I first heard about Pizzetta 211 from this article in Sunset Magazine about the best pizza places in the Bay Area. A couple of weeks ago I happened to be driving by and noticed it, and thought it looked so sweet - just a little storefront with a few tables and a tree with twinkly lights. So when it came time to pick a spot for a girls' lunch today, and one of the girls lives in the Richmond, this seemed like a good choice.
We got there around 1PM, and there was no one waiting ahead of us. This was lucky for us, because with only seven tables total - inside and out - we could have had a long, long wait.
We started off with some Limonatas, which is the best drink ever on a hot day, plus I love the little bottles they come in. The menu changes weekly, and I think this week must be goat cheese week, which is fine by me because I love goat cheese. Usually when a menu changes regularly, there aren't any specials - but they always have an addition of a daily appetizer and dessert on the menu. We had the special salad of beet, beet greens and crostini with goat cheese.
I really enjoyed this dish - it was really light and simple but incredibly flavorful, with little bits of chili to give it some kick. This is one to remember, because it would be so simple to make at home.
We then moved on to the main course: calzone and pizza. The calzone was filled with ricotta, tomato sauce and.... goat cheese! I really loved the calzone. The dough was chewy and had a great texture, and the sauce and the cheeses all worked really nicely together.
The pizza was topped with lamb sausage, roasted pepper, garlic confit and ricotta salata. Oh, and that's not basil you see on top - that's mint. It's really surprising when you take your first bite, expecting to taste basil and to find that it is something else entirely, but I thought it worked really well. The lamb meatballs were really juicy and flavorful and I liked how potent the garlic confit was. The crust on the pizzas here are much thinner than a lot of the other artisinal pizza shops in San Francisco. I enjoyed it, but the others in my group prefer the lighter, fluffier dough at Pizzeria Delfina.
We ended the meal with a piece of flourless chocolate cake and fresh cream, and really, what better way to end a meal than with a piece of chocolate cake?
With all of the amazing pizza places in San Francisco, and so many in my neighborhood, I don't know that I would go all the way across town to come back here. But next time I'm in the Outer Richmond I'll know just where to go.
211 23rd Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94121-2008
(415) 379-9880
San Francisco, CA 94121-2008
(415) 379-9880
2 comments:
YUM! Lamb Sausage?!
I don't know. There are other great places but I think it's because Pizzetta is in my opinion better than the rest, that it's worth going all the way to outer richmond. I always feel let down in comparison when I go to Delfina.
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