That’s Amore
Sardines on pizza may be sacrilege, but damn, they taste good By Claire Tansey
Image credit: Ryan Szulc
Pizzeria Libretto blasts its pies at 900 degrees Fahrenheit for 90 seconds in a wood-burning oven that was hand-crafted in Naples. This to comply with Italy’s pizza police: the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana. (Surprised there are regulations for pizza? You don’t know Italians.) The results are causing 45-minute lineups that snake down Ossington. But chef Rocco Agostino also dares to break from tradition to spectacular effect. His sardine pizza combines the unfairly maligned fish with a pinch of parmesan, citrusy olives, a hit of chili oil and a killer San Marzano sauce, all supported by an extraordinarily chewy and crispy crust. Maybe I’m part cat, but this gorgeous disc makes me swoon. $14.
Pizzeria Libretto. 221 Ossington Ave. (at Dundas St. W.), 416-532-8000.
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It's pizza people.
November 6, 2008 | by cweill... and, yet another, write-up about Ossington.
November 11, 2008 | by TorontoRocksOssington deserves it. name another area with this growth
December 29, 2008 | by johnthomasstevenson