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| - I tried Mercurio's gelato two years ago and, more recently, at the Yelp Burgh Bash this past Sept., and I finally had the chance to stop by for dinner last Sat. Based on my experience with the gelato and what I'd heard from Yelp and elsewhere, I was eager to try Mercurio's savory offerings.
My dining partner and I shared a house salad (insalata de la casa), as well as a prosciutto pizza. (Thanks for the great recommendation, fellow Yelpers!) The house salad consisted of spring greens, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and parmesan dressed with balsamic vinaigrette dressing, and included two pieces of toasted Italian bread. I found the salad to be quite fresh and flavorful, and large enough for two people to share comfortably. In terms of flavor, I found the pizza to be quite solid, with the prosciutto being the standout, with just the right amount of smokiness and saltiness. It also hid a few key shortcomings, such as a sparser-than-preferable amount of cheese, quite effectively. If you've read my reviews of other pizza places around PGH, you'll know that the aspect of pizza that I tend to be persnickety about is the crispness of the crust. While the crust was light and airy, which was great, it unfortunately lacked the key crispness on the bottom that's essential to a perfect pizza, in my view. Nevertheless, I was generally pretty satisfied with the quality of the pizza, esp. compared to other wood-fired pizza places around town.
Needless to say, after finishing the savory portion of our meal, my dining partner and I had to order the gelato, since that's what Mercurio's is best known for. I had a small, which I split between mint chocolate chunk (my favorite!) and triple chocolate, and my dining partner had a medium, split between chocolate and caramel. The gelato was just as delectable as I remembered, with satisfying creaminess and flavors.
While the ambiance was a bit minimalist, I didn't mind. My one complaint about the layout was that the dining area was quite small and could feel a bit cramped at times. (At one point, we had to move our table over a bit so that our neighbors could squeeze through.) I found the service to be a slower than I'd like, but this was probably due to there being only one waitress responsible for serving all of the dining tables. Even one more waiter probably would have sped things up and reduced the stress on her significantly. Overall, despite a couple of shortcomings, I had a pleasant experience dining at Mercurio's, and would definitely return.
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