Everything tastes betta with pancetta
Brace yourself, Internet, for I’m about to reveal a deep, dark secret.
For the past few years, several of my friends and I have periodically assembled, both in the light of day and the gloom of night, at various fancy pizza places. With gleams in our eyes and growling in our bellies, we gaze eagerly upon their menus, searching for the perfect marriage of crust and topping—one that will set our limbic systems alight with bliss.
Our name is Team Pizza. And our quest is neverending.
Last night, Team Pizza journeyed to the wilds of Glen Park, in San Francisco, to visit Gialina. People: It was excellent. I’d say it’s one of the top five pizzerias in the Bay Area. We ordered four different pizzas, and they were all great. Don’t miss the Atomica, which has possibly the best tomato sauce I’ve ever had on a pizza. I also recommend any of the pizzas that include various pork-related products.
To the Bay Area’s other upscale pizza-oriented restaurants, I say this: Ready your ovens. Proof your dough. You cannot know when Team Pizza will strike, but rest assured that we will. If your pizza is inferior, our scorn will be merciless. But if you delight us with a superior meal, you may be semi-coherently praised by one man with a seldom-updated weblog.
7 January 2008 9:42 PM
Comments
I was thinking tonight how much I miss 2 Amys, so I will have to go there soon. What are the others in your Top 5?
Posted by Elizabeth on 7 January 2008 10:48 PM
My other favorites definitely include the following, in no particular order: Pauline's Pizza; Little Star Pizza, especially their deep-dish; and Pizzeria Delfina. All of those places are in the Mission in SF. (Little Star also has another location in the Western Addition.)
It would be tough to narrow it down to a Top Five--there are several contenders for the fifth spot. But the next one that comes to mind is Piccino, in the Dogpatch.
Posted by Jeff on 9 January 2008 9:11 PM
For some reason I was disappointed by the crust at Gialina this time, although I liked it fine the first time I went there. The toppings were great, no doubt.
Posted by throgers on 10 January 2008 8:56 AM
Mmmmm, Delfina. Yum. That's actually where Maneesh took me on our first date over 3 years ago! ha.
Posted by Cdawg on 10 January 2008 11:17 AM
It's true that the crust at Gialina was a little floppy. It was delicious nonetheless.
Christie, I've actually never been to Delfina proper. Pizzeria Delfina is their less-fancy hole-in-the-wall offshoot next door.
Posted by Jeff on 10 January 2008 8:26 PM