Pizzeria Magpie makes pizza, only pizza and they do it well... very well. Does it stack up to Pizzeria Napoletana? No... but close. Pizzeria Magpie is on Maguire, corner of St-Laurent, but without that the pretentiousness of St-Laurent. The place is beautiful, earthy with a retro feel. It seats maybe 30 people. They offer a few pizzas each looks more delicious than the other, a few beers, some drinks and pop served in glass bottles. Even the water is served in vintage soda pop glass bottles from a bygone era.
The service was curt, polite but a little terse. But then I don't want to be overwhelmed by niceties either.
The pizza is baked in a wood oven and you can taste the wood the char on the crust which adds a layer to pizza that you can't get from a regular oven. Although some kind of oil or garlic butter on the outer crust would have it taste a little less dry. You can go for the traditional margarita pizza move up to sausage and level up with meatball and 3 cheeses. Even the pepperoni pizza looked awesome because of the angle the cut the pepperoni at, which give you long ribbons of pepperoni and adds an extra meatiness to the pizza. The only thing missing on the pizza is that extra layer of flavor, like herb infused oils, maybe some seasoning. But as a whole you can't go wrong with fresh ingredients slapped on a pizza dough baked in a wood oven to a crispy delicious pie.