Faithful readers, you know I have been dying to go here since I caught wind it would open back last spring (thank you foodbuzzsd.com). Loved the meal I had with Wade Hagemann at Blanca...then he "unceremoniously left" there, now he was resurfacing in a reasonable artisan pizzeria. Early reviews have been a little mixed: glorious reviews on yelp, followed by, 'That must be a relative.'
PLUSSES: Lunchtime it was actually ST-friendly. We sat on the patio with crayons, watched cars, listened for the Coaster horn. Corn soup was crazy yummy (CH thought so too). Certainly good ingredients on my caprese bruschetta.
MINUSSES: The pizza really was not "all that." I loved the crust, but the spicing and tomato sauce on the Blue Ribbon Pizza (mozz/tomato/basil) was certainly not the best ever. Plus this is certainly not the cheapest place ever. $14 for a tiny pizza. $9 for a corn soup. The lunch special is decent (cup of corn soup + bruschetta, $9) but I was hungry after.
RESULT: I am certainly willing to go in the evening and give it another try when we have a free date night. The ingredients were very good, and I'm hoping there is another pizza on the list that will be an awesome combo of ingredients. We would both love to have that corn soup again. But I'm not going to tell anyone that they must go yet, esp. since it's rather pricey for what it is.
(Mr. Manvite, sorry we did not get to try the butterscotch pudding this time! :))
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