Best Pizza in Town, Honest!
I have been pretty impressed with the variety of restaurants in Austin. I’m sure there are plenty of folks that miss things like Polish nalesniki that they could get back east, but I’m quite content. I haven’t eaten much Italian food here and it seems like the city is lacking in reasonably priced, but tasty Italian eateries. Vespaio is down the street from our apartment and is supposed to be the best Italian in town, but its pretty expensive. Fazoli’s can satistfy the craving but so far there are only two of them, way up north. Any suggestions? Another gripe has been the pizza. Yo… we’ve been dying for something better than Domino’s and Papa John’s and no, Frank & Angie’s or Aljon’s ain’t it. However, recently Sarah and I went to one of favorite little bistro/cafe type things located in Clarksville. Cipollina, located at 1213 West Lynn St, is right next to Fresh Plus grocery and across the street from Jeffrey’s. So far, we have been going for their sandwiches but we thought we’d sample one of their wood-fired pizzas last night. We tried a classic Margherita pizza. Nothing fancy– just garlic, basil and tomatoes. But the crust was kind of delicate and crackery but chewy on the inside. Perfect. The cheese was a really high quality mozzarella, you could really tell a dfference.
A large pizza was $12.99. Sure it was a bit smaller than a chain take-out pizza of similar price, but it was the perfect amount for two hungry people. We even took home one piece. Dinner for two, including two mini bottles of Coca-Cola was around $16.50. I hereby declare Cipollina’s Margherita and probably their other pies, to be the best pizza in Austin.
