A few weeks ago after a trip to the movies (see The Artist, it was wonderful!) we stopped by Pizzeria Stella for a quick dinner. I’ve heard Stella can get pretty busy, but stopping in kind of late worked perfectly, as it was relatively empty. We first got seated in the bar area, which is pretty dark and kind of musty, but the hostess moved us into the main section with a smile. Sitting in a large open tile-floored space, with a big brick oven and long tables, we sat down to ponder the menu.
Everything looked great. We settled on sharing an appetizer, a salad, and a pizza. Our waitress told us the pizzas are individual sized, but our three dishes were the perfect amount of food— we left with full, happy tummies.
We started with the asparagus, topped with a sunny side up egg and a parmesan vinaigrette:
These three ingredients are matched perfectly together, and I was not disappointed. We saved the plate to dip our pizza crusts in the mixture of egg yolk and parmesan vinaigrette. Next up was the Caesar salad:
Served up with large romaine hearts and the creamy dressing actually made with anchovies, this salad was a winner. Again, a great sharing plate, as we waited excitedly for our pizza to arrive…
We got the pancetta pizza, with wood roasted onion, tuscan kale, and mozzarella. This was really yummy— the crust was thin and crispy and the toppings were great. I especially loved the slight bitterness of the crispy kale. I was eyeing up a bunch of the pizzas and I think next time I definitely want to try the tartufo with black truffle, egg, and fontina.
We debated dessert, as we were both pretty full after our meal, but I’d had the gelato from Stella before, and knew their homemade recipe was not to be missed. We shared a scoop of the honey marscapone, topped with a small biscotti.
