The Naked City outlet in the El Cortez is where their coffee shop used to be. 7 adults and 2 children met here for Saturday brunch. We started with a classic shrimp cocktail for $1.99 following a tradition on Fremont Street. Following this, we had cherry tomato and mozzarella sticks with pesto sauce which was soon followed by a huge tray that had stromboli cut into slices. The stromboli crust was thin and the filling very good. Few do red sauce as well as Naked City.
Then came two "Grandma's meatballs"--a pound and a half each served with shredded cheese and some grilled bread. Grandma knew how to feed a family. Next came two subs--a chicken parm sub and a satriale sub with salami, ham, provolone, basil pesto, sweet peppers, and shredded lettuce. I tried the satriale sub and it was excellent. Filled with meat and cheese.
Then came a large tray of pizza. Half of the tray had the Fremont pizza and the other half was divided between pepperoni pizza and classic cheese pizza. The Fremont is an interesting pizza with banana peppers, house Italian sausage, cheddar, mozzarella, parmesan, and ricotta cheeses, topped with a white garlic sauce and toasted breadcrumbs. Very tasty.
We finished with desserts of cannoli, Kahlua cake, and strawberry short cake cake.
It's good to have another option on Fremont Street for pizza and other Italian items.