Subject: Learn-the-art of cooking

From: "Cooking Classes" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:06:26 -0700

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We asked to look at the wine list. About 30 seconds later, another waiter asked what we wanted to drink before we decided. Still again, 30 seconds later the original waiter came back and asked if we had decided what to eat now. We ordered the wine at that point. We settled on the Margherita Pizza and the Wiseguy. We wanted to get mushrooms on the side, but apparently they are only available on a pizza. We opted not to put them on a pizza so we could taste each one as they were intended to be eaten. The Margherita had too much cheese to be a classic Margherita Pizza in my opinion. The sauce saved it, which seemed fairly suffused with basil. Still, for "the best pizza in the country" - I have definitely had better. The Wiseguy was atrociously bad. Let me pause for a minute to point out that this is 1 out of 6 of their only pizzas -- one of which is a "marinara" pizza, a.k.a bread with sauce. Speaking of which, we noticed they were filling giant bins with what looked like deliciou
s baguettes, but they are apparently for their other Bianco business because they were not on the menu and were not offered to guests. Back to the Wiseass -- I mean Wiseguy. The wood smoking of the mozzarella only made it less appealing. The pizza is a Frisbee of cheese with a pile of greasy onions on top. The Italian sausage was bland, and barely noticeable under all of the onion. It tasted like a bad take on a Philly cheese-steak, or like I was eating a pound of sauteed onions right out of the pan. Sometime about halfway through our meal, I noticed a new party who had sat down next to us received their pies. When they spied their Wiseguy, a look somewhere between grimace and forced smile crossed each of their faces. I looked around the rest of the restaurant and realized it was filled with similarly dissatisfied patrons. Yes my expectations were set high from the glowing reviews. But I wouldn't have recommended a visit here if I had randomly walked in off the street. I ha
ve an open mind and enjoy almost any culinary creation, so I can definitively tell you that this menu was simply a miss-fire. Look elsewhere. it was mid-week and on a whim, we decided to try Pizzeria Bianco. The wait was only 5 min (very unusual!) for 2 of us. Large parties can wait 45 min-2 hrs. We ordered a pizza and the server/hostess asked if we were "eating lightly". We didn't really know what she meant and went with the 1 pizza. About 25 min+,