Showing posts with label Pizza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pizza. Show all posts

Cafe Alfresco in the Atlantis Casino (Reno, NV)

Posted by Unknown Monday, May 4, 2009 0 comments

We do not usually frequent casinos but the Atlantis In Reno has Gelato! They also have brick oven pizzas. Those two things combined plus the fact the Atlantis is one of the casinos you do not walk out of smelling like a total ashtray makes this a fun place to stop by now and then.

If you get a pizza be picky. If it looks like something you can get anywhere it is going to taste like a pizza you can get anywhere. If it has an interesting name like; Island Delight, Fire-Roasted Chipotle Chicken, Chef Bob's Favorite, Spicy Meatball, Sonora, ect. It is going to be interesting and good.

When it comes to Gelato there is only really one flavor to avoid. Banana, it tastes like banana laughy taffy not bananas. Other wise they all taste great, some of our favorites are; Wine custard, Amaretto, Carmel, cookies and cream, truffle and vanilla. Everyday they have different flavors so you may have to drop in a few times in a row to get the flavor you are looking for.

We hope to see you there! http://www.atlantiscasino.com/dining/cafe-alfresco-menu.asp


What Francis says: Good gelato and surprisingly good pizza!
What Zo says: Love the gelato, great friendly service, Casino pizza that is good? Who knew!

Arizmendi Bakery by Zo

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1 comments


I love this place so much that every time I'm in the Bay Area, I MUST stop here for a little slice of heaven, and anyone who has ever traversed the 80 with me is subjected to my pretty much endless babbling about Arizmendi and how good it is and how we MUST stop there, et cetera. It's fairly annoying but completely out of my control because their pizza really is incredible. In fact, there have been times that I drove to S.F. for no other reason than to stop at Arizmendi for pizza. Seriously.

They have three locations: one in the Lake Merritt neighborhood of Oakland, one in the Inner Sunset in S.F., and one in Emeryville.

This co-op makes one kind of pizza everyday, and everyday the pizza is different. It's always vegetarian, and their toppings range from the semi-odd (shiitake, portobello and button mushrooms with sesame-ginger-garlic vinaigrette) to the traditional (spinach, tomato, and garlic oil.) But here's the amazing thing: even if the pizza of the day sounds less than appetizing, it is always sublime.
The sourdough (!) crust is perfectly golden, chewy, crunchy, and never under baked. They use the absolute best whole-milk mozzarella cheese. Their veggies are always in season and generally locally-grown. I swear, this is the perfect pizza. Francis likes it too...just a little less enthusiastically. They have yummy focaccia too. And sweet rolls, and cookies, and bialys and cheese sticks...

http://arizmendibakery.com/

What Zo says: Best pizza and sourdough!
What Francis says: Like the environment and the pizza is pretty good too!

Eclipse Pizza Co. (Reno, NV)

Posted by Unknown Monday, April 20, 2009 0 comments

Being the pizza lovers we are we scour our local area for good pizzerias. We had seen the sign for Eclipse a few times and decided it was time to try it out.

The menu is full of pizza's with fun names and we settled on the Downieville, an Eclipse House salad and Two Orange blossom beers. You can sit outside on the patio, down stairs or in the loft. We chose the loft as you can look out the windows at the beautiful Reno Valley mountains.

When our order was ready they popped upstairs and dropped us off our food. Pizza is always good but man this pizza is as fun your mouth as they are named. It was flavorful with quality ingredients and best of all the crust was great tasting. Too many places have pizza crust that is as bland as cardboard. The crust could have been eaten on its own it was so good.

We highly recommend this place for its fun food and atmosphere!

http://www.eclipsepizza.net/

What Francis says: Darn good pizza, just eat it there the crust is not as good once it cools.
What Zo says: Tasty pizza and tasty crust, fun environment.

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