cheese was perfectly melted and gooey, the black truffle was delicious and didn't overwhelm the cheese or the roasted mushrooms and the egg was a surprisingly delicious touch. The crust was definitely far better than the pizza crust at Settebellos, which was soggy and wet. The Neopolitan crust at Due Forni was the perfect combination of a light chewy interior with a crispy crunchy exterior. I normally don't eat the crust, but with this pizza, I made an exception since the texture was amazing and was perfect to sop some of the truffle oil on the other slices! My husband had the Daily Lasagna, which was ham and cheese. Something that I would expect in a sandwich, but not in a lasagna, and while it was good, I probably would've opted for a different meat, like a spicy Italian sausage to balance the creaminess and richness of the cheese. It came out bubbling hot and smelled AH-mazing and the cheese and the béchamel was spot on.
We didn't order dessert, however, Xavier sent out a complimentary bread pudding, which was delicious, but we were both so full from dinner that we only had a few bites. My husband and I both liked their wine list and that all of the wines they serve come by the bottle as well as the glass, which is an unexpected nice touch. The service was fast, the wait staff friendly and the overall experience was enjoyable. I just wish I had taken pictures to post with this review, but we were so hungry and it smelled so good, we didn't even think about taking photos until we were almost done! We'll definitely be back so I'll definitely take pics next time. I want to try the Prosciutto Panino, it sounds delicious.
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