Sette Fire Roasted Pizza, Church Hill

Fire roasted pizza you say!?  I too was excited.  For weeks.  On one of my lonely, boring weeknights at home, I decided enough was enough.  I’d go check it out.

As far as I’m aware, Sette is the only fire brick oven restaurant in town, unless I am wrong (which I hope somebody corrects me).  The restaurant is as asthetically pleasing as the pizzas, which are all gourmet thin crust pies with namess like the “Church Hill”, “Gambini” and “Rustica.”  The “Church Hill” was the closest thing to an old fashioned pepperoni pizza, along with mushrooms and roasted red peppers.

If I had to pick one thing that stands out with this pie, it’s definately the crust, which absolutely gets its flavor and form from the fire brick oven.  This is definately the way to cook a pizza.  The crust doesn’t need to be yanked apart with clenched teeth and one hand gripping tightly.  It is crispy and moist, a perfect balance usually unattainable by most Quik-E pizza joints.

All is not well with the rest of this pretty pizza.  For some reason, flavor is almost non-existant.  Even with the mushrooms, peppers, and humongous cuts of pepperoni, I don’t taste much else other than crust and oil.  Everything is simply mediocre tasting, and I find myself relishing only when the slice is 3/4ths done and I’m holding a large piece of crust.

Everything holds together very well however.  The cheese never slips away, taking with it the fresh ingredients that adorn its surface.  It is a glimmer of hope that I still have for this place.  Surely, some of their other pizzas have GOT to be as delicious as they claim…