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| - We stopped by tonight to try the new addition to the neighborhood - a place which should have amazing brick oven pizza, right? We were excited.
The place looks great, I'm sure a lot of money was spent on interior decoration. The bathrooms leave a bit to be desired after being in the dining room, but that's OK.
We started off with the fried zucchini straws ($7) with horseradish sauce and the bibb salad ($6). The food came out quickly which was a big plus.
The zucchini straws weren't crunchy - they were actually soft/mushy and tasted like old frying oil with a hint of seafood. Tasted frozen. A wedge of lemon would have been great to refresh the palate and cut the fat but none was given. Overall, highly disappointed. Would rather go to Fridays and get their breaded string beans.
The bibb salad came out next and this was quite literally a large piece of lettuce with a lot of oil and small pieces of garlic. No acid or salt /pepper. There were walnuts as promised but we really couldn't taste any grana padano as was advertised. Nor was there a hint of truffle in the vinaigrette. This was an awful oily mess.
After letting the server know we were done with the apps since the plates were both full, we received our margherita pizza ($12)! YES!
WAIT. No.
It's only 10"?
Oh gosh, the grinch stole any hope of the restaurant redeeming itself. Where was the sauce? The charred crust? If you Google "margherita pizza" you'll see what we all crave, why we come to a place like this. Delicious but simple tomato sauce, bubbling fresh buffalo mozzarella and a light fluffy charred crust.
We received a pizza with chopped raw tomatoes and polly-o mozzarella cheese. That's right. No sauce. The basil chiffonade was a nice touch. But the crust.
The crust. It was whiter than Casper the friendly ghost.
It tasted like someone had pulled out some pillsbury frozen dough and used it as the crust. It had no flavor other than some sort of strange frozen tinge. Dare I say we should have gone to giant eagle and picked up better frozen pizza?
Overall I'd say give this restaurant a miss and go to any of the wonderful pizza parlors in Pittsburgh. I'm sure Toscana has an oven and it's made out of bricks, but if you want thin crust neapolitan please keep looking. You'll be happy you did.
One star for the excellent service and decor. Minus four for the lack of basics when it comes to food quality and flavor, and for making my party feel sick from the oil and bad flavors. The proprietor seems to understand hospitality and presentation, but is in dire need of understanding the basics of quality food.
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