PIZZA VOLANTE
We noticed the blue automotive (pictured at left) out entrance and knew we needed to cease. Once we had been served a effervescent scorching pizza from a wood-burning oven, we had been glad we did.
The creations at Pizza Volante occupy the center floor someplace between a New York pizza and a Neapolitan pie. Volante refers to its pizza as “Roman-style.” It doesn’t matter what you name it, we known as it effectively executed and downright tasty.
Opened in 2009, this new neighborhood favourite additionally gives panini, pasta dishes, and an array of wines. The quarters are somewhat cramped and spartan (save for the gaudy orange chairs), however Pizza Volante clients aren’t stopping in for consolation.
The wine record is notable as a result of every of its 18 choices are priced at $18 for the bottle. An evening out within the Design District needn’t break the financial institution, and that’s all the time a great factor.
Pizza Volante was our first cease of the day, and what a day it was. We hit Miami early and determined to find town’s pizza scene the old style method — by dropping in unannounced, sampling the fare and taking photos. How did we discover out the place to go? We requested locals or just stopped into locations that caught our collective pizza eye — such was the case with Pizza Volante. Positive, you’re going to overlook nice locations if you do it this manner. However you additionally uncover the unsung heroes. And don’t fear when you had been handed over. Now we have discovered that South Florida’s pizza scene has exploded up to now 5 years. We’ll be again quickly to element it in all its glory from West Palm Seashore down by means of Miami. Within the meantime, benefit from the restricted roster of hotspots we turned up on our nameless pizza quest in one among America’s most fashion-forward cities.
ANDIAMO
As distinctive a pizzeria as one will discover, stucturally talking. The constructing that homes Andiamo apparently was a carwash in a earlier life. As wild as that sounds, the format is ideal for a pizza parlor: open kitchen, indoor seating, a big unfold for outside eating.
The pizzas listed below are served on a fluffy, chewy, conventional crust. They’re connoisseur, to make sure, and scrumptious. The “Genovese” options rosemary potatoes, recent garlic, pancetta, caramelized onions, mozzarella and gorgonzola. The “Vesuvio” is adorned with salami, olives, scorching cherry peppers, tomato sauce and mozzarella.
Our server really helpful the “BBQ Hen”, so we gave {that a} whirl. We additionally dug into the “Mediterraneo,” which is topped with roasted peppers, artichokes, sundried tomatoes, basil pesto and feta cheese. Breadsticks, salads, panini, desserts and Philly cheesesteaks spherical out the spectacular menu.
After hitting Pizza Volante after which Andiamo, we had been two-for-two within the metropolis’s Design District. From there, we branched out to different elements of Miami — and located extra winners alongside the way in which.
CASOLA’S PIZZERIA
Opened in 1982, Casola’s is the precise reverse of the pizzerias you’ll discover profiled on the next two pages. A throwback to pizza’s old-school heyday, Casola’s Pizzeria and Sub Store is a no-frills spot favored by locals who need conventional pizza and pasta dinners. The menu additionally gives subs, hen wings, scorching canine, croissants, salads, burgers and desserts.
There’s somewhat one thing for everybody right here. It’s not as consultant of fl ashy Miami as it’s of, say, New Jersey … however that’s what makes it stand out within the crowd and retains native American pizza purists coming again for extra.
SPRIS
South Seashore’s Lincoln Highway is a spot to see and be seen. The buying is nice, however the meals is even higher. Loads of eating places line the stroll, and there’s al fresco seating galore on this breezy metropolis. Among the many throng of eating decisions sits Spris, a wood-burning pizzeria that serves thin-crusted beauties. The connoisseur pizzas have earned an “glorious” score from Zagat, and for good motive.
The menu gives creations just like the “Carbonara” pizza — tomato sauce, mozzarella, pancetta, sunny-sideup eggs, Parmesan and black pepper. The “Saporita” options tomato sauce, mozzarella, spicy Italian salami, gorgonzola, capers, Kalamata olives and garlic.
From there, the choices department out to a variety of appetizers, focaccia, bruschetta, salad, panini, woodbaked sandwiches and calzones. Draft and bottled beers, glowing waters and a collection of wines assist push test averages up.
In its assessment of Spris, Miami.com known as the restaurant one of the crucial in style and inexpensive eating locations on fashionable Lincoln Highway. Isn’t that what pizza is all about, irrespective of how fancy you determine to get with it?
SOSTA
Additionally situated on Lincoln Highway, Sosta Pizzeria Enoteca is one other fashionable institution with a typical Miami twist. Right here, the pizzas are connoisseur and priced to promote. The marinara pie goes for simply $8.50, whereas the home favored Sosta pizza is priced at $15 (sun-dried tomato spreads, mozzarella, burratta cheese, prosciutto).
The distinctive calling card at Sosta is the dessert menu, which gives all the things on the set value of $6.50. In all, eight delectable dishes starting from cheesecake with strawberry sauce to Pizza alla Nutella tempt sweet-toothed diners. 4 dessert wines and an espresso lineup complement the wonderful finishes and provides patrons of Sosta one thing to put in writing house about.
Plus, the common wine record is kind of intensive for a pizzeria. It options champagne and prosecco, two rose wines and a battery of whites and reds. With choices from across the globe, it’s simple to decide on a winner at Sosta.
In a complicated, trendy metropolis like Miami, what else would you anticipate?
PIZZA RUSTICA
Pizza Rustica additionally has roots on Lincoln Highway in South Seashore, however its product differs vastly from the competitors. Baked in outsized rectangular pans, the crust right here is thicker and the fare is heartier than discovered elsewhere within the neighborhood.
The pies are reduce into massive rectangular slices and served with toppings piled excessive. Founder Pino Piroso opened Pizza Rustica in 1996. Since then, the corporate has expanded to 19 places all through the US and France. There are 10 Pizza Rusticas in Florida, one in Arkansas, three in California, one in Michigan, one in South Carolina and three in Paris, France. Two extra shops — one in Texas, one in Ohio — are set to open quickly.
Pizza Rustica has gotten its justifiable share of press through the years. Count on that to proceed as the corporate grows by means of franchising and expands its presence in each the US and Europe alike.
