Don Antonio
Thursday, September 13, 2012
One of the things I really wanted to eat upon arriving home was some good 'ole New York City pizza. I may be one of the few, but I prefer the chewy crust, greasy $2 slices of pizza from the average pizzeria here in New York City to the fancy schmancy thin crust variety. I generally don't like thin, crispy crusts all that much.
For the average Yuppie (I am not currently one, but my friends generally are), the average corner NYC pizzeria is no place to have a catch-up meal. Because that would probably mean being ushered to the back of the parlor and hanging out with the employees while waiting for the pizza to bake, and being forced to listen to them hollering along to a Yankees game. I may be stereotyping, but this has happened to me twice, so I've taken it to be the classic NY pizzeria experience.
In any case, that wasn't the type of experience we were looking for, especially since those types of pizzerias are usually without air conditioning. We were looking for a quieter type of place to sit for a long while and catch up. I looked to the ever trustworthy MenuPages for a little help and discovered Don Antonio.
Quatro Formaggi |
The NYC Don Antonio is a yuppie pizza-pasta restaurant. Its decor is extremely sleek, with a bar towards the front and an open pizza-making area (filmed and shown live on at least one television screen in the restaurant). It specializes in pizze fritte, which is basically Italian fried dough. Surprisingly, I am not a fan of fried dough and thankfully neither were my friends. We ruminated over the extensive menu (its pizza section alone separated into "pizze fritte," "pizze speciale," pizze bianche," and "pizza rosse") and decided on three pizzas to share between the three of us women.
Pizze Del Re |
The pizzas were good -- not quite NY-style pizza, but not crispy by any means. It was chewy while actually very thin-crusted. My personal favorite was the quatro formaggi, but I liked the other two as well. I had misread the ingredient list for the pizze del re and had not expected the prosciutto -- which all three of us agreed had really no place on that pizza. We pulled the prosciutto off and ate them separate of the mushroom pizzas, which I thought were really flavorful with its hints of truffle cream. Yum yum yum. I would return, especially to try other varieties.
Margherita |
Don Antonio
309 West 50th Street (close to 8th Avenue)
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