All hail the Sacred Pi, the glorification of 3.14159265359 in edible form! All those that are curious are free to visit the Church of Pi-entology (Previously Classic Italian Pizza). They offer their followers bread (In sandwich or pizza form) and wine (As well as Sacred Soda, beer, and cocktails), a spiritual sacrament for communion with the one true mathematical constant.
(Cue Monty Python monks walking in a line, chanting)
"Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem"
(WHACK! sound of heads smacking against their hand-held pizza boxes)
The Sacred Pi welcomes all of various stomach size. They also welcome the four legged, for there is a small but lovely looking patio in front for dog-and-dines. This establishment seems to be the Sacred Haven for hipsters, but in general the Sacred Pi turns no one away from enjoying wood fired pizza with high quality ingredients.
We decided to get the Iberico meatball appetizer, and split the Italian sandwich and El Fuego pizza. The meatballs came on a wooden platter, with a side of flatbread. The meatballs weren't as tender as I've had at other restaurants but had a robust earthy flavor with the Iberico pork + chorizo and I loved the red sauce it came with. The flatbread was nice except for a piece that had too much char on it for me to eat. The sandwich was served in the same type of flatbread the meatballs were served with which was a bit of a surprise to me since it looked more like a pita than a traditional sandwich. The flavors were cool and crisp and the meat tasted good with the other ingredients and the bread. Our server warned us that El Fuego was muy caliente, but I said BRING ON THE HEAT! It had three types of peppers (Crushed red, Serrano and Calabrian), sausage, pepperoni, mozzarella, and the house tomato sauce. The flavor of the pizza was nice. I liked the balance of salinity from the meats with the creamy cheese, richly flavored tomato sauce and spicy pepper triple threat. It was pretty spicy, not the spiciest meal I've had but perhaps the spiciest pizza I've eaten in a while.
The one thing that kept me from totally enjoying this meal was actually the crust. I like how they use the wood fired oven to make the pizzas and that they use imported Italian 00 flour but when we received our pizzas they were hard to actually hold and pick up. While the crust tasted good the slices I picked up were too limp to be able to pick up and eat without the fear of the ingredients sliding off the pizza.
I was so full I couldn't have dessert but I do want to go back to try their intriguing Beermisu, made with Guinness and Irish Cream.
Overall this is a nice little spot for some casual eats with superb ingredients. I'll be back and maybe I'll bring the pups too! I'll have to stop by on the holiest of Sacred Pi days, 3/14 next year as well!