Pie, Lombardy

Finally!  This joint has been on my mind for several months and they’re finally opening their doors to us.  It’s a “soft opening” so there are still a lot of kinks to work out and the new wait staff could definitely use more training but it could turn in to a pretty chill place to get  a decent pie and some brews.

Pie is a two story restaurant.  The first floor is a small dining area with seating for around thirty people.  Looks pretty quaint.  The upstairs is a pub, with around 15 beers on tap, a lot of wine and two TV screens.  The whole place is decorated very nicely, but I don’t care about that.  Lets get to the pizza.

Pie has your normal list of red and white pizzas with toppings like fresh basil, fresh mozzarella, sausage and more exotic toppings like prosciutto and squash.  We got the sausage.

As far as the toppings go, the sausage is some of the best shit I’ve ever had on any pizza in my life.  These weren’t sausage pebbles that you find on pretty much every cheap pizza and they weren’t little pepperoni sausages either.  What you get are long, thick, juicy sausages with so much funkin’ flavor in them you’ll definitely finish them off even if you don’t finish the slices.  The cheese was your usual fresh mozzarella that most gourmet places around here carry accompanied by fresh tomatoes and basil.  Nice blend of flavors.

The crust?  Well, it certainly looks good.  Tons of crust bubbles all around the cornicione and a stiff under-crust that holds the weight of the toppings without cracking under pressure, but the stuff is dry as can be.  It has all the makings of a great crust but just has nothing on the inside to light your taste buds.

Hopefully this stuff can be worked out but either way you can get a great pizza that will easily fill up two people for $9-$11 while you sip on a selection of beers and wines.  I’m sure by the time they’re ready for a grand opening, the staff and cooks will have everything ironed out for a tight experience in the fan.

I went back the next day with some friends who were kind enough to offer me slices of their own.  The white squash pizza was an interesting take and something fresh, while the red pepperoni had me stoked on coming in again and getting my own.  Thanks Jake and Ryan.

Great location, great prices, decent pizza with lots of potential.  I’m stoked on this place.

Oh ya, they’ll turn on the hockey games for you too…