This evening, we decided to go to plouf for mussels. The food was good and the wine was a little overpriced, but the real nice thing about plouf is being able to sit outside in a street packed with restaurants, just like in France, Italy or Belgium…
So, it looks like the neighborhood is about to get a new sushi joint – Nama Sushi at King between 3rd and 4th.
This joins the new 3rd Street Grill (burgers and burritos) and a new indie Apple store and the soon to open Oneill’s Irish Pub as new neighborhood residents.
The Veranda Bar at the Hotel Figueroa in LA. The bar was the best part of the hotel. The errant hair in the bathroom was the worst. Somewhere in between was a decent cafe and 24 hours of Wi-Fi internet for $7.95.
Oxenrose. Salon, lounge, soda jerk (meant in the best way).
We made a second trip to Pizzeria Delfina with friends from Florida, and as good as the pizza’s flavor was, the crust just couldn’t hold up. In comparison to Pazzia, which held up under a load of sauce and copopus amounts of cheese, Delfina’s crust didn’t just get limp, it broke down into nothingness. It’s wasn’t a one time issue, it’s a defective recipe.
At this point, they’ve been moved off of the top 10.
1) Pepe’s Pizza – New Haven, CT (white clam and garlic)
2) BruRm @ BAR – New Haven, CT (sausage or just plain)
3) Dolce Pizza – Berlin, Germany (margherita with salami and the best hot pepper flakes ever)
4) Gino’s East – Chicago, IL (sausage and pepper stuffed)
5) Luna Pizza – West Hartford, CT (ricotta and chicken)
6) Pazzia – San Francisco, CA (mushroom and sausage)
7) Casa Della Pizza – Munich, Germany (Pizza Diablo with arugula, provolone, hot salami and firey pepper oil)
Amici’s Pizzeria – San Francisco, CA (white clam or provolone/pancetta)
9) Caminetto – Cologne, Germany (tuna and cippolini onion)
10) Barb’s Pizza – West Hartford, CT (plain cheese pizza)
Pizza better than Delfina?
On the way home from a reception at the W, I stopped at Pazzia on 3rd Street to bring home dinner. The pizza was just like we had in Italy, down to the water cracker-flavored crust. Janet had the margherita and I went with the sausage and mushroom – both were fabulous.
Though nobody talks about it, Pazzia might be the most authentic pie in the city.