The Start of the Pitted Prune Weekend at Lombardi's!
One of my oldest and dearest friends, the Pitted Pruner, came down for his semi-annual visit this past weekend. I love when Pruner visits because he enjoys doing exactly what I love most; walking around the city and eating lots of food.
He flew in Thursday night and we began our food weekend at NYC institution Lombardi's with a large pie, half Pepperoni and half Sweet Sausage.
I love Lombardi's pie because it has a slightly sweet sauce, the perfect amount of cheese and the best pepperoni in the city. See how it's curled up at the edges? It's slightly charred and super crispy. Last visit I thought the crust was slightly soggy in the middle, so I ordered it extra crispy. This time the dough was perfect, with a great foldable middle and wonderful crunchy exterior.
We decided to be a bit more adventurous with our second pie and chose Ricotta Cheese, Meatball and Garlic Spinach.
Whoa, look at this pie! It looks like it's covered in little mounds of mashed potato. Those mounds are actually giant dollops of ricotta cheese. This pie was delicious, but one piece was more than enough. The cheese was so heavy it felt like eating a regular pizza topped with cheesecake.
However the super garlicky spinach helped to ease the richness (but the meatballs didn't help at all). This was one heavy pie! We ended up with a ton of leftovers which proved to be great for soaking up some beers we consumed later.
One of the strangest parts of our meal was the table next to us. Apparently one person had just gotten out of prison and they were obviously celebrating. I believe some pizzas may even have been delivered to the courthouse. It made for some good conversation as we ate!
Lombardi's is not the best pie in the city but it consistently stays on my top 5 list. Good ambiance, efficient service and quite a damn good pizza. Not a shabby start to a fabulous food weekend. Tomorrow, restaurant week lunch!
Lombardi's
He flew in Thursday night and we began our food weekend at NYC institution Lombardi's with a large pie, half Pepperoni and half Sweet Sausage.
I love Lombardi's pie because it has a slightly sweet sauce, the perfect amount of cheese and the best pepperoni in the city. See how it's curled up at the edges? It's slightly charred and super crispy. Last visit I thought the crust was slightly soggy in the middle, so I ordered it extra crispy. This time the dough was perfect, with a great foldable middle and wonderful crunchy exterior.
We decided to be a bit more adventurous with our second pie and chose Ricotta Cheese, Meatball and Garlic Spinach.
Whoa, look at this pie! It looks like it's covered in little mounds of mashed potato. Those mounds are actually giant dollops of ricotta cheese. This pie was delicious, but one piece was more than enough. The cheese was so heavy it felt like eating a regular pizza topped with cheesecake.
However the super garlicky spinach helped to ease the richness (but the meatballs didn't help at all). This was one heavy pie! We ended up with a ton of leftovers which proved to be great for soaking up some beers we consumed later.
One of the strangest parts of our meal was the table next to us. Apparently one person had just gotten out of prison and they were obviously celebrating. I believe some pizzas may even have been delivered to the courthouse. It made for some good conversation as we ate!
Lombardi's is not the best pie in the city but it consistently stays on my top 5 list. Good ambiance, efficient service and quite a damn good pizza. Not a shabby start to a fabulous food weekend. Tomorrow, restaurant week lunch!
Lombardi's
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