Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Pittsburgh Food Review: Aiello's Pizza

As if we needed more food after The O, the lot, Primanti Bros and Pamela's (reviews for all coming) I jumped out of the car and ran down the street to CR's fav "cuts," Aiello's.

Now, it probably won't surprise many that know me, but i'm a little bit of a pizza snob. So i was certainly a little weary (not to mention queasy) about what kind of pizza i would find in the burgh.

When i walked in i was greeting with the familiar smell of singed dough and melting cheese. Good start.

Two Italians (or close enough) bantering back and forth inaudibly while patting out dough. Excellent.

What appeared to be a set of regulars who have been occupying the same space every day for 23 years in the back corner. Beautiful!

So with some trepidation removed, but a sliver of doubt remaining i ordered a pie to go (which they understood...some places don't call it a pie). Threw it in the trunk and headed back to DC.

By the time we got back to DC we were hungry and busted straight into the cold box of pizza. And it was good. Later in the evening i reheated some and that was very good as well.

Differences i noticed:

The cheese is not straight up mozz. There was def some parm, maybe some asiago or something.

The sauce was sweeter and more flavorful. The sauce in NY serves as more of a glue to keep everything together and provide a background flavor. I felt like the Aiello's sauce had a bit more body. It was thickish, whereas NY sauce is very thin.

Overall Grade: B+

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