I dropped into Piola for a quick bite with a friend. After spending time in Italy in October I had developed a soft spot for diovala pizzas which is a spicy salami pizza. This was my baseline for who had the best pizza while I was in Italy.
The place looks pretty slick, it's brand new, very clean and the space looks large.
I ordered the diovala and my friend ordered san danielle. It didn't take to long for the pizza to arrive and it looked almost like the pizzas I was eating 2 months ago! The only major difference I saw was the spicy salami was more of a pepperoni here instead of the salami slices I got on all my orders in Italy but it might be a store by store thing and I just happened to get shaved salami that looked more along the lines of slices of prosciutto. It looked delicious and I couldn't wait to cut in. Yes eat with a knife and fork!
My first bite brought me back to Italy for sure. Thin crust pizza, with a nice sauce and fresh cheese. It was very good. As I ate slice after slice of this thing I knew I would like it. The major test was how the salami was going to be. The first bite of the salami was ok. I prefer the shaved slices more as this salami was slightly more chewy than what I had eaten before and that texture of the shaved spicy salami is a lot nicer however that does not stop the fact that this is a really good pizza! There is a new kid on the block!